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In a first, the army's Local Military Authority (LMA) has roped in its quick response team (QRT) to monitor the Covid-19 situation in civil areas of the Pune Cantonment Board (PCB).

Britain's deputy chief medical officer said on Saturday he was confident the coronavirus "R" number, a measure of the rate of contagion, was below 1 across the United Kingdom.

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Worldwide, the virus is confirmed to have infected nearly 4 million people and killed more than 276,000, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University based on data reported by governments.

The number of coronavirus cases worldwide topped four million as some of the hardest-hit countries readied Sunday to lift lockdown restrictions, despite concerns about the second wave of infections. Governments around the world are trying to stop the spread of the disease while scrambling for ways to relieve pressure on their economies with millions unemployed.

Telecom operator Reliance Communications today posted 5.8% rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 54 crore for the three-month period ended June 30.

Punjab's cabinet ministers locked horns with senior bureaucrats over imposition of Covid tax and overall dipping revenue of the state excise department at a meeting to discuss changes in the excise policy on Saturday.

South Korea's had 18 new cases in 24 hours with all but one of them linked to a 29-year-old man who visited three clubs in Seoul's Itaewon district before testing.

The US Department of Health and Human Services announced that it is delivering drug remdesivir to Illinois, New Jersey, Michigan, Connecticut, Maryland and Iowa.

Canada's death toll rose 3.5% to 4,628 from a day earlier, while cases approached 67,000. Nearly 60% of Canada's deaths have occurred in Quebec, where there are numerous outbreaks in nursing homes.

Emails show the US's top public health experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who working on guidance to help deal with coronavirus, were quashed by political appointees.

Around the world, the US and other hard-hit countries are wrestling with how to ease curbs on business and public activity without causing the virus to come surging back.

Elon Musk has been pushing to re-open Tesla's Fremont, California, factory after Alameda County's health department said the carmaker must not reopen because local lockdown measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus remain in effect.

In a statement late Saturday by the US Embassy in Kabul, Washington also sought Pakistan’s help in locating Frerichs.

Cadila Pharmaceutical will seek the govt's nod in two days for initiating clinical trials for a vaccine against swine flu.

Six-year-old Yunosuke and four-year-old Koujirou can be seen training on the Swedish and Serbian legends in a viral video.

In light of the COVID-19 lockdown situation, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) issued a notification on Friday allowing some insurance companies to provide the Aadhaar-based authentication to complete KYC procedure to provide insurance services. "To facilitate

On Thursday, the State Bank of India (SBI) introduced a new scheme for senior citizens called "SBI Wecare Deposit" for senior citizens in its retail term deposit segment. The scheme aims at safeguarding the interest of senior citizens in fixed deposits

Recently, amid falling interest rates, SBI as an incentive to attract senior citizens launched a special retail deposit scheme called ‘SBI Wecare Deposit' with a marginally higher premium of 30 bps. Usually senior citizen investor community on FDs is provided a

Partha Chatterjee said the institutions have also received the University Grants Commission (UGC) guidelines in this regard and the issue came up in the meeting held during the day.

The 31st battalion of the force in Delhi has about 137 positive cases. All personnel are admitted at a quarantine facility in Mandoli area and undergoing treatment.

Another 98 trains with migrant workers will reach the state on Sunday and Monday, while talks are on to allow 15 to 20 more.

The health department has directed that social distancing is the only effective way to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, but it is impossible to do so in prisons as they have more prisoners than their prescribed capacity, he said in a statement.

The Department of Homeland Security has issued new regulations, set to take effect Monday, that will limit visas for Chinese reporters to 90 days. There is a potential to extend the visa.

Even RIMS, the only state-run super-specialty medical institute in Jharkhand, does not have the required equipment to deal with the crisis. At present, there is one ventilator for every 70,000 people in the state.

As per the latest bulletin by the health department on Saturday, the state has reported 1,786 COVID-19 cases and 171 deaths of people infected with the virus.

Railways Superintendent of Police Soumitra Yadav said in the first incident a 29-year-old migrant worker from Sitapur, identified as Kanhaiya Lal, died in a Shramik Special returning from Bhavnagar in Gujarat to Basti in Uttar Pradesh.

Doctors at the government-run ESIC Hospital here committed a "mistake" by not testing samples of a 16-year-old girl, who later died of Covid-19, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.

The state health department has also set up a dedicated helpline for issues regarding the non-availability of PPEs and other supplies.

Of the 2,109 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 779 deaths. Gujarat comes second with 472 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 215.

Justice S C Gupte in an order on Friday said the police administration must not obstruct or stop such vehicles.

The development led to the deferment of the cabinet meeting which was scheduled to be held on Saturday. Now, it will be held on Monday.

The ruling TMC in West Bengal and opposition BJP on Saturday traded barbs over ferrying migrant labourers, after Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged the issue of "non-cooperation" by the state government, leaving the Mamata Banerjee-led party fuming, which accused him of spreading lies.

Chief junior national coach Sanjay Mishra tells his wards to try and control the negative thoughts which would also help them deal with tough match situations.

Sania Mirza took to social media to post a picture with her son Izhaan.

Yashaswini Singh Deswal and Rudrankksh Patil claimed top spots in 10m air rifle and 10m air pistol event finals at the third International Online Shooting Championship.

Barcelona said that Samuel Umtiti picked up an injury to his right calf during Saturday's individual training session.