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World Coronavirus Dispatch: German parliament building stormed over curbs

Virus resurgence hindering eurozone recovery, Indonesia's Bali to remain closed to foreigners all year, Brazil deaths above 120,000 and other pandemic-related news across the globe

UK treasury officials pushing for tax hikes to offset Covid impact: Report

Such hikes will enable the exchequer to raise at least 20 billion pounds ($26.70 billion) a year, and some could be introduced in the November budget, the Sunday Telegraph said

Covid-19 Factoid: India makes another record of highest single-day spike

India is now the biggest contributor to rise in global tally of coronavirus cases, while in both Maharashtra and Delhi, daily cases are still on the rise

DATA STORY: India tests over 1 mn in day, adds nearly 79,000 coronavirus cases to tally

India now accounts for 11.23% of all active cases globally (one in every 9 active cases), and 7.50% of all deaths (one in every 13)

Goa tops states, UTs exceeding WHO norm of 140 tests a day per mn heads

Several domains have shown better performance, with positivity rate lower than national average, says health ministry

'The Big Short 2.0': How hedge funds profited off the pain of malls

As the pandemic accelerated the demise of some brick-and-mortar retailers, a group of investors profited handsomely from their travails

Unlock 4: Metro services from Sept 7; schools, colleges to remain closed

Cinema halls, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres (excluding open air theatre) and similar places will continue to remain shut

Tamil Nadu reports 6,352 new Covid-19 cases, tally rises to 415,590

With 1,285 new Covid-19 cases recorded in Chennai alone, the tally rises to 1,33,173 including 13,653 active cases

Covid-19: Assam may face oxygen crisis, Tripura's situation alarming

After Assam, Tripura with 10,879 Covid-19 positive cases is the second most affected state among the eight northeastern states

Jammu and Kashmir reports 546 new Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 36,377

According to a daily media bulletin, 7,672 cases are still active in the state, while 685 persons have succumbed

No lockdown in Odisha for 12 days to facilitate JEE, NEET examinees

Odisha govt, in a partial modification of its August 28 order, said that there will be no lockdown in force from August 30 to September 7 in the first phase and from September 12-14 in the next phase

India has one of the lowest global Covid-19 fatality rates: Harsh Vardhan

"As of now, only 0.29 per cent of cases are on ventilators, 1.93 per cent on ICU and only 2.88 percent of cases are on oxygen," he said

Surat reports 258 new coronavirus cases, tally crosses 20,000-mark

With two fatalities, death toll due to the pandemic in the district rose to 80

Uttarakhand reports 658 fresh Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 18,571

With 11 more deaths, the state's Covid-19 death toll has mounted to 250

1,442 new coronavirus cases in Madhya Pradesh, 22 deaths, 1,017 recover

The coronavirus death toll rose to 1,345 after 22 patients succumbed to the viral infection since Friday evening

Ramp-up efforts to contain Covid-19 spread, follow SOPs: Centre to UTs

Central govt advised the UTs to improve testing facilities, surveillance for early detection of Covid-19 cases, contact tracing and house-to-house surveillance by medical staff

Chhattisgarh reports 1,157 new coronavirus cases, eight deaths

The state now has 12,313 active cases as 15,818 people have recovered

Assam facing financial stress due to Covid-19: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Sarma also announced the withdrawal of some of the free services offered to Covid-19 patients like reaching them to their homes after discharge from hospitals and levied charges on dedicated cabins

States may permit schools to call 50% staff, students of 9th to 12th: MHA

Ministry of Home Affairs released Unlock 4 guidelines which said that states, UTs may permit up to 50 per cent of teaching and non-teaching staff to be called to the schools from Sept 21

Unlock 4: Noida Metro services to resume after five months from Sept 7

Services of the Noida-Greater Noida Metro rail, which were shut down five months ago amid Covid-19 outbreak, will resume from September 7, officials said