A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment(PPE) collects a nasal sample from a policeman, during a check-up campaign for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) set up inside a police station, in Mumbai.
Coronavirus update: India on Monday witnessed a significant drop in the number of new Covid-19 cases. According to Worldometer, India registered 74,493 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its corona tally to 5,560,105. Death toll is at 88,943. India occupies the top position in the world in terms of total recoveries. However, it is also the second worst-hit country in terms of active caseloads and the total number of Covid cases.
Coronavirus vaccine update: Phase-III human clinical trials of the coronavirus vaccine being developed by Oxford University and manufactured by Serum Institute of India began on Monday in Pune.
World coronavirus update: The global tally of coronavirus cases stands at 31,471,337. While 23,094,419 have recovered, 968,905 have died so far. The US, the worst-hit country, has 7,046,188 cases. It is followed by India, which has 5,560,105 cases, Brazil (1,109,595) and Russia (1,109,595).
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Singapore reports 21 new Covid-19 cases
Singapore recorded 21 new Covid-19 cases, mostly foreign workers living in dormitories, on Tuesday, taking the number of coronavirus infections to 57,627 in the country, according to the health ministry
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Covid-19: Record 101,000 single-day recoveries take tally of patients cured to nearly 4.5 million
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PM to review status of Covid-19 response, management in 7 high focus states, UTs tomorrow
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Covid-19: Ladakh's death toll now 50, total cases 3,832
The coronavirus death toll has risen to 50 in Ladakh as one more patient succumbed to the disease, while 79 new infections took the caseload to 3,832, officials said on Tuesday
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Coronavirus impact: Indonesia revises GDP forecast to deeper contraction for 2020
Indonesia revised down its 2020 gross domestic product (GDP) outlook on Tuesday, expecting a steeper contraction due to the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic even as it tries to ramp up spending to cushion the blow.
Southeast Asia's largest economy would likely shrink within a range of 1.7% to 0.6% on an annual basis in 2020, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati told a virtual news conference, down from her previous expectation of a range of 1.1% contraction to 0.2% growth.
The forecast took into account a new third-quarter GDP outlook of a contraction of 2.9% to 1%, from the previous range of 2.1% to flat growth, and potential negative growth in October-December, the minister said.
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Many coop banks came under stress during COVID; their finances being closely monitored by regulator RBI: FM in Rajya Sabha
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Delhi High Court stays AAP govt’s order directing 33 big private hospitals to reserve 80 per cent of ICU beds for COVID-19 patients
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HC seeks Delhi government, Centre's replies on plea by 'Association of Healthcare Providers' to quash order to reserve ICU beds
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Home, auto loan inquiry back to 2019 level, yet to reach pre-Covid mark
Driven by pent-up demand, the inquiry volumes for home and auto loans in India during July-August 2020 are back to 2019 levels in the corresponding period, according to CIBIL.
In the home loans, inquiry volumes were at 112 per cent of July-August 2019 levels, in loan against properties (LAP) 90 per cent of Jul-Aug 2019 level, and 88 per cent for auto loans. Read on...
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PM to chair Covid review meeting with CMs of seven high-burden states
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a high-level virtual meeting with chief ministers and health ministers of seven high-burden states on Wednesday to review the COVID-19 situation.
These states are Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Punjab, an official statement said, noting that more than 63 per of the active cases in the country are concentrated in these seven states.
They also account for 65.5 per cent of the total confirmed cases and 77 per cent of the total deaths.
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