India's fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic is driven by its people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, attributing the success against the contagion to the implementation of the nationwide lockdown in its initial phase.
A record single-day surge of 19,906 COVID-19 cases pushed India's tally to 5,28,859 on Sunday, while the death toll rose to 16,095 with 410 persons succumbing to the infection in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
A youth from Surathkal and a woman from Loreto Padavu, a village of B. Kasba in Bantwal taluk, have succumbed to novel coronavirus infection, officials said.
A group of Zomato food delivery platform employees in Kolkata tore and burnt their official T-shirts on Saturday in protest against the killing of 20 Indian soldiers by the Chinese Army in Ladakh last week.
Patna: Late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput's childhood home in Patna will be turned into a memorial, while a foundation named after him will be set up to support budding talents in various fields, his family said on Saturday.
Padubidri: Depressed over unemployment due to the COVID-19 lockdown, a 29-year-old man on Saturday committed suicide here at Maniyuru in Alluru village here in Padubidri.
Bengaluru: Karnataka on Saturday reported a single-day high of 918 new coronavirus cases taking the overall tally in the state to 11,923, the Health department said.
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Saturday took a slew of decisions including imposing total lockdown on Sundays starting July 5 in view of the spike in the number of coronavirus cases in the state.
Bengaluru: Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, Karnataka Medical Education Minister S Sudhakar on Saturday said arrangements will be made to have 10,000 beds in government and private hospitals by Monday evening and multistorey residential apartment complexes will also be used to treat infected patients.
Udupi: Two people in Udupi have been booked for allegedly providing wrong information about travel history and details of primary contacts. Both of them have tested positive for COVID-19.
