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The court added that people are free to make donations in either of the two, and that the government, in its discretion, can also transfer money from PM Cares to NDRF.

While Zydus has said that it may be able to launch a vaccine by 2021, Serum Institute says they would be in a position to launch a vaccine by the end of 2020. The SII, which is set to start phase 2 and 3 trials this week, has shortlisted 10 centres.

Oracle Corp has held preliminary talks with TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, and was seriously considering buying the app's operations in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday.

Health Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pandey also said that 7,071 people have been discharged after treatment, taking the number of recoveries to 1.48 lakh.

Oil prices edged lower on Tuesday, mostly holding onto overnight gains after OPEC+ said the producer grouping is almost fully complying with output cuts to support prices amid a drop in demand for fuels due to the coronavirus pandemic.

China reported on Tuesday 22 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for August 17, same as the tally a day earlier, the health authority said.

A cluster of infections in Melbourne, the Victorian capital, forced authorities two weeks ago to impose a night curfew & tighten restrictions on people.

Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez said Monday that the handful of 2020 presidential caucuses should be the last the party ever holds.

The Food and Drug Administration issued the alert Monday to doctors and laboratory technicians using Thermo Fishers TaqPath genetic test.

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The authorities have asked people to wear face masks and maintain social distancing, among others, to check the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has infected over 1 lakh people in Bihar.

Three persons including the main accused Satpal Sharma were arrested hours after registration of the case in Pacca Danga police station on Sunday for using derogatory words against a particular religion in a video that triggered outrage and protests.

Robinhood Markets Inc, the fintech startup credited with helping popularize trading among millennials, said on Monday it has raised $200 million from investment firm D1 Capital Partners at a valuation of $11.2 billion.

Nine people with the virus died over the past week in a single nursing home in eastern France, and other French care homes are shutting their doors as the country battles a new rise in COVID19 infections.

The brief session of the state legislature is scheduled to start from Thursday and coronavirus tests were carried out on its 600 secretariat staff on Monday.

COVID-19 protocols will have to be strictly maintained and the health department will provide separate advisories for officials, political parties and voters.