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Covid-19 Lockdown 3.0: Check what is allowed in your area, and what is not

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has issued detailed guidelines specifying the activities allowed and not allowed in the three zones

USFDA okays emergency use of Gilead drug for hospitalised Covid-19 patients

Gilead CEO Daniel O'Day has announced that the company is donating 1.5 million vials of the medicine

Covid-19 Factoid: India's confirmed cases have tripled during Lockdown 2.0

The US seems to have gone the Europe way in trajectory of Covid-19 infections - both took about 40 days to reach 1 million cases - but its death toll has been much less

World coronavirus dispatch: Hottest Silicon Valley start-ups are on sale

From the likelihood of European economy staying below last year's level through 2022, to the future of air travel for average travel - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai among 130 Red Zones designated by Centre

Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan has written to Chief Secretaries of all States and UTs delineating the above classification.

World coronavirus dispatch: 'Burning the house down to kill a rat?'

From the Covid-19 impact on US jobs, to progress on developing a vaccine, economies slipping into contraction, and coping with distress during isolation - read these and more in today's dispatch

India coronavirus dispatch: Coping with today, and planning for tomorrow

From a lifeline for small businesses, to commitment to people's health, and why the developed world needs to provide support to emerging economies - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Coronavirus LIVE: Air India set to resume partial services from mid-May

Coronavirus India updates: The tally of corona cases in India has risen to 33,069. Worldwide there are 3,220,346 cases. Stay with Business Standard for Covid 19 LIVE updates

Pharma index set to post its biggest monthly gain in 21 years amid Covid-19

Analysts, however, do caution against the rich valuation the pharma index and the stocks are trading at

India coronavirus dispatch: 'Lives vs lives', not 'lives vs livelihoods'

From making labour systems work, to post-Covid-19 economic models, and why cities have become epicentres of coronavirus outbreaks - read these and more in today's India digest

Covid-19 Factoid: Most deaths in a day take India's total past 1,000 mark

While Turkey has turned the corner with its number of daily new deaths falling consistently, the number of cases in the US is now equal to the combined total of the next 6 worst-hit nations

Coronavirus LIVE: India toll hits 1,000; over 940,000 recovered globally

Coronavirus LIVE updates: The tally of corona in India has risen to 31,360, and the number of global cases now stands at 3,121,932. Stay with Business Standard for Covid 19 LIVE updates

India coronavirus dispatch: The country's role in a post-pandemic world

From a policy road map for containing Covid-19, to human challenge trials and why they are controversial, and whether Aarogya Setu is a surveillance app - read these and more in today's dispatch

Covid-19 Factoid: India's trajectory of new daily cases remains worrisome

While Italy, the first epicentre outside of China, seems to have flattened the curve, the share of Asia (excluding China in the initial stages) both in infections and deaths has been limited so far

NITI Aayog sealed for 48 hrs after staffer tests positive for coronavirus

NITI VC Rajiv Kumar said that other staffers are working from remote locations

NITI Aayog building sealed for 48 hrs after staffer tests Covid-19 positive

A director-level officer working at NITI Bhawan has tested positive for coronavirus

Covid-19 crisis: Delhi govt allows veterinarians, plumbers to resume work

Online teaching/distance learning to be encouraged, read the order signed by Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev

Covid-19: Delhi sees surge in recovery rate; 877 patients released so far

Since April 18, the Delhi government in its daily health bulletin has introduced a recovery column in an effort to have a more clear understanding of the overall recovery rate

I want to go back to Wuhan and study, says India's first Covid-19 patient

She says she has immense respect for the healthcare workers

Covid-19 Factoid: For 5 states, half their cases are in just one district

Even as the daily global death toll has nearly halved, Brazil is witnessing a second wave of coronavirus cases, and in India at least 5 states have the bulk of their cases in just one district each