336 new #COVID19 positive cases and 3 deaths have been reported in Chhattisgarh today. Total number of cases now at 9192 including 2908 active cases, 6230 discharged cases and 54 deaths: State Health Department
Assam: 1st Battalion of National Disaster Response Force evacuated villagers from flood-affected Gaurang Char village in Kokrajhar district today. 16 search & rescue teams of NDRF are deployed for flood rescue operation in Assam
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation issues fresh directions permitting religious sacrifice of 150 buffaloes per day from 1st to 3rd August for Eid-ul-Adha between 6 am to 6 pm at the Deonar abattoir.
2,496 new #COVID19 cases and 45 deaths reported in West Bengal today. The total number of cases now stands at 70,188 in the state including 20,233 active cases, 48,374 discharged cases and 1,581 deaths: State Health Department.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveys Eid-ul-Azha greetings to Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina. In a letter to PM Hasina, he writes, "On this occasion, I wish you and all my Bangladeshi brothers and sisters good health and prosperity."
53 deaths and 1100 fresh #COVID19 cases reported today, taking the total number of cases in Mumbai to 1,14,287. The number of recovered and discharged cases is 87,074: Municipal Corporation Greater Mumbai
Maharashtra reported 10,320 new #COVID19 cases & 265 deaths today, taking total cases to 4,22,118 including 2,56,158 discharges and 14,994 deaths. Active cases stand at 1,50,662: State Health Department
Chamoli district administration has signed a contract with e-commerce site Amazon for distribution of 'Panch Badri Prasadam' of Badri Nath Dham. The Prasadam is available on Amazon with the name of 'Badrinath Prasad Bag': Office of Chamoli District Magistrate, Uttarakhand
Special Secretary Social Welfare Department Tasaduq Jeelani passes away due to COVID19. He was admitted on 14th July: Principal, Jhelum Valley Medical College, Bemina, Srinagar
5,483 new COVID-19 cases and 84 deaths reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours, taking total cases to 1,24,115 including 49,788 and 2,314. The number of active cases stands at 72,005: State Health Department.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi was admitted yesterday evening and is showing satisfactory improvement: Ganga Ram Hospital Health bulletin. She was admitted for routine tests and investigations.
Tamil Nadu reported 5,881 new COVID-19 cases and 97 deaths today, taking total cases to 2,45,859 including 1,83,956 discharges and 3,935 deaths: State Health Department
Mumbai, July 31: Congress president Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Thursday for routine tests, hospital authorities said. She was admitted to the private facility in Delhi at 7 pm for "routine tests and investigations", the hospital said in a health bulletin.
The country's first lady Michelle Bolsonaro tested coronavirus positive five days after her husband Jair Bolsonaro said he was over his illness. Another member of President Jair Bolsonaro's Cabinet, Science and Technology Minister Marcos Pontes has tested positive for COVID-19.
Twitter shared a recent update on its "security incident" on how hackers got access to internal Twitter tools. The Twitter support shared that the July 15 Twitter Hack incident targeted a small number of employees through a phone spear-phishing attack.
On Thursday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Secretary-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus blamed a callous approach by the young population in several nations for the recent spikes in coronavirus cases. The WHO chief claimed that the numbers have shot up across several countries, over the past few weeks, due to young people lowering their guard. Keep an eye on this space for all the latest news and updates that take place throughout the day.
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