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4th August 2020 /
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Friends on selfless service towards humanity
4th August 2020 /
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Questions over the logic of partial lockdown 
3rd August 2020 /
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COVID-19: The question mark over cause of death
3rd August 2020 /
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From pillar to post: Access to other healthcare services a ‘pandemic’ struggle
2nd August 2020 /
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Recovery rate dips below 40% but doubling time widens
2nd August 2020 /
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TaFMA offers a ray of hope for artists in Nagaland
1st August 2020 /
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Nagaland: Social stigma concerns COVID-19 patients
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SPORTS

  • FILE PHOTO: The International Cricket Council (ICC) logo at the ICC headquarters in Dubai, October 31, 2010./File Photo
    Players' body urges ICC to address contract breaches, non-payment
    NEW DELHI, August 3 (Reuters): A third of international male cricketers have not been paid or suffered breaches of contract from events regulated by the global governing body or its member nations, the international players' federation said on Monday. T
    Sports / 3rd August 2020
  • FILE PHOTO: Britain's Andy Murray reacts during his match against Netherlands' Tallon Griekspoor REUTERS/Susana Vera/File Photo
    Murray wants assurance on quarantine issues before US Open
    (Reuters): Players need assurance that they would not face mandatory quarantine upon returning to Europe from the U.S. Open before travelling to New York amid the COVID-19 pandemic, former world number one Andy Murray has said. Organisers United States Tenn
    Sports / 3rd August 2020
  • FILE PHOTO: AS Roma coach Eusebio Di Francesco during the match REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo
    Cagliari appoint Di Francesco to replace Zenga as coach
    (Reuters): Serie A club Cagliari have appointed former Sassuolo, AS Roma and Sampdoria boss Eusebio Di Francesco as their new coach after deciding not to extend the contract of Walter Zenga. "An expert and well-prepared coach, capable of giving a preci
    Sports / 3rd August 2020
  • FILE PHOTO: Greece's Maria Sakkari reacts during her semi final match against Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
    Greek Sakkari was ready to swap racket for track spikes
    (Reuters): Greek tennis player Maria Sakkari says she was so desperate for competition during the COVID-19 shutdown that she considered running in the 100m at the national athletics championships. The 25-year-old is seeded third at the WTA's Palermo Lad
    Sports / 3rd August 2020
  • FILE PHOTO: Kenta Kambara, 34, poses for a photo while his daughter Shiori, 2, walks past him, next to an Olympic Rings symbol in front of the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo, Japan, February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
    Paralympics: Specifc COVID-19 measures may be needed for Tokyo - organisers
    TOKYO, August 3 (Reuters): The Tokyo Paralympics may require specific COVID-19 measures to help keep athletes safe as they move between venues, organisers said on Monday. The 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics have been pushed back to next year because of
    Sports / 3rd August 2020
  • Chelsea manager Frank Lampard reacts, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Pool via REUTERS/Adam Davy
    Premier League start date too early for Chelsea: Lampard
    (Reuters): Chelsea manager Frank Lampard says starting the new Premier League season on Sept. 12 is too early and his players run the risk of sustaining injuries given the short turnaround between campaigns. Chelsea trail Bayern Munich 3-0 heading into the
    Sports / 3rd August 2020
  • FILE PHOTO: Germany's Alexander Zverev in action during his match against Croatia's Marin Cilic REUTERS/Antonio Bronic
    German Zverev yet to decide on playing US Open
    (Reuters): World number seven Alexander Zverev has said he is still unsure about travelling to New York amid the COVID-19 pandemic to play in the U.S. Open. Women's world number one Ash Barty and her fellow Australian Nick Kyrgios have said they were sk
    Sports / 3rd August 2020
  • FILE PHOTO: Team Ineos' Chris Froome before the race REUTERS/Satish Kumar Subramani/File Photo
    On track to challenge for Tour de France, says Froome
    (Reuters): Chris Froome says the two-month delay to the Tour de France has helped him make up the training time he lost while recovering from a horrific crash last year and he is now on track to compete for a record-equalling fifth title. The Tour de France
    Sports / 3rd August 2020
  • FILE PHOTO: Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova in action during the first round match against Coco Vandeweghe of the U.S. REUTERS/Andrew Couldridge
    Tennis: Vandeweghe winner gives Empire WTT title
    (Reuters): Coco Vandeweghe hammered a go-for-broke return that caught the back line to earn the New York Empire victory over the Chicago Smash on Sunday in the World Team Tennis (WTT) final that came down to a winner-takes-all last point. The nine team, thr
    Sports / 3rd August 2020
  • Gheorghe Hagi looks on from inside the stadium before the match REUTERS/Alberto Lingria
    Hagi no longer manager of his own club - Viitorul statement
    BUCHAREST, August 3 (Reuters): Romania great Gheorghe "Gica" Hagi has stepped aside as manager of his own club Viitorul Constanta on Sunday following a poor run of performances. Hagi said in a statement that "together with the president of the clu
    Sports / 3rd August 2020
  • FILE PHOTO: FIFA President Gianni Infantino gestures during a UEFA Congress at Beurs van Berlage Conference Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
    FIFA says no reason for Swiss authorities to investigate Infantino
    BERN, August 3 (Reuters): Global soccer body FIFA has said there is no reason for Swiss authorities to launch criminal proceedings against its president Gianni Infantino who will continue in his role as normal. Swiss authorities said on Thursday that procee
    Sports / 3rd August 2020
  • FILE PHOTO: Team USA's Danielle Kang during the foursomes REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
    Golf: Kang holds on for one-shot win at Drive On Championship
    (Reuters): Danielle Kang held her nerve to claim a one shot victory over France's Celine Boutier at the Drive On Championship on Sunday, as the LPGA Tour made a dramatic return from a near six-month COVID-19 shutdown. The final round at drizzly Invernes
    Sports / 3rd August 2020
  • Second placed Red Bull's Max Verstappen during the press conference after the race FIA/Handout via REUTERS
    Motor racing: Mercedes deserved to win and no regrets, says Verstappen
    SILVERSTONE, England, August 3 (Reuters): Max Verstappen said Mercedes deserved to win Sunday's British Grand Prix and he had no regrets about a late pitstop that brought him a point for fastest lap but may have cost him victory. The Red Bull driver was
    Sports / 3rd August 2020
  • Formula One F1 - British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Britain - August 2, 2020 Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton celebrates winning the race on the podium with the trophy Pool via REUTERS/Frank Augstein
    Hamilton limps to record British GP win after late puncture
    SILVERSTONE, England, August 2 (Reuters): A lucky Lewis Hamilton limped home to a record seventh British Grand Prix victory with his heart in his mouth, a prayer on his lips and three wheels on his car after a last-lap puncture on Sunday. In an astonishing
    Sports / 2nd August 2020
  • VFB Stuttgart's Nicolas Gonzalez REUTERS/Andreas Gebert DFL regulations prohibit any use of photographs as image sequences and/or quasi-video/File Photo
    Stuttgart ready to part with top scorer Gonzalez at right price
    BERLIN, August 2 (Reuters): VfB Stuttgart are ready to part ways with their top scorer Nicolas Gonzalez as long as the price is right, the club's sports director Sven Mislintat said on Sunday. The 22-year-old Argentina international scored 14 goals and
    Sports / 2nd August 2020

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INDIA

  • Longest-serving Tibetan political prisoner dies
    India / 3rd August 2020 /
    DHARAMSALA, AUGUST 3 (IANS): Adhe Tapontsang, popularly known as Ama Adhe and one of the longest-serving Tibetan political prisoners, died at her residence on Monday in this northern Indian hill town, the headquarters of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA). She was 88. She spent 27
  • Modi set to visit Ayodhya temple site despite Amit Shah having COVID-19
    India / 3rd August 2020 /
    LUCKNOW, India/NEW DELHI, August 3 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a foundation-laying ceremony for the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday, organisers said, even though Home Minister Amit Shah has contracted COVID-19. Amit Shah, who is Modi's top lieutenant as w
  • Ravi Shankar Prasad isolates after meeting Shah
    India / 3rd August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 3 (PTI): IT and Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Monday said he has gone into self-isolation for a few days as per protocol, since he had met Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday evening.      Shah, on Sunday, had said he had tested positive
  • Proud to have brother from whom I learnt value of 'love, truth and patience': Priyanka
    India / 3rd August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 3 (PTI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said she is proud to have a brother like Rahul Gandhi from whom she has learnt the value of love, truth and patience.    She said this as she greeted countrymen on the occasion of Raksha Bandh
  • Can't say if India will have 2nd Covid wave: ICMR
    India / 3rd August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 3 (ANI): ICMR chief Dr Balram Bhargava said has said that it is difficult to predict whether or not India will see a second wave of COVID-19 infections and there will be smaller peaks at different times due to varied geography of the country. In an exclusive interview

BUSINESS

  • Global economy may lose over $100 bn of remittances in 2020
    Business / 3rd August 2020 /
    NEW DELHI, AUGUST 3 (IANS): As the world goes through an unprecedented recession amid the pandemic, global remittances may fall by $108.6 billion in 2020 if the economic impact of Covid-19 persists throughout the year, says a report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The report publis
  • Microsoft confirms talks to acquire TikTok by September 15
    Business / 3rd August 2020 /
    SAN FRANCISCO, AUGUST 3 (IANS): Microsoft has officially confirmed it is in talks to acquire the operations of video-sharing platform TikTok in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand markets following a conversation between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and President Donald Trump. &quo
  • COVID-19 fallout: Fiscal deficit may rise 6.8 pc of GDP in FY21
    Business / 3rd August 2020 /
    NEW DELHI, AUGUST 3 (IANS): With economic disruptions set for a long haul due to COVID-19 pandemic, India could see its fiscal deficit this year to balloon to over 6.8 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), brokerages analysing the first quarter deficit numbers have said. The Control
  • Gold futures surge as international prices hit new high
    Business / 3rd August 2020 /
    Mumbai, August 3 (IANS): Bull run in domestic gold futures continued on Monday as prices in the international market surged to new highs. The active October contract on the Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) touched a high of Rs 53,670 per 10 gram, while the August contract, which is due to
  • ICICI Bank cuts lending rates by 10 bps across tenors
    Business / 3rd August 2020 /
    Mumbai, August 3 (IANS): ICICI Bank has reduced its marginal cost of funds-based lending rates (MCLR) by 10 basis points across tenors with effect from August 1. Post the cut, EMIs on the loans linked to MCLR will come down giving relief to the borrowers. With the reduction in rates,

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HEALTH

  • Wockhardt wins UK govt deal on Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing
    Health / 3rd August 2020 /
    Mumbai, Augùst 3 (IANS) Mumbai-headquartered pharmaceutical company Wockhardt on Monday announced that it has entered into an agreement with the UK government to fill-finish millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccines. As per the terms of the agreement, the company has reserved manufa
  • Centre issues guidelines for reopening of gyms from Aug 5
    Health / 3rd August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 3 (IANS) From maintaining a distance of six feet, using visor rather than mask, following respiratory etiquette, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday issued guidelines for re-opening of gyms and yoga centres as a part of the third phase of easing of lockdow
  • Serum gets nod for phase 2, 3 trials of vaccine
    Health / 3rd August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 3 (PTI): The Drugs Controller General of India has given nod to the Serum Institute of India for conducting phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, developed by the University of Oxford, in the country.        Government
  • Covid pandemic, systemic racism are inextricably linked: Study
    Health / 2nd August 2020 /
    New York, Aug 2 (IANS) Frontline health workers from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds faced much higher risks of testing positive for Covid-19 than individuals in the general community during the peak of the deadly respiratory disease, new research has found. The findings de
  • Russia plans mass COVID-19 vaccination for October
    Health / 2nd August 2020 /
    Moscow, August 2 (IANS) Russia is planning a mass vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus for October, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said. "We plan wider (vaccination) for October because we need to launch a new system of treatment gradually," the Minister told T

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LIFE AND STYLE

  • A fruitful monsoon diet!
    Life & Style / 3rd August 2020 /
    New Delhi, August 3 (IANSlife) Monsoon demands some extra effort to stay fit and healthy. Since our immunity takes a dip during monsoons, making us susceptible to all kinds of infections. Especially amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, it's imperative we maintain our immunity through the s
  • Vinay Tiwari: Bihar's 'Singham' in Mumbai to probe Sushant case
    Life & Style / 2nd August 2020 /
    New Delhi/Patna, August 2 (IANS) With almost 50 days passing since Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Mumbai flat, and the Mumbai Police yet to make any major breakthrough, the Bihar Police on Sunday deputed one of its senior officers -- Vinay Tiwari, to assist its
  • Aditi Rao Hydari: It is not the film industry but the film that matters to me
    Life & Style / 2nd August 2020 /
    Mumbai, August 2 (IANS) Aditi Rao Hydari has appeared in several South Indian films over the past couple of years but her release count in Bollywood has been rather low. The actress insists says it is not the language or film industry, but the film that matters most to her. "More t
  • Healthcare workers more likely to test positive for COVID-19
    Life & Style / 1st August 2020 /
    London, Aug 1 (IANS) Frontline healthcare workers with adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) have a three-fold increased risk of a positive SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) test, compared to the general population, said researchers. Those with inadequate PPE had a further increase in risk,
  • Online video usership up 40% in India's smaller towns: Report
    Life & Style / 30th July 2020 /
    Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) Number of online video users in smaller towns grew 40 per cent last year against 25 per cent growth in urban India over the last one year, a new report said on Thursday. Total online video users count rose to 294 million in December 2019, according to the ICUBE re