Coronavirus live updates: India surpasses Brazil, becomes second-worst hit country globally

The two-day monsoon session of the Maharashtra assembly gets underway.

Read: UNICEF to lead global procurement, supply of Covid-19 vaccines

Indian Railways has started to operate 13 special trains within Tamil Nadu from today after relaxed Covid restrictions.

Australian biotech giant CSL Ltd said it would manufacture two different Covid-19 vaccine candidates, with the earliest doses due to reach the market early next year, reports Reuters.

Mexico is working to produce its own Covid-19 vaccines and could have one ready by next spring, a researcher coordinating local efforts told Reuters.

Czechs name new squad for Scotland game after outbreak, reports AFP.

Hit by a coronavirus outbreak, the Czech Republic named a new squad for its next Nations League game with only two of the 23 having played for the national team before. The Czechs host Scotland in League B on Monday in Olomouc after they beat neighbor Slovakia 3-1 in Bratislava despite being hit by a coronavirus outbreak in the team camp.

Read: India's Covid-19 infection tally crosses 42 lakh with record single-day spike of 90,802 cases

India's Covid-19 tally of cases went past 42 lakh with a record 90,802 people being infected in a day, while 32,50,429 people have recuperated so far, pushing the national recovery rate to 77.30 per cent on Monday, according to the Union health ministry data.

The United States, with more than 6 million cases, remains the worst-affected country.

India has crossed the coronavirus tally of Brazil with 4.2 million cases.

India has overtaken Brazil to now become the country with the second-largest number of people infected with novel coronavirus.

Total number of samples tested up to 6th September is 4,95,51,507 including 7,20,362 samples tested yesterday: ICMR

I travelled from Malviya Nagar to Rajiv Chowk, today. I am happy to see that the passengers are confident about travelling in Delhi Metro: AK Garg, Director Operations, DMRC

Read: At Noida hospital, a robot turns counsellor for Covid patients

To soothe patients’ nerves and keep their anxieties at bay, Yatharth hospital in Noida Extension has deployed a robot, aptly named ‘Mitra’. Not only does the robot help in counselling of patients, it also connects them with their families and friends on video calls via a screen on its body.

Tokyo's postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice president John Coates told AFP.

UNICEF to lead global procurement, supply of Covid vaccines, reports PTI.

Read: Trump minimised seriousness of Covid-19 outbreak in US, says Kamala Harris

"From the beginning of this pandemic, he has called it a hoax. He has muzzled the public health experts - he has minimised the seriousness of it. If he had listened to the scientists and the experts, he would have understood the gravity of it," Harris said.

Read: As cases mount, India studying Russian proposal for Covid-19 vaccine

The Russian ambassador here, Nikolay Kudashev, has said Moscow is talking to the Indian government "on different levels" about cooperation that could include "supplies, co-development and co-production" of Sputnik V, the first anti-Covid vaccine in the world. The vaccine, according to a Lancet study, has been found in initial trials as causing no serious side effects. Official sources here confirmed to TOI that Russia had shared formally modalities of cooperation with India on the vaccine and that the Indian government was examining the details.

Read: Centre orders refund of locked-down air tickets

In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court after consultations with different airlines, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) informed it that for flight tickets booked after April 14, airlines and travel agents will get a 15day window to refund the money as the Civil Aviation Requirements say this must be at the convenience of flyers.