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Thane district reports 1,284 new COVID-19 cases, 26 deaths

12:34 pm August 23, 2020

Thane: The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra’s Thane district has gone up to 1,13,884 with 1,284 more people testing positive for the disease, a health official said on Sunday. The fatality count in the district has reached 3,240 as 26 more people succumbed to the viral infection on Saturday, he said. Kalyan town in […]

COVID caseload in India breaches 30-lakh mark

12:29 pm August 23, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally sprinted past the 30-lakh mark, just 16 days after it crossed 20 lakh, while 22,80,566 people have recuperated in the country so far pushing the recovery rate to 74.90 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. COVID-19 cases in the country jumped from 10 lakh to 20 lakh […]

Two lakh jobs added in IT sector since 2019: Prasad

Make India global powerhouse for software products: IT minister to industry

8:28 pm August 20, 2020

New Delhi: Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday exhorted the IT industry to leverage existing policies and the enabling ecosystem to position the country as a global powerhouse for software products by building innovative Made-in-India offerings. Citing the “extraordinary response” to grand challenges including developing of indigenous video conference solutions and apps, Prasad said that even amid […]

This year’s Onam to be limited inside homes due to COVID-19: Kerala CM

11:58 pm August 19, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: People should celebrate the coming Onam festival within their homes and use locally available flowers for the traditional floral carpet in view of the COVID-19 situation, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. Participating in a video conference with the district collectors, police chiefs and medical officers, he said police should ensure people maintained social distancing when they go […]

Another body of landslide victim recovered from Talacauvery

9:20 pm August 15, 2020

Madikeri: One more body was retrieved from the debris of a landslide at Talacauvery in rain-hit Kodagu district of Karnataka on Saturday, police said. With this bodies of three people have been recovered. According to police, the victim has been identified as Ravi Kiran, 21, one of the assistant temple priests who stayed at the house of chief priest Narayana Achar […]