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India’s coronavirus tally jumps to 6.73 lakh, recovery rate stable at 60 percent

ION correspondentJuly 5, 2020July 6, 2020

India on Saturday reported over 24,000 coronavirus infections, taking the total number of cases to 6.73 lakh. Over 600 more fatalities also took the death toll past 19,200. At...

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Obviously, someone is lying, Rahul tweets on Modi’s statement in Ladakh

ION correspondentJuly 4, 2020

In a recent tweet, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched another attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the recent engagement of India China soldiers on the LAC alleging that...

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India reports 22,771 new coronavirus cases in 24 hrs, recovery rate at 60.80 pc

ION correspondentJuly 4, 2020July 4, 2020

India’s COVID-19 tally on Saturday touched 6,48,315 with the biggest single-day increase of 22,771 cases, even as the recovery rate improved to 60.80 percent. The country also witnessed 442...

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Desi Covid-19 vaccine likely to be launched by August 15: media

ION correspondentJuly 3, 2020

The media on Friday reported that India was eyeing to launch the first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine by August 15. The reports were based on a letter from Indian Council...

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PM Narendra Modi makes surprise visit to Ladakh to review situation

ION correspondentJuly 3, 2020July 3, 2020

Amid the recent row with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an unannounced visit to a forward post in Ladakh this morning...

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India’s coronavirus recovery rate improves to nearly 60 percent

ION correspondentJuly 3, 2020

With 11,881 coronavirus patients recovering from the illness in the last 24 hours across the country, the recovery rate has improved to nearly 60 percent. With the new recoveries,...

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Over 16 lakh people affected by Assam floods, situation remains grim

Bishwajit BhuyanJuly 3, 2020July 3, 2020

The flood situation in Assam remained grim with Brahmaputra and it’s tributaries flowing above the danger level at different places. The flood has hit 22 out of 33 districts and...

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Details of revised home isolation guidelines by Union Health Ministry

ION correspondentJuly 3, 2020July 3, 2020

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday revised the guidelines for home isolation keeping in mind the urgent need to ramp up coronavirus treatment, and has...

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6 killed, several injured in Neyveli boiler blast in Tamil Nadu

ION correspondentJuly 1, 2020

At least six people were killed and several injured in a boiler blast at a power plant in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore district on Wednesday. This is the second blast...

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India’s Coronavirus recovery rate improves to 59.43 percent with 3.47 lakh recoveries

ION correspondentJuly 1, 2020

India today entered Unlock-2 from today with more relaxations, even as the country’s recovery rate improved to 59.43% and the gap between recovered and active patients widened to 1.27...