COVID-19 pandemic: One in every 250 people on Earth now infectedWith total cases standing at 32.4 million or 0.4 per cent of the world's population, every 250th person on the Earth is now infected with coronavirus. As of September 2020, the world's population stood at 7.8 billion, according to the estimates by the United Nations.The total number of deaths now stand at 983,000.Serum Institute shares, applauds PM Modi's vision: Adar Poonawalla on India's vaccine offer to worldA day after Pr...

After six months, cinema halls in West Bengal will be allowed to reopen from October 1, with COVID-19 restrictions, chief minister Mamata Banerjee has stated. All cultural activities will be allowed with 50 participants or less. With this new step, West Bengal becomes the first state in the country to reopen movie theatres and allow cultural activities. Watch the video for more. Read: COVID-19 pandemic: One in every 250th person on Earth now infected

Harsimrat Kaur Badal who recently resigned from the government tweeted, 'Indeed a DARK DAY for democracy as President Kovind too refused to heed the request of 18 political parties pleading him not to sign the undemocratically passed anti-farmer bills'

Adar Poonawalla had earlier expressed concerns around production and distribution plans of the coronavirus vaccine. He asked if the Centre had Rs 80,000 crore available with it over next one year to distribute vaccine to Indians

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh says Akali Dal was left with no choice after BJP \"exposed\" that Sukhbir Badal and SAD were fully party to anti-farmer legislations

In his address to 75th session of UN General Assembly, PM Modi said that \"as the largest vaccine producing country of the world, I want to give one more assurance to the global community today. India's vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to help all humanity in fighting this crisis\"

Jaswant Singh death: A retired officer of the Indian Army and a former cabinet minister, Jaswant Singh was one of the founding members of BJP; he had been in and out of the hospital and was admitted again in June

OYO opened its doors in the state in 2015 and since then it has added over 570 hotels and 7,500 rooms especially in Shimla, Dharamsala, Kasauli and Manali to its chain while generating over 3,000 indirect job opportunities

Boeing shares were up 3.8% in afternoon trading, against a fractionally higher market

The Congress, on its official Twitter handle, said a dedicated leader's primary aim is always to eradicate the worst evils that plague the society in the soonest and surest possible way

Bihar election 2020: Elections in Bihar would be the first major election held amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Bihar elections are likely to be held in October-November

Farmers' protest: Farmers started a three-day rail blockade against the bills and squatted on tracks at many places in Punjab on Thursday. The farmer outfits have also decided to go for an indefinite rail blockade from October 1

COVID-19 vaccine: Johnson & Johnson begins global phase 3 trial with 60,000 peoplePharma giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has started a massive global phase 3 clinical trial with 60,000 people of its single-dose coronavirus vaccine. The volunteers will be recruited from the US, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. \"Johnson & Johnson will develop and test its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in accordance with high ethical standards and sound scientific p...

PM Modi pushed for effective testing, tracing, treatment as well as surveillance. 'Effective messaging is also necessary because most Covid-19 infections are asymptomatic. In such a situation, rumours may rise,' he said

Suresh Angadi succumbed to coronavirus after being hospitalised for a week

PM Narendra Modi asked the states to resolve troubles in inter-state transport of goods and services, including life-saving drugs and oxygen

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, who tested positive for COVID-19, was taken to LNJP Hospital after he developed a fever

Isha and Akash Ambani led the discussions in sealing the deal with Facebook and other tech titans like Google, Qualcomm and Intel

The Congress has been critical of the Modi government's foreign policy, alleging that ties with neighbours have been weakened

These states -- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Delhi -- have contributed majorly to India's COVID-19 cases