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Jammu and Kashmir coronavirus update: 268 test positive, 10 more succumb

A total of 268 people tested positive for coronavirus in J&K on Saturday while ten patients succumbed to the dreaded virus during last 24 hours.

Delhi govt urges Centre to start RAT for people in high-risk groups

The Delhi government has written to the Centre, requesting it to initiate rapid-antigen testing for people falling in high-risk groups in central health facilities in the city

Tripura coronavirus update: State reports death, 141 more positive cases

Tripura registered its second Covid-19 death on Saturday when a 72-year-old man succumbed to the disease at a government-run hospital in Agartala

Amitabh Bachchan, son Abhishek test positive for Covid-19, hospitalised

Abhishek said both his father and he had had mild symptoms and requested everybody to be calm and not panic

People going out of Rajasthan will have to obtain passes, says govt

People going out of Rajasthan will have to obtain passes from authorities, the state government said in an order as it decided to regulate inter-state movement in view of a surge in COVID-19 cases

Delhi coronavirus update: 1,781 cases take tally to 110,921; toll at 3,334

Delhi recorded 1,781 fresh coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the tally in the city to over 110,000,while the death toll from the disease climbed to 3,334

Telangana coronavirus update: Case tally crosses 33,000 in the state

Telangana's Covid-19 tally crossed 33,000 with 1,178 more people testing positive on Saturday, officials said

Indiscriminate use of Remdesivir can cause more harm than good: Health Min

According to the health ministry, all the 'investigational therapies' are required to be carried out only in proper health care facilities

Total lockdown in Thane, Navi Mumbai extended till July 19 as cases mount

The order for Thane district was issued by Collector Rajesh Narvekar and Municipal Commissioner AB Misal announced the extension for Navi Mumbai

CRPF official succumbs to Covid-19 in Hyderabad; 11th death in the force

Head Constable Damodar Reddy passed away at a hospital in Hyderabad on Saturday, they said

Assam coronavirus update: Lockdown in Guwahati may get extended by a week

"Though the health department has said one-week extension will be enough, others are advocating two more weeks in view of the rising infection," Health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said

Activist Akhil Gogoi tests positive for coronavirus in Guwahati jail

A total of 55 inmates, including Gogoi, have tested positive at the jail, forcing the authorities to issue orders for taking samples of all the 1,069 prisoners

Nearly 1.8 million unsafe abortions averted in 2019, says Harsh Vardhan

Vardhan, while chairing a virtual meeting on the occasion of World Population Day, also said that this was achieved due to substantial investment in the family planning programme

Covid-19: Total lockdown in Bengaluru urban, rural from July 14 to 22

Detailed guidelines in this regard will be issued on Monday

India's coronavirus recoveries cross 500,00-mark; rate now 62.78%

India's Covid-19 tally surged to 8,20,916 on Saturday while the death toll climbed to 22,123 with 519 people succumbing to the disease in 24 hours

Delhi records 1,781 new coronavirus cases, tally reaches 1,10,921

On June 23, the national capital had reported the highest single-day spike of 3,947 cases till date

Covid-19 effect: Air India withdraws job offers for 180 trainee cabin crew

Air India says it's 'discontinuing with training arrangement' because of the troubles in the aviation sector

Australia approves Remdesivir for Covid-19 treatment as cases rise

The approval comes as Australia is seeing a sharp increase in coronavirus infections in the state of Victoria

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, wife test negative for coronavirus

Health workers collected swab samples of Soren and his wife, and some officials working in the Chief Minister's Office

Cong MPs meet to discuss Covid, ask Rahul to take over as party chief again

Rahul quit as Congress president after the party's 2019 Lok Sabha poll and Sonia Gandhi became interim chief in August that year.