Nationally, the number of new coronavirus infections is down to about 41,000 a day, from 77,000 in July, but some states are still struggling to contain the virus

No wonder the quality of education in Indian schools is very poor. The latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) says just 16.2% students in Class I and 50.8% in Class III could read Class I text and 41.1% students in Class I and 72.2% in Class III could recognise 2-digit numbers in rural India

The US has been plagued by an inconsistent strategy for detecting the virus, thanks in part to persistent shortages and the use of a variety of different tests that have sometimes yielded unreliable results

Samsung saw a mammoth fall of 60 per cent, with its market share dipping to 16.8 per cent from the 22.1 per cent earlier. The phonemaker was severely impacted as its largest manufacturing plant outside of Vietnam was shut for most of the quarter

Coronavirus crisis: With movie halls shut and restrictions on liquor service, customers have no motivation to go out and eat. Even the restaurants in mall are finding it difficult to attract dine-in guests, said Rohit Aggarwal, director, Lite Bite Foods

On a review, it has now been decided to extend this enhanced limit till September 30, 2020,\" the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in a circular

While the manufacturing output fell 20.6 per cent, electricity output shrank 6.8 per cent, the government data released Tuesday showed

Global COVID-19 update: World Health Organization (WHO), which is coordinating the global response to the pandemic, says that its 194 member states are not providing comprehensive figures on health worker infections as they grapple with the unprecedented crisis

Restrictions on movement of goods carrier vehicles and workers have the potential of creating shortages of essential commodities, Home Ministry warned

SoftBank, which last month said it was donating 1.4 million masks to New York state, will supply the masks without taking a profit

The number of coronavirus cases in New York state alone approached 150,000 on Wednesday, even as authorities warned the state's official death tally may understate the true number

Total number of Covid-19 cases in Spain rose to 140,510, second only to the United States, and the death toll of 13,798 was behind only Italy's

Sindh government spokesman Murtaza Wahab termed the sudden increase in the COVID-19 cases as a big threat and urged people to follow guidelines before it is too late

Trump repeated accusations against U.N. health organization at a White House news briefing later on Tuesday

According to reports, Punjab province had 748 cases, Sindh 709, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 253, Balochistan 158, Gilgit-Baltistan 184, Islamabad 54 and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir 6

The number of coronavirus cases in the US climbed above 82,000 on Thursday, surpassing the national tallies of China and Italy, as New York, New Orleans and other hot spots faced a surge in hospitalisations and looming shortages of supplies, staff and sick beds. With medical facilities running low on ventilators, protective masks and witnessing limited diagnostic testing capacity, the US death toll from Covid-19 rose beyond 1,200. New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo described the state's projected shortfall in ventilators as astronomical. Watch the video for more.Also Read: Coronavirus: Here's how you can get groceries during 21-day lockdown

Coronavirus Crisis Live Updates: Trump said that US has \"purchased many Ventilators from some wonderful companies. Names and numbers will be announced later today!\"

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today:BSE 30-share barometer Sensex traded 1,500 points higher at 29,892 and NSE 50-share index Nifty was at 8,720, rising 402 points.

Coronavirus update: While the governments have asked companies to shut manufacturing units to cut down on the spread of coronavirus, manufacturers of groceries and essential products have been exempted

BigBasket also claims that there has been a 2x growth in traffic and revenue and there has been a 15-20 per cent increase in basket value