MUMBAI/NEW DELHI : India's COVID-19 deaths topped 50,000 on Monday, five months after the country reported its first such fatality, as migrant workers poured back into major cities in hopes of regaining work after the easing of anti-virus restrictions.Hundreds of migrant workers from the countryside who had left the capital New Delhi in droves after losing their jobs in a nationwide lockdown in March returned in buses on Monday and were made to wait in lines for rapid COVID-19 tests.Those who tested positive were sent to quarantine centres while the rest were allowed to leave the city's busy inter-state bus terminus with their luggage.

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Centre frames draft policy on data privacy under National Digital Health Mission

NEW DELHI : All necessary data privacy measures will be put in place to safeguard the confidentiality of sensitive health-related information of individuals under the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) programme that seeks to provide a unique ID to all citizens to map their medical history, the government has said.The ambitious NDHM programme was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this month during his Independence Day speech.As per the draft proposal, everyone enrolled for the mission will get a Health ID free of cost and will have complete control over his or her data.Any personal data can be collected only on consent from individuals and they will be allowed to revoke their consent to restrict any sharing of personal

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Kolkata: Flights from Delhi, Mumbai and 4 COVID-19 hotspots resume from next month, with a rider

West Bengal government on Wednesday relaxed the restrictions imposed on domestic flight operations in the state. Amid the rising number of coronavirus cases in Bengal, the state government earlier banned flight operations to Kolkata airport from six places with high COVID-19 cases till August-end.

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23 ministers, MLAs Covid positive: Punjab CM

CHANDIGARH : Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said twenty-three ministers and MLAs were coronavirus positive two days before the Vidhan Sabha session on August 28. He gave the figure during a video conference convened by Congress President Sonia Gandhi with the chief ministers of seven Opposition-ruled states to discuss various issues.

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Company will pay you $1,000 to go camping for 2 days without internet

GARGANTILLA DE LOZOYA, SPAIN - JUNE 13: A motorhome is seen at the Monte Holiday campsite on June 13, 2020 in Gargantilla de Lozoya y Pinilla de Buitrago, Spain.

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IRS mailing 50,000 checks after error in the rush to send out stimulus payments

The IRS is sending out catch-up economic impact payment checks to roughly 50,000 people.This after an error occurred in the rush to send out stimulus payments earlier this year.The IRS says 50,000 individuals had their part of the economic impact payment diverted to pay their spouse’s past-due child support.The agency identified the error and is set to issue the catch-up payments in early-to-mid-September.Affected individuals don't have to do anything to get the money.The IRS will issue the missing portion of the EIP automatically.

RBC reports $3.2B profit, record earnings in capital markets business

Royal Bank of Canada topped expectations as it reported a profit of $3.20 billion for its latest quarter compared with $3.26 billion a year earlier.The bank says the result came as it posted record earnings in its capital markets business as well as solid earnings in insurance, offset by lower results in its personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investor and treasury services businesses.The profit amounted to $2.20 per diluted share for the quarter ended July 31, down from $2.22 per diluted share a year ago.

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Box Office Preview: 'Tenet' Launches Overseas in Key COVID-19 Era Test

After numerous delays, Tenet begins rolling out Wednesday in a number of international markets in a historic mission to revive moviegoing in the COVID-19 era. Directed by Christopher Nolan, the $200 million espionage epic is the first Hollywood tentpole to hit the big screen since cinemas reopened after a prolonged shutdown due to the devastating pandemic.

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Coronavirus Scotland: Nicola Sturgeon announces two virus deaths for the first time in six weeks

Scotland's first coronavirus deaths in six weeks today. The First Minister said that two deaths had been recorded in the past 24 hours meaning the national death toll stands at 2,494.The deaths are the first to be declared since July 16.Ms Sturgeon also revealed that 67 new cases of the deadly virus have been reported since yesterday and the total for the nation now stands at 19,998.

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Mount Allison reports travel-related case of coronavirus

COVID-19 on campus.In a Facebook post, Mount Allison University said the case is travel-related and the university was informed on Tuesday.

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New Brunswickers with disabilities have options to vote privately and safely

COVID-19 are still keen to cast their ballot during the pandemic.Elections New Brunswick has assistive voting options for those that can’t travel.“Last year it was really good, I was really comfortable because they came to my house,” said O’Donnell.

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13 Canadian hospitals launching national youth mental health project

mental health care for young people.Canada’s Children’s Hospital Foundations on Wednesday announced the multimillion-dollar project, which will fund mental health programs at 13 pediatric hospitals around the country.Dr.

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How dentistry has evolved in the age of COVID-19

Dentists have been forced to dramatically change the way they do business to keep themselves and their patients safe from COVID-19. Dentist Barry Dolman joins Global’s Laura Casella.

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West Bengal extends biweekly COVID-19 lockdown till mid-September. Here's new schedule

Here are the West Bengal lockdown schedule for September:August 27, ThursdayAugust 31, MondaySeptember 7, MondaySeptember 11, FridaySeptember 12, SaturdayWest Bengal COVID-19 lockdown guidelinesThe state government issued a detailed guideline for partial lockdown in Bengal. The essential services will be allowed to function.

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Traditional medicines dominate covid-19 vaccine trials over allopathic

NEW DELHI : Amidst race for covid-19 vaccine among pharmaceutical companies, close to two third of the clinical trials in India are being done on traditional medicines, like ayurveda and homeopathy – under the AYUSH system-- with highest public and private funding.As of July, a total of 203 trials were registered in the Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI), of which 125 trials (61.5%) were related to the AYUSH interventions, while 64 trials (30.7%) were on allopathic drugs, reveals an analysis done by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur.The analysis showed that just 12 trials related to the Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine as monotherapy or with other drugs were registered on CTRI.

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Gwyneth Paltrow could Slack message you at virtual Goop health summit

Gwyneth Paltrow is streaming wellness content straight to your living room. As large gatherings are called off in the age of COVID-19, the actress and lifestyle guru is bringing her annual In Goop Health Summit home for viewers to stream on Sept.

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Product used in mosquito sprays 'could kill coronavirus', military study finds

SkyNews.Jaqueline Watston, managing director of Citrefine International Ltd, said she wants the government to support a formal testing programme.Watson said: "What we can say is that we do feel there is a very good chance it could work against this virus but it does of course need to be thoroughly tested."But the spray is not sufficient protection on its own and is used by the military as an added layer along with face masks, hand washing and other techniques.The product is made from oil from the leaves and twigs of eucalyptus citriodora tree.It is also found in the insect repellent, Mosi Guard, and others.The armed forces has already stocked up on the repellent.The coronavirus first struck after it emerged in Wuhan, China, at the end of

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Barcelona still hoping Messi will stay with the club

MADRID – Barcelona hasn’t given up on Lionel Messi just yet.A day after the Argentine great told the club he wants to leave, Barcelona said its restructuring project still revolves around the player.“We want to rebuild for the future together with the best player in history,” Ramon Planes, the club’s technical director, said Wednesday. “We are not contemplating any departure on a contractual level because we want him to stay.

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Six registered coronavirus deaths last week as figures in Scotland increase

coronavirus across Scotland in the last week.

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Los Angeles Rams, Chargers to play NFL season without fans in attendance 'until further notice'

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - The Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers will play home games at the brand new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood for the 2020 NFL season, but without fans in attendance until further notice. Big sports news.

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WHAT TO WATCH: Mike Pence, Kellyanne Conway and protest pushback at GOP convention

Photo taken in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, Aug. 24, 2020 shows a computer screen displaying U.S.

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How Baby Boomers are coping with Covid-19’s financial hit

Covid-19, according to a survey by Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies.Many are too young to collect Social Security, which can begin at 62, or use Medicare, which starts at 65, and don’t have enough money set aside. Less than half of working Americans over 60 feel their retirement savings are on track, and 13% had no retirement savings, according to a 2019 report by the Federal Reserve.The stock market has recovered its losses from earlier this year, which helps those who have 401(k) or other retirement accounts, but not everyone has those investments.

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Indian scientists find N95 masks to be most effective at stopping Covid-19 spread

New Delhi: N95 masks may be the most effective at reducing the spread of the novel coronavirus, according a study by researchers, including those from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which suggests that any mask is better than no mask at preventing COVID-19.The researchers noted that airborne transmission by respiratory aerosol droplets produced during coughing and sneezing is the dominant mode of spreading for infectious diseases such as COVID-19.Padmanabha Prasanna Simha, from ISRO, and Prasanna Simha Mohan Rao, from the Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research in Karnataka, experimentally visualised the flow fields of coughs under various common mouth covering scenarios.The, study published in the

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Nursery hours to be doubled as planned despite delay due to coronavirus

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.North Lanarkshire Council has restated its intention to double nursery hours as planned by September, despite the national rollout of the programme being delayed by the coronavirus pandemic.The planned launch of the 1140 hours initiative – an increase from the current entitlement of 600 hours of funded pre-school learning – was put on hold in March by Scottish Government ministers, who revoked the legal requirement for an August start to allow local authorities to focus on their Covid-19 response.Education convener Councillor Frank McNally said: “We fully recognise the value that the 1140 expansion will bring to children and parents.“Many had

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UP sees 82 COVID-19 deaths, highest single-day spike of 5,898 cases

LUCKNOW : Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday reported 82 COVID-19 fatalities taking the death toll due to the disease to 3,141, while highest single-day spike of 5,898 new cases took the infection tally to 2,03,020."In the past 24 hours, 5,898 fresh COVID-19 cases were found.

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Antonio Banderas Gives Encouraging Update After Being Diagnosed With Coronavirus

Antonio Banderas has given fans a reassuring health update, after revealing he’d been diagnosed with coronavirus.Two weeks ago, Antonio announced that he was spending his 60th birthday in quarantine, after testing positive for Covid-19.At the time, he told his Instagram followers he was feeling “relatively well, just a bit more tired than usual”, and was confident that he would recover from the illness “as soon as possible”.Posting on Twitter, the Spanish actor has now confirmed that he is fighting fit, after recovering from the illness.“After 21 days of disciplinary confinement I can say now that today I overcame the Covid-19 infection,” he wrote.“I am cured.

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Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trial begins in India, two get first shot of Covishield. Key updates

PTI."Doctors at the hospital administered the first shot of the 'Covishield' vaccine to a 32-year-old man after his reports of COVID-19 and antibodies tests came out negative," Dr Sanjay Lalwani, medical director of Bharti Vidyapeeth's Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre told PTI.Another 48-year-old male volunteer was also given the vaccine, he added. While the 32 year-old volunteer works for a private company, the other one is associated with the healthcare sector, he said."The two other volunteers, who were administered the vaccines are being monitored," Lalwani said.Here are the latest updates: 1) Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, selected 17 sites in India to conduct the trial.

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Firms could refuse to employ people who have not had a Covid-19 vaccination, say experts

Employers should be allowed to turn down workers who have not had a Covid-19 vaccination, according to experts.

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Campus coalition asking UofT to ‘listen to its own scientists’ in back-to-school plans

COVID-19 and roll back its plan to reopen doors to students and staff in the fall.In an online panel held earlier this week, the University of Toronto Faculty Association discussed what it described as the administration’s refusal to address health and safety concerns raised by staff and students despite the school’s high-profile health-care advocacy work during the global pandemic.Association President Terezia Zoric said she disagrees with the administrations decision to hold in-person classes, arguing the move carries unnecessary risks for the entire university community.“It is a complete lost opportunity for the university’s senior administration not to consult with their own in-house experts who are also being consulted by the World

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Slovak club fights UEFA at CAS over Champions League forfeit

GENEVA – Fighting exclusion from the Champions League under new UEFA rules during the pandemic, Slovan Bratislava wants sport’s highest court to stop its previous opponent playing later Wednesday in the next qualifying round.The Court of Arbitration for Sport said it was asked by Slovan for an urgent ruling to postpone the 8:15 p.m. (1815 GMT) kickoff in Switzerland between Young Boys and KI Klaksvik.Slovan was denied the chance to play at Faeroe Islands champion KI in a twice-postponed game last week.

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Gene sleuths suggests Boston meeting spread coronavirus to 19,000

NEW YORK – A meeting at a hotel in Boston last February may have ignited the spread of the pandemic virus to some 19,000 people in the area, a new study suggests.Health authorities had previously linked the meeting to more than 90 cases among people at the meeting and their contacts.

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Facing 2nd coronavirus wave, Spain tracks infections with soldiers. Here’s how

MADRID – Under strain from Europe's fastest-growing wave of coronavirus infections, the Spanish government cleared the way for more localized lockdowns Tuesday and deployed the military to bolster the country’s faltering attempts to trace infections.With more than 400,000 confirmed cases since the onset of the epidemic and dozens of fresh daily clusters only days before the school year begins, Spain is grappling to slow the uncontrolled transmission of the virus.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's son charged with stabbing neighbor in San Clemente over trash cans

This photo taken February 4, 2019 shows Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the Hollywood Reporter's 7th Annual Nominees Night in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX / AFP) / ALTERNATE CROP (Photo by JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX/AFP via Getty Imag SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. - The 28-year-old son of Hall of Fame basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is facing multiple felony assault charges for allegedly stabbing a San Clemente neighbor multiple times following an argument about trash cans, prosecutors said Tuesday.Adam Abdul-Jabbar Adam Abdul-Jabbar, of San Clemente, is scheduled to be arraigned on September 9.

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Haryana Agriculture Minister Jai Prakash Dalal tests COVID-19 positive

HARYANA : Haryana Agriculture Minister Jai Prakash Dalal tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday.The Minister confirmed the news on his official Facebook page. After being tested positive for COVID-19, he has isolated himself at home."I tested for COVID-19 three days ago and the report came negative, but I have tested positive in my second test.

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Legal risks for Covid vaccine makers hampers EU deals

The European Union is offering only partial protection to vaccine makers against legal risks from side-effects of their potential Covid-19 shots, European officials said, in a move that is hampering deals and contrasts with US policy.

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Anger as shed to be used as school Covid-19 isolation room

Parents and staff at a national school outside Athlone in Co Westmeath have strongly criticised the Department of Education for a lack of assistance in helping the school come up with more space to teach classes at a social distance and provide an appropriate isolation area for children who have Covid-19 symptoms.

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Tarun Gogoi tests positive for COVID-19

NEW DELHI : Former Assam Chief Minister and Congress leader Tarun Gogoi has tested positive for coronavirus."I have been tested Covid 19 positive yesterday.

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Yogi Adityanath orders to increase daily covid-19 tests in UP to 1.50 lakh

LUCKNOW : Yogi Adityanath orders to increase daily COVID tests to 1.50 lakh in Uttar PradeshChief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over daily 1.46 lakh novel coronavirus tests being done in Uttar Pradesh and issued directions for increasing the capacity to 1.50 lakh per day.In a meeting with senior officials, Adityanath said there was a need to think "two steps ahead" to effectively check the coronavirus spread.He said 1.46 lakh tests were done in the state on Tuesday and it should be increased to 1.50 lakh per day, adding that testing plays the most important role in controlling the infection.Work on enhancing the testing capacity should be continued, he said.The chief minister said it was because of the

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London carnival show goes on _ with more import than ever

LONDON – Organizers of Europe’s biggest street fair, which traces its roots to the emancipation of Black slaves and race riots in London during the late 1950s, say the event is more important than ever amid the worldwide campaign for justice after George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis.But their message of resistance and reconciliation will be delivered online worldwide this weekend after the COVID-19 pandemic forced London's Notting Hill Carnival to reinvent itself as a virtual event.

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The big Bollywood power shuffle: How covid helped OTT change film business

₹500 crore, Disney had done the unthinkable. It convinced Hindi cinema’s biggest names including Kumar, Ajay Devgn and Alia Bhatt to part with theatrical box office and the ensuing clout of several thousand screens by selling their films to the platform.“Movies will always be the first birthright of the theatres.

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US has biggest COVID-19 testing programme in the world: Trump

COVID-19 so far and over 1,37,000 have died due to the disease, both of which are the largest numbers among all the countries.The huge number of positive cases, the president said, is due to the massive testing efforts undertaken by his administration, more extensive than any other country."We test more than anybody by far. And when you test, you create cases.

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Covid-19 testing to be doubled, will conduct 40,000 tests per day: Delhi CM

New Delhi: COVID-19 tests in Delhi will be doubled to 40,000 per day within a week as there has been a marginal increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the city, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday.Addressing an online media briefing, Kejriwal said that at present, 20,000 tests are being conducted per day in the city.

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Nicola Sturgeon coronavirus update LIVE as new cluster identified in Borders town

Covid-19 in the Borders in the latest cluster to hit Scotland. NHS Borders Health Protection team are currently dealing with an outbreak in Hawick.The cases are linked to three businesses in the town, Morrisons, the Trinity Bar and Baguette 'N' Go.

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Irish teachers on back to school around the world

Earlier this year, schools around the world closed their doors.

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UK coronavirus patient zero identified as researchers investigate disease’s origins

Covid-19 on February 21. She is also believed to have been the first woman in the UK to die after contracting the disease.

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Kim Jong-un pictured at emergency North Korean coronavirus meeting after coma rumours

Kim Jong-un has been pictured at the head of an emergency coronavirus meeting, following rumours that he was in a coma. The North Korean dictator has made fewer public appearances this year, and reports in April suggested he was in a “vegetative state” after a botched heart operation.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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