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No lockdown this weekend in 4 districts of Uttarakhand ahead of festivals

There will be no lockdown this weekend in Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar districts of Uttarakhand in view of the upcoming festivals, officials said on Friday

Punjab see record spike of 665 Covid-19 cases, tally crosses 16,000-mark

Six fatalities were reported in Ludhiana, three in Amritsar, two each in Barnala and Patiala and one each in Jalandhar, Pathankot and Kapurthala, according to the medical bulletin

Cars are passe, bicycles are the new style statement in the time of Covid

Once regarded as the common man's convenience, today they are a must-have for fitness freaks, the adventurous kind and the typical urban snoot

Bhutan king writes to Assam CM, thanks him for support during lockdown

Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar has written to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, thanking him for allowing movement of vehicles carrying essential commodities to the neighbouring country

Stable outlook for tractor industry, limited Covid impact on demand: Icra

In June, the industry recorded a 22 per cent growth in wholesale volumes and 10 per cent growth in retail volumes

As economy staggers, Sino-US tensions rise, plenty could go wrong this Aug

US election contest gets ugly. Now watch Turkey, at risk of repeating the 2018 lira crisis

Hosiery exporters seek extension of loan moratorium by 6 months up to March

Exporters said the financial position of the knitwear garment units in Tirupur has not improved and they were not in a position to repay the loan and interest

Covid result in 30 secs? India, Israel conducting tests for potential tech

Israeli Ambassador to India Ron Malka on Friday visited the special testing site created at the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital to witness the ongoing trials

Gymnasiums, yoga centres to open in Punjab; night curfew to continue

The Punjab government on Friday allowed gymnasiums and yoga centres to operate while continuing with the night curfew for the next phase of the coronavirus lockdown from August 1 to 31.

Tablighi event: HC seeks Centre, police response on pleas to quash FIRs

The Delhi High Court Friday asked the Centre and the police to respond to pleas by 24 foreigners seeking quashing of FIRs against them for attending Tablighi Jamaat event

Kerala reports 1,310 fresh Covid-19 cases; three deaths takes toll to 73

Kerala reported 1,310 Covid-19 cases on Friday, including 20 health workers, taking the infection tally to 23,607, while three deaths took the toll to 73.

India's fatality rate at 2.18%, one of the lowest globally: Harsh Vardhan

He also said of the total 545,318 active cases, 1.61 per cent patients need ICU care and 2.32 per cent are on oxygen support

Tamil Nadu adds 5,881 Covid-19 cases in a day, 1,013 from Chennai alone

The State Health Department said 58,350 persons were tested, 5,778 patients discharged and 97 new deaths were reported

Oil set for fragile recovery as economies limp towards normalcy: Survey

The poll projected global demand to contract by between 7.2 and 8.5 million barrels per day (bpd) this year, versus last month's 6.5-8.7 million bpd prediction

1,195 new Covid-19 cases take Delhi tally to 1,35,598; death toll at 3,963

Delhi recorded 1,195 fresh coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the tally in the city to over 1.35 lakh, while the death toll from the disease mounted to 3,963, authorities said.

Pfizer, BioNTech to supply 120 mn doses of coronavirus vaccine to Japan

BioNTech and Pfizer on Monday began a large, late-stage trial of their vaccine candidate to demonstrate its efficacy

Eurozone economy suffers record drop of 12.1% during Covid-19 lockdown

For the currency union as a whole it was the biggest decline since the records started in 1995. For the broader 27-country European Union, not all of whose members use the euro, output sagged 11.9%

Sisodia tried to scare by claiming Delhi would have 550,000 cases: BJP

The Delhi situation was brought under control with the intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the city BJP unit said on Friday.

Specify benefits for frontline workers' kin: HC to Maharashtra govt

The Bombay HC directed the government to file an affidavit about the benefits extended to the kin of frontline health and administrative workers, who get infected to Covid-19 in the line of duty.

India's coronavirus recovery rate stands at 64.54%, says Harsh Vardhan

The Union Health Minister said that only 0.27% patients were on the ventilator