India is increasingly making Aarogya Setu app, a contact-tracing app, mandatory for people. But there are privacy and safety concerns. We take a look at how Aarogya Setu app works and how other countries are doing it.

Smart technology solutions from L&T are helping city administrations like Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Prayagraj, Ahmedabad, Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and others in tracking patients, containing the spread of the virus, monitoring quarantined people and controlling crowding by police personnel

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, HDFC, Tech Mahindra, ICICI Bank, Kotak Bank and SBI were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, Sun Pharma, HCL Tech, Reliance Industries and Bharti Airtel were among the top laggards.

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: In terms of sectors, media stocks were rising the most, with Nifty media climbing 4.55% higher, followed by 2.7% rise in energy and 2% gain in auto scrips. In the meanwhile, PSU Bank and realty sectors declining over 1% each, followed by marginal decline in banking and financial indices.

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Top gainers on NSE Nifty and BSE Sensex included Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, HDFC, IndusInd Bank and Bajaj Finance each rising over 5%.

India COVID-19 news live: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare revealed that 4,312 coronavirus patients are currently under treatment, whereas 352 patients have been cured and discharged

Coronavirus update: The Corona Kavach user's location is mapped through GPS on the app to assess whether they are at a high-risk geographical zone or not

Coronavirus in India Updates: According to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 328 new confirmed cases and 12 new deaths have been reported in the last 24 hours

Marico Innovation Foundation has launched project 'Innovate@BeatCOVID', a nationwide hunt for cost-effective ventilators and Personal Protective Equipment, while IKP has announced COVID-19 I-CO Fund

Not only the US but other governments, including that of India, are now tracking citizens to study the coronavirus spread.

Typically, only one in ten experimental vaccines make it all the way through to regulatory approval. Therefore, different approaches mean the chances of success are higher

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Indian indices were the top laggards amongst the key global indices, since the average peak achieved in February 2020. Since then, Brazil index has fallen 40%, followed by India, where the decline stands at 36%. Compared to this, other key indices average decline stands around 31-28% from peak.

Coronavirus outbreak in India: A 76-year-old man from Karnataka's Kalburgi, who died two days ago, was confirmed as a coronavirus patient in later tests, the state government said

Serum Institute had partnered with the US-based biotech drug research company Codagenix three weeks ago to jointly develop a live-attenuated vaccine to fight the coronavirus