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Mystery grows over Covid-19 spread in China via contaminated food packaging

China has repeatedly found traces of the pathogen on packaging and food, raising fears that imported items are linked to recent virus resurgences in Beijing

American Airlines will suspend flights to 15 US cities amid aid debate

American said it will cancel just over 700 flights in October to and from those 15 airports but warned it could make additional cuts or could reconsider if Congress provides additional assistance

KXIP, KKR, Royals land in UAE; set ball rolling for bio-secure IPL 2020

The players, who were already tested multiple times before departure, will now undergo a six-day isolation period with testing on day 1, 3 and 6

Trade talks with US to resolve tariff war soon: Chinese commerce ministry

The two governments have rolled back some penalties but most of the punitive tariffs imposed on hundreds of billions of dollars of each other's goods remain in place

Adecco, Manpower, Gi, Randstad groups release best practices handbook

The Indian operations of four leading global HR services companies on Thursday released a comprehensive compilation of health and safety protocols

Multilateralism didn't rise to occasion when it was most in demand: EAM

Multilateralism did not rise to the occasion when it was most in demand, said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar while referring to the "unprecedented" challenge by Covid-19

Rajasthan reported 690 fresh coronavirus infections, 5 deaths: Official

Rajasthan reported 690 fresh COVID-19 infections and five deaths due to the disease on Thursday, taking the caseload to 65,979 and the number of fatalities to 915, according to an official report.

Two South African cricketers test positive for coronavirus: Report

Cricket South Africa, though, did not disclose the names of the two players,

As many as 190 fresh Covid-19 cases push Tripura's tally to 7,853

As many as 190 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Tripura, taking the northeastern state's tally to 7,853 on Thursday, a health official said.

80% firms in Asia Pacific changing marketing strategy over Covid-19: Adobe

Organisations in countries like India and China are likely to have a Covid-19 taskforce to manage messaging and campaigns.

DATA STORY: Nearly 70k coronavirus cases added in biggest single-day spike

India now accounts for 10.59% of all active cases globally (one in every 9 active cases), and 6.81% of all deaths (one in every 15)

World Coronavirus Dispatch: US share buybacks cut in half by pandemic

German rail slammed for withholding data, UK govt faces more heat after latest school exam problem, How Indonesia failed to control coronavirus and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Tokyo Games postponement presents quandary for millions of ticket buyers

Invariably at every Olympics, an event is listed as sold out" although the venue is half-filled because some VIPs or hospitality guests haven't shown up.

Children are silent, fast spreaders of Covid-19 virus, shows new study

The infected children were shown to have a significantly higher level of virus in their airways than adults hospitalised in ICUs for Covid-19 treatment.

Covid updates: Biggest one-day spike in India; 29% of Delhi has antibodies

Five most affected states by total tally of cases are Maharashtra (628,642), Tamil Nadu (349,654), Andhra Pradesh (306,261), Karnataka (249,000), and Uttar Pradesh (162,434)

Some severe Covid-19 patients may not develop lasting immunity, says study

According to the scientists, in people with severe Covid-19, one of most abundant cytokines released is called TNF

Nearly 29% of Delhi has antibodies against Covid-19, says new sero-survey

The sero-prevalence found in North East district was 29 per cent, South district 27 per cent, South East 33 per cent and New Delhi 24 per cent

Covid-19 Factoid: India sees highest number of deaths, recoveries in a day

No of daily deaths crosses the 1,000 mark, third time in August while Chhattisgarh sees a fresh spike in cases

RBI's first Monetary Policy Committee bows out with CPI above target

The MPC held its first meeting in October 2016 under then-Governor Urjit Patel

With record 69,652 cases in a day India's total infection cross 2.8 mn mark

There are 686,395 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which is 24.20 per cent of the total caseload