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The COVID19 pandemic is still expanding, but the rise in cases and deaths has slowed globally, except for southeast Asia and the eastern Mediterranean regions, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

The DGFT has also removed export curbs on 2/3 ply surgical masks, and medical coveralls of all classes and categories.

Best Buy Co. reported that online sales more than tripled in the fiscal second quarter, as shoppers bought computers, tablets and large appliances to help them cook, work and learn from home during the pandemic.

American Airlines said on Tuesday its workforce will shrink by 40,000, including 19,000 involuntary cuts, in October as the COVID19 pandemic continues to weigh on air travel, unless the government extends aid for airline employee payrolls.

A cosy Beirut bar, Tenno once hosted a dog's birthday party, vinyl record nights and standup comedians.

When coronavirus quarantines shut down street vendors in Venezuela's capital, Dioselis Bello pushed her hot dog cart inside her house and reopened for business.

Mexico is due to take part in clinical trials of an Italian vaccine being developed against the coronavirus, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday.

Kareena Kapoor Khan took to Instagram to share a behind-the-scenes picture from an indoor shoot amid the Coronavirus pandemic and called her crew warriors.

While three people belonging to Rampur in Uttar Pradesh have been arrested in connection with the case, a man hunt has been launched to nab the other accused, who have left for the northern state after committing the crime. Those arrested have been remand...

On the augmentation of the testing capacity, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said gradually the capacity was increased and on August 21 it finally reached the landmark of testing one million COVID samples in a day.

UDF leader Ramesh Chennithala demanded a comprehensive probe into the blaze, while state BJP president K Surendran said it was a sabotage to destroy evidence.

In a statement, The Caravan magazine claimed that the incident began when the journalists were taking photographs of saffron flags that had been put up in the area, but some men approached them and asked them to stop.

China is actively considering the establishment of a BRICS innovation base in the country in order to strengthen practical cooperation with the BRICS bloc, Xiao said.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday it saw no need for now to investigate the circumstances leading up to opposition politician Alexei Navalny's grave illness and that a German clinic's initial diagnosis of poisoning was not yet conclusive.

Union Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on the basis of 7-day rolling average the positivity rate of COVID-19 which was 11 per cent during the first week of August has come down to 8 per cent now.

Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-West) Amit Kaushik has been asked to conduct a fact-finding inquiry and appropriate action will be taken based on it's findings, police said.