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Record 1-day surge in COVID-19 cases, recovery rate hovers around 63-pc mark

ION correspondentJuly 16, 2020July 16, 2020

With a record 32,695 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, India’s total coronavirus cases reached 968,876, according to the data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Family...

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to visit forward areas of J&K and Ladakh

ION correspondentJuly 16, 2020

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit forward areas of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on July 17 and 18. Army Chief General M M Naravane will accompany him. During...

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PM Modi to virtually address ECOSOC on July 17

ION correspondentJuly 16, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver a keynote address virtually at this year’s High-Level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council session on July 17 at the...

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Rajasthan assembly speaker slaps anti-defection notice on Pilot, 18 other MLAs

ION correspondentJuly 16, 2020July 16, 2020

Rajasthan assembly Speaker C P Joshi issued anti-defection notices to Sachin Pilot and 18 of his supporters on Wednesday for being absent in legislature party meetings held on Monday and...

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Fourth round of India-China Commander-level talks conclude

ION correspondentJuly 15, 2020July 15, 2020

The fourth round of Commander-level talks between India and China concluded at Chushul Border post in Eastern Ladakh on Tuesday without much success, sources say. The talks began at...

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India-EU summit to be held via video conference today

ION correspondentJuly 15, 2020July 15, 2020

The 15th meeting of the India-European Union Summit will be held via video conference today and will be co-chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President of European Council Charles...

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Record spike in fresh coronavirus cases in India, recovery rate 63.23 percent

ION correspondentJuly 15, 2020August 13, 2025

India saw record 29,429 fresh coronavirus cases in a day, even as the recovery rate improved just marginally to 63.23 percent with the number of recoveries exceeding active cases...

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Pilot grounded, Gehlot meeting governor

ION correspondentJuly 14, 2020July 14, 2020

Rebel Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot and two other ministers were axed today from the Congress Party, even as Chief Minister Gehlot reached Raj Bhawan where he is...

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India, China corps commander-level talks today

ION correspondentJuly 14, 2020

The fourth round of Commander-level talks between India and China will take place at Chushul Border post in Eastern Ladakh today. The last meeting also was held at the...

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Marginal improvement in India’s Covid-19 recovery rate

ION correspondentJuly 14, 2020July 14, 2020

The government has said that the recovery rate among Covid-19 patients in the country has now reached 63.02 percent with recoveries to death ratio at 96.01:3.99 (in percentage). Meanwhile,...