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Covid-19 updates: Over 57k new cases, next Sero-Prevalence survey and more

A total of 5,65,103 patients are still undergoing treatment at hospitals and quarantine centres

EU funds for equipment for plasma collection from Covid-19 survivors

The efficacy of these treatments is being investigated worldwide, including in an EU research project

Large-scale US Covid-19 vaccine trials will exclude pregnant women for now

Drugmakers say they first need to make sure the vaccines are safe and effective more generally

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Comorbidities contributed to 82% of deaths

A roundup of articles in Indian news publications on how India is dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic

World Coronavirus Dispatch: July was worst for US in terms of cases

Mexico's virus death toll world's third-highest, Canada extends travel ban to August 31, Mainland China reports 45 new coronavirus cases for July 31 and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Highest single-day spike of 57,117 new Covid-19 cases in India in a day

A total of 5,65,103 patients are still undergoing treatment at hospitals and quarantine centres

Covid-19 Factoid: 50,000+ cases added to India's tally on consecutive days

While India has surpassed Italy's death toll to become the fifth-worst-hit country by fatalities, Mexico has overtaken the UK on this count to become the third-most-affected

Coronavirus LIVE: Record spike of over 292,000 global cases in last 24 hrs

Coronavirus: India has recorded over 100,000 cases in 48 hours. The US tally has surged to 4,634,581 and Brazil 2,613,789. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

June retail credit grows Rs 11,518 crore after shrinking for 2 months

Outstanding loans to SME remained flat at Rs 3.52 trillion in June, compared to May

Birla Tyres to RCom, low-denomination stocks hit top gear on Dalal Street

Dream run may come to a screeching halt anytime, warn analysts as fundamentals do not back them

TVS Motor plans Rs 300-crore capital expenditure amid Covid-19 pandemic

The company said it was planning to commercialise some of the intellectual properties (IPs) to be built by start-ups through the company's Singapore subsidiary.

Covid-19 impact: Debt woes keep future uncertain for Kishore Biyani firms

Aggressive expansion plans have led to cost overrun, sliding profits for Future Group firms

Fiscal deficit at 83.2% of budget estimates in Q1 on poor tax collection

Fiscal deficit during the corresponding period of last year was 61.4 per cent of the budget estimates

Covid-19: Govt unlikely to meet Rs 2.1 trillion divestment target for FY21

With ambitious FY21 target of Rs 2.1 trn unlikely to be met, govt to push through LIC IPO, privatisation of BPCL or Concor

Hong Kong postpones legislative elections by a year citing coronavirus

The Hong Kong government is invoking an emergency ordinance in delaying the elections

Madhya Pradesh CM, cabinet members to donate salaries for Covid-19 fight

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday said he and his cabinet colleagues would donate 30 per cent of their salaries to the CM Relief Fund to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Suspension of international flights extended till August 31: DGCA

During the suspension period, more than 2,500 repatriation flights by foreign carriers to uplift stranded passengers to/ from India have been approved, the statement said

European economy tumbles into worst recession amid Covid-19 crisis

On an annualised basis, EU economies shrank by 14.4%, and eurozone economies by 15%, the sharpest recorded contractions

Sports fans no longer allowed at pilot events in England amid Covid-19

Spectators will no longer be allowed to attend sporting events in England after concerns about a rise in coronavirus infections forced the government to delay the partial reopening of venues until at least Aug. 15. Small groups of fans were due to attend horse racing, cricket and snooker in the coming days as part of pilot events with coronavirus prevention measures but British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reversed course on Friday. Very disappointing news that with rise in infection rates we cannot press ahead with sports pilots with fans this weekend I know the huge efforts cricket, snooker & horseracing have made to welcome fans back, Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden tweeted. We'll keep working together on their safe return asap. A cricket match in London between Surrey and Middlesex at The Oval was attended by up to 1,000 people earlier this week, with a two-seat gap between family groups of a maximum of six. Two further cricket matches in London and Birmingham were due to be ..

In fight against Covid, plasma Bank launched at SAIL plant in Odisha

As part of efforts to fight Covid-19 pandemic, a plasma bank was inaugurated on Friday at state-owned SAIL's plant in Rourkela (Odisha), a company statement said.