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Written by Amitabh Sinha, edited by Explained Desk | Pune | September 12, 2020 11:51:57 am A healthcare worker collects swab samples for Covid-19 testing at the CTM junction in Ahmedabad on September 11, 2020 (Express photo: Nirmal Harindran). Coronavirus cases in India: Kerala, the first state in the country …

Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi continued his attack on the government on Saturday over declining Gross Domestic Product (GDP), job losses, and the growing number of Covid-19-related cases and deaths in the country. After mocking the Modi government, he said that its “well-planned fight against Covid-19 has put India in …

A photo shows an employee showing a vial with the “Gam-COVID-Vac” vaccine against the coronavirus disease, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Russia on August 7, 2020. (Reuters ) Bharat Biotech said the results demonstrated the protective efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine in a …

Coronavirus Cases in India: India has recorded more than 77,000 Covid-related deaths. New Delhi: India’s coronavirus count rose to 46,59,984 as it recorded the largest single-day increase in cases with 97,570 new patients in the past 24 hours, government data showed this morning. More than 36 lakh of patients have …

Vikram Rajput, a native of Mawai village in Jhansi, is ready to go back to work. He is happy because he had never imagined that it would be possible to get his job back within five months of its loss during the Covid-19 crash. Not only is he getting his …

Days after resuming staggered operations in the national capital, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) began operating trains at regular times (6 a.m. to 11 p.m.) starting on Saturday. Metro services were closed on March 22, in light of the Covid-19 outbreak. With the resumption of service on the Airport …

I have a wish list of data. Change, as all good wish lists must. The current wish list contains a lot of information related to rapid antigen tests. I’ve been writing for months about the context in which it makes sense for these tests to be used, and the context …

The Indian Railways will operate 80 more special trains from Saturday, the booking of which began from September 10. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Railways on its official Twitter account. “Indian Railways will run 40 additional pairs of more special trains starting September 12, 2020. These will …

India’s industrial production, as measured by the Industrial Production Index (IIP), contracted 10.4% annually in July, according to data released by the ministry of statistics and program implementation. This is the fifth consecutive month of contraction in PII. While the contraction is in line with a Reuters forecast, it is …

On Friday, the Delhi Metro resumed services on two more corridors: the Magenta Line (West Janakpuri to Botanical Garden) and the Gray Line (Dwarka to Najafgarh) as part of its gradual unblocking plan. With this, it has now reopened all its main lines. The last line in the network, the …