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UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath did an aerial survey of the flood hit regions of Uttar Pradesh. PTI photo

61 villages in Bahraich flooded after Nepal releases water

The National Disaster Response Force personnel have been deployed in the area to rescue people

2 Aug 2020 4:09 PM IST

Assam allows inter-district travel on 2 days of week; night curfew, weekend shutdown to continue. (PTI Photo)

Assam: New COVID-19 guidelines issued, allows inter-district travel on...

Night curfew from 6 pm to 6 am on all days and total lockdown on weekends, Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna said

2 Aug 2020 3:52 PM IST

A health worker takes sample of a cop for COVID testing in Navi Mumbai. PTI photo

ICMR for clinical registry of hospitalised COVID-19 patients

This will help researchers and policy makers understand effectiveness of investigational therapies

2 Aug 2020 3:35 PM IST

Indian basketball team captain Vishesh Bhriguvanshi. (via Facebook: Vishesh Bhriguvanshi)

India's youngest Basketball captain Vishesh Bhriguvanshi's biography...

The book, titled 'Vishesh: Code To Win', narrates the journey of a basketball player in a cricket-dominated nation

2 Aug 2020 3:18 PM IST

File photo shows UPs Cabinet minister for Technical Education Kamal Rani Varun distributing sanitizer and masks among people. Pic: Twitter

UP Cabinet minister Kamal Rani dies due to COVID-19

Kamal Rani is the first minister in Uttar Pradesh to die after contracting coronavirus

2 Aug 2020 2:55 PM IST

illagers wade through a flooded area following incessant rain, in Saharsa district, Bihar. (PTI)

India Meteorological Department to use artificial intelligence in...

Officials say this can help improve 3-6 hours prediction of extreme weather events, especially for issuing nowcasts

2 Aug 2020 2:37 PM IST

A boy walks past a destroyed house after the overflow of the Magua river due to heavy rains caused by Isaias storm in the city of Hato Mayor, northwest of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (AFP)

Florida braces for hurricane as Isaias approaches

Florida's coronavirus testing centers are closed and will not reopen until they get the all-clear after the storm

2 Aug 2020 1:46 PM IST

Israeli medical workers are briefed during an exercise of the new COVID-19 department at Rambam Hospital in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, Israel. (AP)

Israeli minister for Jerusalem tests positive

Peretz is the second Israeli minister to have been infected with the virus after former health minister Yaakov Litzman

2 Aug 2020 1:31 PM IST

COVID-19 count in Maharashtra Police force stands at 9,566. (PTI Photo)

Nearly 10,000 Maharashtra policemen tested positive for COVID-19

Out of the total cases, 7,534 have recovered and 1,929 are active and the death toll stands at 103

2 Aug 2020 1:29 PM IST

Coronavirus outbreaks at mink farms in Spain and the Netherlands have scientists digging into how the animals got infected and if they can spread it to people. (AP)

Scientist dig into COVID outbreak in Europe's mink farms

Officials say it is plausible' that some workers in the farms could have contracted the coronavirus from the minks,...

2 Aug 2020 1:03 PM IST

A balloon seller waits for customers near India Gate during Unlock 3.0, in New Delhi. PTI photo

India records over 57,000 Covid cases in 24 hrs for 1st time

At 2.15%, fatality rate lowest since lockdown, nearly 11 lakh people recovered

2 Aug 2020 12:50 PM IST

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), addresses a press conference about the update on COVID-19 at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. (AP)

The effects of the pandemic will be felt for decades to come: WHO

The agency also said the effects of the pandemic 'will be felt for decades to come' in an emergency WHO committee...

2 Aug 2020 12:25 PM IST