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Himanta biswa Sarma, Assam education minister

Assam to gift scooty to 22,000 girls students who secured 1st division in 12th boards

Assam asks teachers to go for compulsory Covid-19 test and report to school with a negative report on September 1

19 Aug 2020 6:50 PM

AA Edit | Covid strikes cricket

Cricketer Chetan Chauhan's case is a tragic reminder that the battle against Covid-19 is far from over in India

18 Aug 2020 6:37 PM

Passengers wearing facemasks as a precaution against the spread of Covid-19 walk through arrivals at St Pancras International station in London on Friday after travelling on a Eurostar train from Paris (AFP)

Kishwar Desai | Of staycations and cheap meals: Will Christmas be merry again?

Just a fortnight ago, people were told to travel abroad to European countries with which the UK had “air bridges”

18 Aug 2020 6:05 PM

Sikki Reddy’s second test -ve

The 26-year-old badminton player repeated the Covid-19 test after she was found positive for the virus on Friday

16 Aug 2020 6:04 PM

Top 7 Stock to choose When the Market Crashes

Due to the new-age great depression, people are being fired across the world

15 Aug 2020 6:26 PM

Labourers carrying their belongings arrive from Uttar Pradesh, during Unlock 3.0, at Anand Vihar in New Delhi, Saturday, Aug 8, 2020. Workers from various states have returned to their workplace to resume working amid the coronavirus pandemic. (PTI)

As India's marks 74th Independence Day, COVID-19 cases cross 25 lakh-mark

India has been reporting over 60,000 cases daily since August 7, barring August 11

15 Aug 2020 11:36 AM

Mahima Datla, the managing director of Biological E

J&J ties up with Biological E for manufacturing Covid vaccine in India

Hyderabad firm ties up to produce J&J's vaccine candidate in India

13 Aug 2020 9:02 PM

AA Edit | PM ‘mantra’ old hat, should fund state fights

The World Health Organisation has been talking of increased number of tests from the very start of the campaign against the virus

13 Aug 2020 7:22 PM

An indigenous vaccine development will require at least eight to 12 months and there must be some trial results on animals and humans available for assessment to understand its efficacy.

Experts doubtful about Russian vaccine's effectiveness due to lack of trial data

Russia has only said that the vaccine was tested on 38 people and they have completely recovered.

12 Aug 2020 12:09 PM

Former president Pranab Mukherjee. (PTI)

Ex-president Pranab Mukherjee's health deteriorates, remains on ventilator support: Army hospital

The 84-year-old was admitted to the military hospital around noon on Monday, and had also tested positive for COVID-19 prior to the surgery

11 Aug 2020 6:55 PM

Aakar Patel | India losing its Mahabharat against Covid?

India is the only nation, to repeat, that has consistently been going up in terms of number of cases from the start till now

11 Aug 2020 5:15 PM

Those who lost their lives in the fire at Vijayawada’s five-storey Swarna Palace hotel, taken on lease by Ramesh Hospital, are more than mere statistics

AA Edit | Covid-19 facility fires offer safety lesson

Unplanned construction in densely-populated areas remains the biggest threat

11 Aug 2020 4:52 PM

Modi to CMs in video conference: Defeat coronavirus in your states so we can emerge winner

Modi said the recovery rate has gone up which, he added, meant that government efforts have proved to be effective.

11 Aug 2020 3:11 PM

PM Modi holding consultations with 10 chief ministers over coronavirus situation

The meet assumes significance as these 10 states have a high population density and the idea is to bring down the virus caseload.

11 Aug 2020 12:46 PM

The 56-year-old man tried to jump off the third floor of the Super Speciality Block of the hospital.

Kolkata: COVID-19 positive man tries to jump off hospital building, saved by alert worker

The incident happened around 9 am at the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital

08 Aug 2020 6:11 PM

Taxi's parked at roadside during state government imposed biweekly complete lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus disease, in Kolkata, Saturday. (PTI)

Life in West Bengal comes to a halt as state government imposes lockdown to stem COVID-19

It is part of the twice-a-week lockdown imposed in the state since July 23 to break the chain of the infection.

08 Aug 2020 5:11 PM

Dev 360 | Pandemic on the rise: More questions than answers

Meanwhile, India’s official Covid-19 tally has crossed the 19-lakh mark; and the death toll is close to 40,000

08 Aug 2020 5:06 PM

A health worker checks the temperature of a roadside vegetable vendor in the wake of coronavirus pandemic in Mumbai. (PTI)

Centre: Grocery shops, vegetable vendors potential spreaders of coronavirus

The Centre also stressed on the need for operationalising ambulance transport system with oxygen facility and quick response mechanism.

08 Aug 2020 12:29 PM

This was the ninth day in a row that the tally increased by more than 50,000. (PTI)

In just 21 days, India adds another million coronavirus cases to its tally

The coronavirus infection tally had crossed 19 lakh just two days ago.

07 Aug 2020 2:20 PM

Weavers left high and dry

A pandemic and the reduced demand have driven the weaver community, known for their exquisite craftsmanship into dire state

06 Aug 2020 5:03 PM

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