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58 medical workers die fighting coronavirus in Pakistan
Thu Jul 02 2020
Pakistan has lost 58 healthcare providers, including 42 doctors, to coronavirus while they were on a mission to save lives....
New Zealand's health minister resigns after virus blunders
Thu Jul 02 2020
New Zealand's health minister resigned Thursday following a series of personal blunders during the coronavirus pandemic. David Clark had earlier...
Assam lab isolates COVID-19 virus
Thu Jul 02 2020
The Regional Medical Research Centre in Assam's Dibrugarh has become the fourth laboratory in the country to successfully isolate SARS-CoV-2...
MCOCA slapped on 10 accused in armed dacoity case
Thu Jul 02 2020
The police have charged 10 accused in an armed dacoity case under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act...
COVID-19 cases push India's tally above 6 lakh
Thu Jul 02 2020
India's COVID-19 tally zoomed past six lakh cases on Thursday with a single-day increase of 19,148 cases, just five days...
DHL temporarily suspends Chinese import shipments to India
Wed Jul 01 2020
German logistics company DHL said on Wednesday it has temporarily suspended picking up import shipments from China to India, after...
Covid-19: Australia to lock down 300,000 in Melbourne suburbs
Wed Jul 01 2020
Authorities will lock down more than 300,000 people in suburbs north of Melbourne for a month from late on Wednesday...
Coronavirus: 15 inmates of Bengal prison test positive
Wed Jul 01 2020
Fifteen inmates of a prison in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on...
Trump faces pressure over Russia bounties to kill US troops
Wed Jul 01 2020
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday came under growing pressure to respond to allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing...
Mla tests positive for coronavirus in Goa
Wed Jul 01 2020
A BJP MLA from Goa has tested positive for coronavirus, a senior state health official said on Wednesday. The legislator...
Covid-19: Human trial of India vaccine in July
Tue Jun 30 2020
Volunteers in India will be immunised with a new locally made coronavirus vaccine in July. An unspecified number of people...
Security outside Taj hotel in Mumbai beefed up
Tue Jun 30 2020
Police have beefed up security outside the Taj hotel in south Mumbai after the Karachi Stock Exchange terror attack, a...
TikTok says in process of complying with government order
Tue Jun 30 2020
TikTok on Tuesday said it is in the process of complying with the government's order on blocking of the app,...
Gas leak at pharma plant in Vizag, two dead
Tue Jun 30 2020
Two people were killed and four others were taken ill after benzene gas leaked at a pharmaceutical company at Parawada...
3 militants killed in Anantnag encounter
Mon Jun 29 2020
Three unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Monday,...
World hits coronavirus milestones amid fears worse to come
Mon Jun 29 2020
The world surpassed two sobering coronavirus milestones Sunday -- 500,000 confirmed deaths, 10 million confirmed cases and hit another high...
Sugar export from Maharashtra hit due to lockdown
Mon Jun 29 2020
Nearly 36 lakh tonne sugar has been exported from Maharashtra between January and June this year as against the target...
Covid-19: Single-day spike of 19,459 cases
Mon Jun 29 2020
A single-day spike of 19,459 COVID-19 cases took India's tally to 5,48,318 on Monday, while the death toll climbed to...
COVID-19: India adds nearly 20,000 cases, highest single-day spike
Sun Jun 28 2020
India recorded close to 20,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day for the first time on Sunday, taking the tally...
'Chase the Virus' campaign to be extended across Maha: Uddhav
Sun Jun 28 2020
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said the 'Chase the Virus' initiative that received good results in worst-hit Mumbai...