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Union minister Pratap Sarangi goes into home quarantine

Bhubaneswar, Jul 7:  Union minister and Balasore MP Pratap Sarangi has quarantined himself at his New Delhi residence after a BJP MLA from Odisha he shared the dias with at two events last week tested positive for COVID-19. In a series of tweets on Monday night, the Union […]

With nearly 700,000 coronavirus cases, India is third worst-hit country

NEW DELHI – India has over-taken Russia with the world’s third-highest number of novel coronavirus cases, at nearly 700,000, according to the latest data, as the outbreak shows no sign of slowing. Health ministry data on Monday showed more than 23,000 new cases reported in the previous 24 […]

Coronavirus patient flees from hospital in UP

Ballia (UP), Jul 6:  A coronavirus patient admitted in a government hospital here fled after giving a slip to the hospital staff, police said on Monday. The patient, a resident of Revti area of Ballia, was admitted at the L 1 COVID hospital in Basantpur on July 2. […]

COVID-19 tests in India cross one-crore mark

New Delhi, July 6: The total number of tests for detection of COVID-19 crossed the one-crore mark in India on Monday, an ICMR official said. A single-day jump of 24,248 COVID-19 cases took India’s tally close to the 7-lakh mark on Monday, while the death toll due to […]

India’s clinical research body defends timeline for coronavirus vaccine trials

MUMBAI – India’s leading clinical research agency said Saturday its decision to fast-track development of a potential coronavirus vaccine was in line with international standards, after health experts raised concerns about the schedule for clinical trials. The Indian Council of Medical Research issued a statement after a letter […]

India to reopen Taj Mahal with social distancing, masks

NEW DELHI – Visitors to the Taj Mahal will have to wear masks at all times, keep their distance and not touch its glistening marble surfaces when India’s 17th-century monument to love reopens on Monday after a three-month COVID-19 shutdown. Only 5,000 tourists will be allowed in a […]

Heavy rains continue in Mumbai; low-lying areas waterlogged

Mumbai, Jul 5: Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai, Thane and other parts of Konkan Maharashtra for the third consecutive day on Sunday and caused water-logging in some low-lying areas of the metropolis. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast intermittent rains in the city and suburbs “with […]

Record 24,850 COVID-19 cases in single day in India

New Delhi, July 5:  With 24,850 people testing positive for coronavirus infection and 613 succumbing to the disease in a day, the highest so far, India’s COVID-19 caseload soared to 6,73,165, while the death toll climbed to 19,268 on Sunday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. This […]

In highest single-day spike, nearly 23k test positive for COVID; death toll rises to 18,655 in India

New Delhi, July 4:  With 22,771 people testing positive for coronavirus in the highest single-day spike so far, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to?6,48,315 on Saturday, while the death toll rose to 18,655 with 442 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.? With a steady rise, the […]

First coronavirus then Trump order split Indian families

NEW DELHI — The March day that his father died, Karan Murgai boarded a plane to India. The coronavirus was spreading, so Murgai’s wife and their two young children stayed home in Dallas. Their separation — due to last three weeks — became indefinite after President Donald Trump […]

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