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DATA STORY: With over 10,000 active cases in a day, India tally past 3 mn

With 57,989 new recoveries, India's recovery rate has increased to 74.90%, while death rate has come down to 1.86%

Focused on sustaining operational performance in near-term: Jubilant Life

Drug firm Jubilant Life Sciences is focused on sustaining its operational and financial performance in the near-term in the current scenario

Covid updates: India tests 1 million in a day, 70,000 found infected

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic could be over within two years

Pranab Mukherjee still on ventilator, no change in health: Army hospital

Doctors attending on the 84-year-old Mukherjee said his vital parameters are stable

Diageo incurred 2-mn-pound loss on sale of India wine business in FY20

Talking about consumption preferences, Diageo said consumers who drink alcohol are increasingly choosing spirits over beer and wine

Over 35.2 mn samples collected for Covid-19 testing till August 22: ICMR

India's Covid-19 cases tally crossed 30-lakh mark with a single-day spike of 69,239 cases, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Covid updates: India performs 800k tests, SOP for resuming film production

The Centre has asked all states to ensure that there should be no restrictions on the inter-state and intra-state movement of persons and goods during the ongoing unlocking process

Govt releases SOPs for resuming film, TV serial shoots amid Covid-19

Shooting of films and TV serials can be started using these SOPs issued in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic

Europe's Covid surge looks less deadly as rise in testing keeps deaths low

Many of the infections stem from younger people traveling and partying during the summer holidays, and some of those cases have been asymptomatic

India records 69,239 Covid cases in a day, adds 1 mn infection in 16 days

There are 707,668 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 23.24 per cent of the total caseload

This Police chief uses alternative therapy to contain Covid-19 in Mangaluru

Apart from the usual safety protocols, Vikash Kumar Vikash also introduced hot drinking water, along with ayurvedic and homoeopathic drugs to keep his frontline warriors healthy

Green shoots are mechanical rebound, don't read much into it: Ex-RBI Guv

Short-term as well as medium-term prospects (for Indian economy) continue to be grim, says D Subbarao

Karnataka Covid-19 update: Tally breach 270,000-mark with 7,330 new cases

With the single-day spike of 7,330 new Covid-19 cases, Karnataka's Covid tally reached 2,71,876 on Saturday, the health department said

425 days later, UEFA Champions League 2020 to end with PSG-Bayern final

Either Paris Saint-Germain will pick up the European Cup for the first time or Bayern Munich will become six-time winners of the continent's premier competition

West Bengal's Covid-19 tally climbs to 135,596 with 3,232 new infections

The COVID-19 caseload of West Bengal went up to 1,35,596 after 3,232 new infections were reported on Saturday, the health department said. The death toll also mounted to 2,737 with 48 more people succumbing to the disease, the department said in a bulletin. It said that 3,088 COVID-19 patients were released from hospitals taking the states discharge rate to 77.41 per cent. So far, 1,04,959 people have recovered from the disease in West Bengal. The number of active cases is now 27,900, the bulletin said. Of the fresh fatalities, 12 were reported from Kolkata, followed by nine from North 24 Parganas, six from Howrah and five from Hooghly. The remaining 16 deaths were registered in 10 other districts. Thirty-eight of the deaths recorded on Saturday were due to comorbidities where COVID-19 was incidental. The bulletin said that North 24 Parganas district registered the highest number of new infections at 547 and there were 516 fresh cases from the metropolis. The dist

Zimbabwe Cricket team set to tour Pakistan in October-November amid Covid

The Pakistan Cricket Board are all set to host Zimbabwe at home in October-November apart from starting off with their domestic season in a bio-secure environment to counter the COVID-19 threat. "Dates are being finalised with Zimbabwe but tentatively they will come to Pakistan tentatively between October 10 to 15 and first remain in a two-week quarantine and have COVID-19 tests before starting their training," a PCB source informed on Saturday. The source said that the PCB was presently busy in preparing the protocols for the bio-secure bubble in line with government SOPs in the Covid-19 situation. "The bio-secure bubble will be applicable for both the international series against Zimbabwe, probably the remaining four matches of the Pakistan Super League 5 and the entire domestic season," he said. Zimbabwe was originally scheduled to play three ODIs and three T20 internationals but they have now requested the Pakistan Cricket Board to arrange a few extra matches for them. "Their

SP Balasubrahmanyam on ventilator, ECMO support; 'stable', says hospital

Balasubrahmanyam was closely being monitored by its multidisciplinary clinical team, the hospital treating the 74-year-old musician said.

Coronavirus cases in Maharashtra's Aurangabad rise to 20,439; seven dead

The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district rose by 395 to 20,439 on Saturday, an official said.

Postponing NEET will be drastic deviation from academic schedule: MCI to SC

The plea, filed by parents of nearly 4,000 NEET (undergraduate) candidates, has sought to alternatively postpone the examination until the Covid-19 pandemic normalises

Covid-19: Tripura govt considering to hold Assembly session in open

The Tripura government is considering to hold the monsoon assembly session under the open sky in a park here in view of the pandemic situation