Coronavirus live updates: 187 Covid-19 cases, 9 deaths and 138 recoveries reported in Madhya Pradesh

Loud and clear: Learning over loudspeakers amid lockdown

Shyam Kishore Gandhi, the principal of Bankathi Upgraded Middle School, came up with the idea of using a network of loudspeakers connected to a microphone for lessons after learning that 204 out of 246 students do not have access to a smartphone. Read full story

Supply outstrips demand, PPE prices crash

PPE kit prices of 100 GSM (gross square metre) have crashed in select markets to Rs 168 apiece from Rs 600 a few weeks ago, and those of RT-PCR testing kits have dropped to Rs 600 from nearly Rs 1,700 earlier. Read full story

India adds 17,000+ new cases, day’s toll remains above 400

Covid-19 cases surged in Maharashtra (3,890 fresh infections), Delhi (3,788), Tamil Nadu (2,865), Telangana (891), Uttar Pradesh (700), Gujarat (572), Andhra Pradesh (497), Haryana (490), Bengal (445) and Assam (429), among other states, taking the day’s total to 17,156, as per data collated from state governments. With this, India’s total caseload rose to over 4.73 lakh, just four days after crossing the 4 lakh mark. Read full story

Tourism-reliant Fiji has proposed a "travel bubble" to welcome visitors from virus-free countries, as the South Pacific holiday hotspot desperately tries to revive its stalled economy, reports AFP

187 Covid-19 cases, 9 deaths and 138 recoveries reported in Madhya Pradesh on June 24, says the state health department (ANI)

Total number of cases in the state is now at 12,448, including 9,473 recovered, 2,441 active cases and 534 deaths.

Five deaths, 891 new Covid-19 cases recorded in Telangana today; total in the state reaches 10,444

This is a sober reminder that even as we continue R&D into vaccines & therapeutics, we've an urgent responsibility to do everything we can with the tools we've now to suppress transmission & save lives: WHO chief

We expect to reach a total of 10 million cases within next week: WHO chief

18 more Covid-19 positive cases & 55 recovered cases reported in Jharkhand today. Total number of cases in the state is now at 2,219 including 632 active cases, 1575 recovered/discharged and 12 deaths: State health department

186 more people, including 10 policemen and three CRPF personnel, test positive for Covid-19 in Jammu and Kashmir, taking UT's tally to 6,422: Officials

DGCA issues new rules for airlines, their cabin crew members for handling unruly passengers on board, stating that increased stress on flyers due to new procedures in place amid Covid may lead to rise in disputes between them, cabin crew members

HRD ministry asks NCERT to prepare supplementary or alternative academic learning material for entire curriculum for school students, especially for those without any form of digital or online access, in Covid-19 times

Rajasthan reports 10 deaths and 382 new Covid-19 positive cases today. The total number of positive cases in the state stands at 16,009 including 3,023 active cases and 375 deaths: State health department

With 1,144 new coronavirus cases, Mumbai's tally rises to 69,625; toll increases to 3,962 as 38 more patients die: BMC

West Bengal reports 11 Covid-19 fatalities, taking death toll to 591; 445 more people test positive: Officials

Covid-19 cases in Karnataka breach 10,000-mark with 397 fresh cases; 14 new fatalities take death toll to 164 in state

If admin forcibly takes patients to Covid-19 centres for clinical assessment, it's like 15-day detention: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Centre's order

I request Centre to withdraw new system requiring assessment of every Covid-19 patient at govt-run facility: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

Centre's order requiring every Covid-19 patient to visit govt hospital for clinical assessment not correct: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

West Bengal government announces extension of lockdown till July 31 to contain spread of Covid-19, reports PTI