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106 fresh Covid-19 cases in Meghalaya, raising the count to 1,917

At least 106 more persons, including 43 personnel of various armed forces, tested positive for Covid-19 in Meghalaya on Sunday, pushing the tally in the state to 1,917, a senior official said.

Statsguru: India's gold demand declines as prices shoot up amid Covid-19

While gold prices started firming up in 2019 itself, the yellow metal became the costliest ever in history and touched $2,067/oz on August 6, 2020

Sales of Corona Kavach health insurance policies on rise: Max Bupa

"The initial response for Corona Kavach plan has been encouraging and we are selling between 200-300 policies every day," Ramachandran said

GoAir and SpiceJet: Two flight paths to survival as aviation crisis deepens

The strategies of the second and third-largest private airlines - GoAir and SpiceJet - offer a study in contrast

Automakers expect demand to pick up in festive season despite Covid-19

If Covid-19 situation improves, it would lead to improved sales and if somehow the scenario deteriorates then the sales would also be impacted, Srivastava noted

Assam health minister launches serological survey for Coronavirus

The first serological survey in Assam was launched here by Pijush Hazarika on Sunday to assess whether people surveyed have developed immunity to novel coronavirus.

How starving public health in US fuelled a Covid-19 fire in Florida

On a sweltering July morning, Rose Wilson struggled to breathe as she sat in her bed, the light from her computer illuminating her face and the oxygen tubes in her nose. Wilson, a retiree who worked as a public health department nurse supervisor in Duval County for 35 years, had just been diagnosed with COVID-19-induced pneumonia. She had a telemedicine appointment with her doctor. Staring back from her screen was Dr Rogers Cain, who runs a tidy little family medical clinic a couple of blocks from the Trout River in north Jacksonville, a predominantly Black area where the coronavirus is running roughshod. Wilson, 81, was one of Cain's patients who'd tested positive he had seven other COVID patients that morning before noon. Three of her grown children had contracted the virus, too. Cain and Wilson are nervous. Over the past two decades, both watched as the county health department was gutted of money and people, hampering Duval's ability to respond to outbreaks, including a small .

As shoppers stay away due to Covid-19, small retailers seek refuge online

For small retailers across the country, the coronavirus outbreak has turned an already challenging business environment into never-ending uncertainty.

Nepal reports 818 new coronavirus cases, takes tally to 31,935: Govt

Nepal on Sunday recorded 818 new coronavirus cases, taking the country's COVID-19 tally to 31,935, the health ministry said.

Market recovery fragile; unwise to go for risky gains: Motilal Oswal MD

Raamdeo Agrawal of Motilal Oswal Financial Services cautions the day the market realises that earnings won't come back in a hurry, they will go sideways, or may correct

Climate change: A health challenge even as India struggles in pandemic

India, along with other countries, will have to expand surveillance activities to detect the shifting patterns of diseases, according to emerging research

Chinese premier says economy could grow this year despite Covid-19

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said the country's economy could grow this year, state radio reported on Sunday, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Telangana needs to increase Covid-19 tests: Union Minister G K Reddy

Telangana needs to ramp up COVID-19 testing though the recovery rate in the state has improved, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters here, he said, "Recovery rate is good in Telangana also. But, I feel the number of tests need to increase." Noting that Telangana was at seventh place from the bottom, among all states, in testing, Reddy wished the state to move up in the list as it was "rich and developed." Reddy, who was speaking after inaugurating the Rotary Blood Plasma Bank here, said he spoke to state Health Minister Eatala Rajender on the matter and that the state government was also making efforts to step up testing. The Centre has provided about 14 lakh N-95 masks, about 2,40,000 PPE kits and 1,400 ventilators, among others, to Telangana, the Minister of State for Home said adding it was even ready to provide more ventilators to Telangana. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who held a video conference with Chief Ministers of various sta

Covishield vaccine to be sold only after successful trial: Serum Institute

SII issued this clarification after reports in the media began appearing which claimed that Covishield- Oxford University's vaccine candidate, will be commercialised in a little over two months

Aditya Birla Sun Life open to consolidation due to Covid-19 disruptions: MD

Kamlesh Rao said that in times of socio-economic crisis like this Covid-19, 30-35% companies find it difficult to survive, while 15-20% firms outshine their peers in respective industries

Homeopathic drug given to half of Gujarat population since March

There is no scientific evidence that the drug works against Covid-19, a fact stressed not only by medical scientists but by some homeopathic practitioners themselves

India has tested over 35 million samples till date for Covid-19, says govt

The steep rise in testing is a result of effective implementation of the aggressive testing strategy of the Centre through a focussed and graded approach, the ministry said

Covid-19 effect: RTI finds 1.78 crore rail tickets cancelled in five months

The Railways has cancelled more than 1.78 crore tickets since March this year due to the coronavirus pandemic and refunded an amount to the tune of Rs 2,727 crore, a RTI has found.

World Coronavirus Dispatch: At 800,000, global deaths hit one every 15 secs

Biden willing to 'shut down' US to contain Covid, Germany holds crowded concerts to study risks, 17 die in Australia's second wave and other pandemic-related news across the globe

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Focus needs to shift to rural hinterlands

Made-in-India sanitiser pumps soon, work-life balance uprooted for women, and Delhi's testing method raise concerns--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic