8 states lead India’s Covid numbers with over 1 lakh cases each

August 21, 2020

India’s coronavirus cases rose to 28,369,25 with a record single-day spike of 69,652 infections. The recoveries increased to 20,96,664, taking the recovery rate to 73.91%, while the death toll climbed to 53,866 with 977 new fatalities. Interestingly, eight states now lead India’s Covid-19 tally with over 1 lakh cases each....

Traders’ body urges Sports Ministry to cancel Dream 11’s IPL deal

August 21, 2020

Traders’ body, Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), in a stronglyworded letter to Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, has sought the sports ministry’s immediate intervention for cancellation of Dream11 as the official title sponsor for IPL 2020 citing the fantasy sports platform’s stake in Chinese firm Tencent Global. In a letter...

Traders’ body opposes Chinese stake in IPL’s Dream 11

August 20, 2020

The IPL Governing Council has announced fantasy cricket platform Dream11 as the new title sponsor of the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League with a winning bid of Rs 222 crore. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was in hunt for a new title sponsor for...

Andhra becomes third state to cross 3 lakh Covid cases

August 19, 2020

India recorded 55,079 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 2,719,499. With 880 fatalities reported, the country›s death toll has surged to 52,060. India, currently the third-most-affected country by total cases and fourth by death toll, has now left behind even the US and Brazil...

India’s Covid death toll crosses 50,000 mark

August 18, 2020

After recording 941 fresh fatalities on Monday, India’s total Covid-19 death toll has now crossed the 50,000 mark. The country also witnessed a single-day spike of 57,981 infections and the total tally of coronavirus cases now stands at 26,47,663. More than 19,19,842 people have also recovered, pushing the recovery rate...

Maharashtra breaches 20k death mark, reports 11k cases in 24 hrs

August 17, 2020

Maharashtra breached the 20,000-mark after 288 patients succumbed to the infection on Sunday. The state reported 11,111 new positive cases in last 24 hours, which pushed its overall tally to 5,95,865. The number of deaths caused by the infection now stands at 20,037. With a single-day spike of 63,490 cases,...

Amid growing Covid-19 cases, India marks 74th Independence Day

August 15, 2020

Even as India celebrates its 74th Independence Day, the country is still not free from the novel coronavirus. In the past 24 hours, 64,553 coronavirus cases were recorded, taking India’s total to 2,461,542 cases. With over 1,000 fatalities reported in last 24 hours, the country›s death toll surged to 48,144....

Sports Minister Rijiju launches ‘Fit India Freedom Run’ campaign

August 15, 2020

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju virtually launched the Fit India Freedom Run, the country-wide run promises to become a fitness phenomenon with a host of government and private organisations joining in to participate in it. The Fit India Freedom Run has been ideated uniquely. Participants can run at their pace and...

Another highest single-day spike, India overtakes UK in Covid death count

August 14, 2020

With another highest single-day spike of 66,999 coronavirus cases and 950 fatalities in the last 24 hours, India’s death toll overtook the United Kingdom on Thursday. India’s death toll now stands at 47,274 whereas the UK has recorded around 41,000 deaths so far. The country now has 24,11,547 total cases....

Highest single-day Covid recoveries recorded

August 13, 2020

India’s Covid-19 recovery rate soared past 70% with 16,39,599 people having recovered from the disease so far in the country, while active cases comprise 27.64% of the total caseload. The case fatality rate has further declined to 1.98%. Meanwhile, total number of cases in the country has now shot up...