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India coronavirus dispatch: Covid-19 and summer - still an unsettled issue

From reimagining diplomacy, to uncertainty faced by returning migrant workers, and more evidence for why you should wear masks - read these and more in today's India dispatch

India coronavirus dispatch: How to spot misinformation around Covid-19

From social media infodemic, to trends shaping post-Covid-19 world, and why the need for labour reforms must not be conflated with complete deregulation - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Covid-19 Factoid: Bihar's case tally up 17% in biggest single-day spike yet

While India's death rate has come down marginally to 3.3%, Belgium's has been the highest at 16.3%; Russia's 0.9% is the lowest among all countries with more than 50,000 confirmed cases

Plasma therapy worked on my body in 3 days, says recovered Covid-19 patient

I had received plasma from a doctor named Dr Izhar Munshi who had recovered from coronavirus, said the patient

Coronavirus: 3,277 new cases, 127 deaths in India in last 24 hours

Coronavirus India update: Stay tuned with Business Standard for latest news on Covid-19, world death toll, and cases across the world and in India

World coronavirus dispatch: After a month's lull, a new case in Wuhan

From Obama calling out Trump's 'chaotic disaster', to a robot that kills coronavirus in 2 minutes, how video games can help, and how a pandemic ends - read these and more in today's world dispatch

India coronavirus dispatch: The search for a cure, and India's response

From the SARS-CoV-2 strain in India, to migrant workers in this lockdown, and whether ultraviolet light can help detect and kill coronavirus - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Covid-19 Factoid: Rajasthan has best recovery rate among 5 worst-hit states

Russia has become the fifth country to report more than 200,000 Covid-19 cases; it took just 10 days to double its tally from 100,000 to 200,000

Covid-19 effect: Bullying rises against patients, health workers in Japan

A government campaign to raise awareness seems to be helping, at least for medical workers

ICMR teams up with Bharat Biotech Limited to develop coronavirus vaccine

The vaccine will be developed using the virus strain isolated at the ICMR's National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, a statement said.

Lockdown: Closure of commercial activity has hit Bihar, UP villages

But most respondents to a survey conducted by Smart Power India said they saw a positive change in social hygiene behaviour during lockdown

AIIB extends $500 mn loan to India to deal with coronavirus crisis

The bank's board of directors has approved a loan to India to strengthen the preparedness of the country's national health system

India coronavirus dispatch: What it means to wear PPE as healthcare worker

From resuscitating multilateralism with India's help, to vaccine candidates from around the world, and just how reliable is our Covid-19 mortality data - read these and more in today's India dispatch

Covid-19 Factoid: India is taking just 3 days to add 10,000 new cases

Among 10 most affected Indian states, Punjab and Tamil Nadu have been doubling their count of cases at the fastest face; the UK has taken 26 more days than the US to reach 200,000 cases

Coronavirus LIVE: Paramilitary forces moved to Ahmedabad as infections rise

Coronavirus update: Stay tuned with Business Standard for latest news on coronavirus, world death toll, and cases across the world and in India

Covid-19 Factoid: Delhi has highest density of coronavirus cases in India

While Russia's tally of positive cases is rising at a very fast clip - its third 50,000 cases having come in just 5 days - the UK is becoming the most worrisome epicentre in Europe

India coronavirus dispatch: Should all patients in hospitals be tested?

From classification of zones, to managing the pandemic in the northeastern states, and why Tamil Nadu is the latest cause for worry - read these and more in today's India dispatch

World coronavirus dispatch: Trump wants US to open even if people get sick

From Russian doctors falling mysteriously from hospital windows, to Uber laying off 14 per cent workforce, and Pfizer's human trial of vaccine - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Govt working on reforms in sunrise sectors to make India export hub: NITI

Amitabh Kant, NITI Aayog CEO, listed healthcare, education, mobility, genomics, AI, 5G network, fintech and manufacturing as high priority areas for rapid and radical structural reforms.

Two civic bodies in Mah bar movement of essential service workers to Mumbai

Maharashtra with 15,525 confirmed cases is the worst affected state in the country by Covid-19.