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India records world’s lowest COVID-19 fatality rate below 2.5 percent

ION correspondentJuly 20, 2020July 20, 2020

For the first time, India’s fatality rate of COVID-19 fell below 2.5 percent. This was revealed by the government on Monday. The Union Health Ministry today said that India...

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Human clinical trial of COVAXIN to begin at AIIMS today

ION correspondentJuly 20, 2020July 20, 2020

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is expected to begin the human clinical trial of the indigenously-developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate from today. AIIMS Ethics Committee had given...

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1 injured after Nepal Police opens fire on 3 Indian nationals near Bihar border

ION correspondentJuly 20, 2020August 13, 2025

One person was injured after Nepal police allegedly shot at three Indian nationals near the border in Bihar’s Kishanganj on Sunday, the Kishanganj SP said. The incident comes amid...

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Guidelines for inter-state travel to Uttarakhand

ION correspondentJuly 20, 2020August 13, 2025

With the Uttarakhand government announcing total weekend shutdown in four districts of the state, here are the guidelines which you must know. The districts that will have weekend shutdown...

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New Consumer Protection Act 2019 comes into force

ION correspondentJuly 20, 2020July 24, 2020

The newly enacted Consumer Protection Act comes to force from today, replacing more than three decades old Consumer Protection Act, 1986. The new Consumer Protection Act 2019 seeks to...

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India’s COVID-19 recovery rate above 64 percent

ION correspondentJuly 19, 2020

India saw a record single- day jump of 38,902 COVID-19 cases pushing its tally to 10,77,618 on July 19 while the total number of recoveries increased to 6,77,422, taking the recovery rate to marginally above 64...

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India’s COVID-19 fatality rate lowest in world: govt

ION correspondentJuly 18, 2020July 18, 2020

The Union Health Ministry on Friday said that the COVID-19 fatality rate in India was one of the lowest in world. The government said that the actual case load...

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Record rise in India’s COVID-19 cases pulls down recovery rate to 62.93 percent

ION correspondentJuly 18, 2020July 19, 2020

India’s coronavirus tally surged to 10.38 lakh cases on Saturday after 34,884 new patients were registered in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said. In the last...

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Covid recovery rate in West Bengal dips sharply in last 2 weeks: media report

ION correspondentJuly 17, 2020July 17, 2020

A recent media report published in The Print has said that the recovery rate of coronavirus patients in the State of West Bengal has dipped sharply in the last...

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Sachin Pilot, 18 rebel MLAs move HC against Rajasthan Assembly Speaker’s disqualification notice

ION correspondentJuly 16, 2020

A day after Rajasthan Assembly Speaker CP Joshi sent disqualification notices to Sachin Pilot and 18 other rebel MLAs, the former deputy chief minister and his band of rebels...

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