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World Coronavirus Dispatch: Despair forces Asian girls into child marriage

US orders halt on home evictions, older patients drive South Korean surge in critical cases, Hong Kong to reopen gyms, massage parlours and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Odisha coronavirus update: State reports 3,219 Covid cases, 11 more deaths

Odisha reported 3,219 new Covid-19 cases, taking the states tally to 1,09,780, a Health Department official said

Puducherry coronavirus update: UT clocks 397 fresh cases, 13 deaths

Puducherry logged 397 new cases of coronavirus and 13 related fatalities on Wednesday, pushing the overall tally in the union territory to 15,157

S Korea records three-digit daily jump in Covid cases for 20th straight day

South Korea has seen a triple-digit daily jump in reported coronavirus infections for the 20th straight day, prompting authorities in recent days to impose tough social distancing rules

Rajasthan coronavirus update: State reports 5 deaths, 690 Covid-19 cases

Five deaths and 690 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Rajasthan on Wednesday, informed the State Health Department

Thane coronavirus tally crosses 125,000; Palghar nears 25,000-mark

The number of COVID-19 cases in Thane crossed 125,000 on Wednesday after 1,175 more people tested positive for the disease in the Maharashtra district

Arunachal Pradesh coronavirus update: Covid-19 tally rises to 4,212

Arunachal Pradesh's COVID-19 tally rose to 4,212 as 100 more people including 17 security personnel tested positive for coronavirus, a senior Health department official said on Wednesday

Uttar Pradesh coronavirus update: 26 Covid testing centres to open in Agra

The Agra district administration has decided to open 26 new testing centres, 11 in urban and 15 in rural areas. People on their own can get tested and receive prompt reports from the centres

DATA STORY: Delhi reports its biggest daily jump in cases since July 5

India on Tuesday conducted 1,012,367 coronavirus tests - the fourth instance of more than 1 million tests in a day - and had a test positivity rate of 7.7%

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant tests coronavirus positive

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said he has tested positive for coronavirus

Nearly 480,000 kids infected with coronavirus in USA, finds report

Nearly 480,000 children in the US have been infected with the novel coronavirus since the pandemic hit the country earlier this year, a new report has revealed

Turkey experiences 2nd peak of coronavirus pandemic, says health minister

Turkey is currently experiencing the second peak of the first wave of the Covid-10 pandemic, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.

Covid-19 has changed how research is done; will the changes be permanent?

In the case of Covid, researchers, drug companies and regulators are trying to compress that timeline as far as possible

India reeling under 'Modi-made disasters', says Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi hit out at Narendra Modi over the state of the economy, rise in Covid-19 cases and "external aggression" at borders, alleging that India is reeling under "Modi-made disasters".

Authorities order 100% coronavirus testing in Srinagar containment zones

Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district have decided to bring all residents under extensive testing in areas where five or more positive cases have cropped up recently

Large antibody study offers hope for coronavirus vaccine efforts

Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly, as some earlier reports suggested, scientists have found

Covid-19 is a WhatsApp moment for healthcare, says Nandan Nilekani

In an interview with Bibhu Ranjan Mishra, he talks about how the learning from Aadhaar implementation, of doing things at scale using technology, will come in handy for implementing agencies

Raters see India's GDP contracting more in FY21 than projected earlier

Prescribe demand booster dose from govt, but many say that's unlikely to come

India registers 78,357 new coronavirus cases, tally crosses 3.7 mn-mark

India recorded a single-day spike of 78,357 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours taking the tally past 3.7 million mark

Returning to school is safe despite coronavirus concern: Spain PM

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said that it was safe for children to return to school in the coming days, despite concerns over the increasing spread of Covid-19 in some parts of the country.