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Coronavirus Live News Updates: India reports highest-single day spike of 40,425 new cases
India's COVID19 case tally crosses 11 lakh mark with highest single day spike of 40,425 new cases & 681 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
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- Amid the continuous surge in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths globally, the scientists have time and again reiterated the necessity of wearing a mask.
- Wearing a mask is "one of the most urgent things we can do to get our country [US] under control," Melanie Ott, director of the Gladstone Institute of Virology, was quoted as saying by The Wall Street Journal. "We're all waiting for the vaccine, we're waiting for therapeutics, and we're not there."
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India's COVID19 case tally crosses 11 lakh mark with highest single day spike of 40,425 new cases & 681 deaths reported in the last 24 hours.
Total cases stand at 11,18,043 including 3,90,459 active cases, 7,00,087 cured/discharged/migrated & 27,497 deaths: Health Ministry
Sensex soars by 291.99 points, currently at 37,312.13
1,40,47,908 samples tested for COVID-19 up to 19th July.
Of the total, 2,56,039 were tested yesterday, said Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)
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China blasts dam to release floodwaters as death toll rises
- The dam on the Chuhe River in Anhui province was destroyed with explosives early Sunday morning, after which the water level was expected to drop by 70 cms.
- Blasting dams and embankments to discharge water was an extreme response employed during China's worst floods in recent years in 1998.
- More than 2,000 people died and almost 3 million homes were destroyed back then.
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- A group of Indian-Americans held a peaceful demonstration in front of the Chinese embassy, protesting against China's aggression along the Line of Actual Control.
- Displaying anti-China banners and shouting slogans like “China Communist: Down Down”, the protesters on Sunday said that “the Chinese virus has killed lakhs of people across the world and has brought the global economy to a standstill”.
COVID-19 cases tick up in northwest China city
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- Manmohan Singh, Director of IMD Shimla
Uttarakhand: 5 houses washed away in Munsyari after water level increased in the Gori river due to incessant rainfall.
Lockdown in Karnataka's Kalaburagi extended till July 27
Chhattisgarh: Seven-day lockdown in Raipur, Birgaon municipal corporation areas from July 22
UAE launches first 'Hope' mission to Mars from Japan
- The United Arab Emirates launched its first-ever interplanetary Hope Probe mission to Mars from Japan's Tanegashima Space Centre at 01:58 a.m. (local time) on Monday.
- The spacecraft is expected to reach Mars orbit in about 200 days from now.
