A new wave of infections is said to have hit Kerala, with the state accounting for about 23 per cent of the 167,221 cases reported over the past week

A study by researchers at Harvard University in the US in September showed that an increase of only one microgram per cubic metre in PM 2.5 is associated with an 8 per cent increase in the COVID-19 death rate

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Global equities were mostly negative today as surging coronavirus cases and lack of clarity on the US stimulus package kept sentiments bearish

Sectorally, all the indices traded in red today, with the auto index dropping over 3%, followed by a 2.7% decline in media and a 2% drop in realty index

Gold, Silver prices today: Gold, viewed as a hedge against inflation and currency debasement has risen over 25% this year, supported by unprecedented monetary stimulus from major central banks

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Reliance Industries, followed by Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints, M&M, ICICI Bank and Bajaj Finserv were among the top laggards in the Sensex pack today. On the other hand, IndusInd Bank, Nestle India, PowerGrid and L&T were among the gainers

Italy has so far banned entry of people from high-coronavirus risk countries like the USA, India and Russia

The United States, Brazil and India account for nearly 45% of all COVID-19 deaths globally, with the Latin American region alone responsible for more than a third of them

WhatsApp has been criticized multiple times in multiple countries for allowing fake news to be circulated on its platform. The criticism reached its peak during the COVID-19 pandemic when fake news about the virus had become rampant

US coronavirus deaths are rising at their fastest rate in two months and have increased by 10,000 in the past 11 days

In just five months, the COVID-19 death toll has overtaken the number of people who die annually from malaria, one of the most deadly infectious diseases

Delhi reported its first COVID-19 case on March 1, when a businessman in east Delhi was diagnosed with the disease after returning from Italy

Stock Market LIVE Updates: IndusInd Bank, followed by Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, NTPC, SBI, HDFC Bank and SBI were among the top laggards in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, Sun Pharma, Infosys, Nestle India and Asian Paints were among the top gainers

The tally of confirmed cases also saw the biggest one-day jump of over 14,000 and reached 3.13 lakh, as per the latest numbers announced by states and union territories

Coronavirus update:  In recent days, India has witnessed a rapid rise in coronavirus tally. Between June 1 to June 11, India recorded  96,044 cases of coronavirus

India coronavirus cases:  Top 10 states with highest COVID-19 cases in India are - Maharashtra, Delhi, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu

Brazil is now one of the hotspots of the pandemic, with the second highest number of confirmed cases, behind only the United States, and a death toll that last week surpassed Italy's

Last month, Modi had said that the number of people who have benefited from the scheme crossed the one crore-mark

India is now the sixth worst-affected nation in terms of coronavirus infection cases after the US, Brazil, Russia, Spain and the UK, according to Johns Hopkins University data

Coornavirus in India live updates: Maharashtra is the worst-affected with 74,860 cases, Delhi has reported 23,645 cases so far