India

Governments are frantically trying to prevent and put down fresh outbreaks and keep their economies running as the pandemic accelerates in some parts of the world and threatens to come roaring back in others.

Since the launch of the Mission in August 2019 till March 2020, around 84.83 lakh rural households were provided with tap connections, a recent statement said.

Rural Development and Panchayats Minister Bajwa was found infected with the infection on Tuesday. He had undergone a COVID-19 test last Friday after his department's director tested positive for the disease.

Recently, Air India instituted a scheme whereby employees can opt to take "leave without pay" ranging from six months to up to five years.

Some special cells of the immune system may still offer protection against the disease, the scientists said as questions swirl on whether people who have recovered from COVID-19 can get it again.

The rates, finalised for private hospitals and medical colleges by the Dr K K Talwar Committee, cover isolation beds, ICU treatment and hospitalisation charges, per day of admission.

The Trump administration last month barred new applications for the H-1B and L employment visas for the rest of the year.

Iran has only signed two agreements with Indians - one is related to the port's machinery and equipment, and the second is related to India's investment to the tune of $150 million, the deputy said.

The base price of the the RT-PCR assay developed by IIT Delhi is Rs 399. Even after adding other charges, the cost per test will go upto Rs 650. It can deliver results within three hours.

A senior police official said that their condition is now stable, adding cops were compelled to use force against them as they had resisted the eviction.

Researchers say there may be dramatic declines in working age-populations in countries such as India and China, which may hamper economic growth and lead to shifts in global powers.

The Minister said defence industrial corridors in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu would catalyse indigenous production of defence and aerospace-related items.

S Yadav’s family had on Monday claimed he was abducted on June 22 and his captors took the money, but did not free him. They said they threw a bag containing the money on a railway track, as asked.

Addressing the India-EU Summit 2020, through video conferencing, the Prime Minister said that he wants the India-EU relationship to strengthen further and is working towards this.

The nature of the case and allegations levelled against JNU student Devangana Kalitha were not revealed by the investigating agency first and it was the members of that group who disclosed the details on social media, Delhi Police said.

ICMR sought Tamil Nadu government's permission to study the efficacy of the BacillusCalmette- Gurin (BCG) vaccine in senior citizens at its National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT).