TIMES OF INDIA

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jun 26, 2020, 12:23:45 IST

Coronavirus live updates: Wear masks, keep 'Do gaj doori' till we get Covid vaccine, PM Modi says

India's Covid-19 tally crossed the 4.9 lakh with yet another highest single-day spike of 17,296 new cases today. The country had recorded new 407 fatalities, taking the nationwide toll from the novel coronavirus to 15,301. Stay tuned with TOI for more updates on coronavirus-

12:23 (IST), Jun 26

UP is bigger than many countries of the world. Looking at the hard work done by Uttar Pradesh govt during Covid-19 pandemic, we can say that it has managed to save 85,000 lives: PM Modi

12:21 (IST), Jun 26

Aatma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Abhiyan will provide motivation and learning to other states too; this is an example of transforming crisis into opportunity and I hope that other states will come up with such schemes too: PM

12:06 (IST), Jun 26
 
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Till the time a vaccine is not developed for Covid-19, we all have to maintain 'Do gaj doori' and wear face masks

PM Modi during launch of ‘Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rojgar Abhiyan' through video conference 
11:54 (IST), Jun 26

Wearing mask, social distancing will help us fight corona, PM says.

11:52 (IST), Jun 26

'No one imagined that we will in this situation today,' PM Modi says about coronavirus at the launch of UP job scheme for migrants.

11:35 (IST), Jun 26

PIL seeking more exam centres, stay on 'Opt-Out' scheme & better precautions from Covid for CA students, scheduled to appear in May cycle exam, to be conducted between July 29 to August 16: ICAI seeks time to file affidavit by Monday.

Matter to be now heard on Monday.

11:33 (IST), Jun 26

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches 'Atma Nirbhar Uttar Pradesh Rozgar Abhiyan'.

11:25 (IST), Jun 26

A 60-yr-old COVID19 patient hung herself in the restroom of KC General Hospital last night. She was admitted to the hospital on 18th June: Bengaluru Police

11:11 (IST), Jun 26

ICSE's lawyer Jaideep Gupta says, I have gone through the CBSE affidavit. Our affidavit is more or less the same. But our averaging formula is not the same as the CBSE.

10:58 (IST), Jun 26

CBSE assessment scheme

10:52 (IST), Jun 26

ICSE tells SC that it will follow slightly different assessment scheme for awarding marks to students and it will notified within a week.

10:47 (IST), Jun 26

SC approves CBSE scheme, exams for class X and XII for remaining subjects scheduled from July 1 stand cancelled.

10:45 (IST), Jun 26

CBSE and ICSE both assures SC that results will be declared by July 15.

10:43 (IST), Jun 26

ICSE tells SC that it agrees with the scheme framed by CBSE but the only difference is that it will also give option to both class X and XII students to take test of it is conducted in future.

10:40 (IST), Jun 26

CBSE tells SC that the decision pro students and says that students should be forced to opt for examination within stipulated time after declaring the results and they should allowed to take a call when the Board decides to conduct exam.

10:36 (IST), Jun 26

CBSE files amended notification in SC giving details on how assessment is to be done to give marks to students in subjects for which tests are not to be held, SC expresses satisfaction.

10:30 (IST), Jun 26

HM Amit Shah also approved the combined use of Aarogya Setu & Itihaas apps as strong predictive tools for future detection of Covid outbreaks in population clusters: MHA

Training on combined use of apps was imparted by NCDC trainers to the district teams of the Delhi Govt yesterday, reports ANI quoting MHA.

10:30 (IST), Jun 26

As per the directives of HM Amit Shah, discussion was done on the serological survey in Delhi, which will be carried out jointly by NCDC and Delhi Government: MHA

Survey will begin from June 27, training of all the concerned survey teams was completed yesterday: MHA

10:30 (IST), Jun 26

It was also informed in the meeting that the re-drawing of containment zones including all clusters of Covid outbreak in Delhi would be completed by June 26 as per the timeline fixed by HM Amit Shah: MHA

Completion of door to door health survey would also be done by June 30, MHA said.

10:29 (IST), Jun 26

In the meeting, it was clearly noted that decisions were being implemented in a smooth and timely manner and a Covid response plan was finalised for Delhi: MHA

District-level teams for Covid related tasks were also constituted, said MHA.

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