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Pharma index set to post its biggest monthly gain in 21 years amid Covid-19

Analysts, however, do caution against the rich valuation the pharma index and the stocks are trading at

India coronavirus dispatch: 'Lives vs lives', not 'lives vs livelihoods'

From making labour systems work, to post-Covid-19 economic models, and why cities have become epicentres of coronavirus outbreaks - read these and more in today's India digest

Covid-19 Factoid: Most deaths in a day take India's total past 1,000 mark

While Turkey has turned the corner with its number of daily new deaths falling consistently, the number of cases in the US is now equal to the combined total of the next 6 worst-hit nations

Coronavirus LIVE: India toll hits 1,000; over 940,000 recovered globally

Coronavirus LIVE updates: The tally of corona in India has risen to 31,360, and the number of global cases now stands at 3,121,932. Stay with Business Standard for Covid 19 LIVE updates

India coronavirus dispatch: The country's role in a post-pandemic world

From a policy road map for containing Covid-19, to human challenge trials and why they are controversial, and whether Aarogya Setu is a surveillance app - read these and more in today's dispatch

Covid-19 Factoid: India's trajectory of new daily cases remains worrisome

While Italy, the first epicentre outside of China, seems to have flattened the curve, the share of Asia (excluding China in the initial stages) both in infections and deaths has been limited so far

NITI Aayog sealed for 48 hrs after staffer tests positive for coronavirus

NITI VC Rajiv Kumar said that other staffers are working from remote locations

NITI Aayog building sealed for 48 hrs after staffer tests Covid-19 positive

A director-level officer working at NITI Bhawan has tested positive for coronavirus

Covid-19 crisis: Delhi govt allows veterinarians, plumbers to resume work

Online teaching/distance learning to be encouraged, read the order signed by Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev

Covid-19: Delhi sees surge in recovery rate; 877 patients released so far

Since April 18, the Delhi government in its daily health bulletin has introduced a recovery column in an effort to have a more clear understanding of the overall recovery rate

I want to go back to Wuhan and study, says India's first Covid-19 patient

She says she has immense respect for the healthcare workers

Covid-19 Factoid: For 5 states, half their cases are in just one district

Even as the daily global death toll has nearly halved, Brazil is witnessing a second wave of coronavirus cases, and in India at least 5 states have the bulk of their cases in just one district each

Covid-19 hinterland digest: MP fails in testing; UP cities suffer more

Around 1,800 samples reach Bhopal on a daily basis. Only 1,100 samples get tested in the five labs

Act against profiteering in Covid-19 test kits procurement: Rahul to PM

He said that the country will "never forgive" those making an unfair profit by selling testing kits

What happens next when you or someone you know tests positive for Covid-19?

The latest reports indicate that up to 80 per cent of those testing positive for the novel coronavirus in India are asymptomatic: they aren't displaying any symptoms

Profiteering in sale of Covid-19 rapid test kits to ICMR exposed in court

Delhi HC says mark-up is much on the higher side, asks test kits to be sold at Rs 400 per unit

Covid-19 Factoid: Some worrying signs from India, Qatar and elsewhere

While India has seen its biggest single-day jump in cases, cases being added daily in Qatar has nearly doubled; the global death toll has taken just 15 days to rise from 100,000 to 200,000

Coronavirus LIVE: India cases at 27,890; US tally approaching a million

Coronavirus LIVE updates: The number of Covid-19 cases in India has risen to 27,890, and the global tally of corona cases now stands 2,950,009. Stay with Business Standard for Covid 19 LIVE updates

Gilead's Covid-19 cure trial may yield results ahead of schedule: Report

In the absence of hard evidence, US medical associations and the National Institutes of Health have not recommended remdesivir for treatment of Covid-19 so far

Lives vs livelihoods

The low virus-related mortality rates for India and other tropical countries do not support the case for stringent lockdowns, which would also destroy businesses and jobs