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The novel coronavirus cases in Jammu and Kashmir rose to 29,326 on Tuesday with 434 new infections, while 13 more deaths took the toll to 561, officials said. There are 6,879 active cases of the coronavirus disease (COVD-19), while 21,886 patients have recovered so far, the officials said.

All the 13 more deaths were from Kashmir, taking the toll to 561, including 520 from the Valley and 41 from the Jammu region, according to the officials.

Eighty-eight out of the 434 new cases were from the Jammu region, while 346 were from Kashmir, taking the tally to 29,326. Srinagar and Kupwara districts reported the highest number of 66 new cases each, followed by 59 in Bandipora district, officials said.

Vistara on Tuesday said it will operate special flights on Delhi-London route from August 28 to September 30 as part of the bilateral air bubble arrangement signed between India and the UK. Moreover, the full-service carrier is seeking necessary regulatory approvals to soon operate similar special flights to Paris in France and Frankfurt in Germany, it said in a press release

Tamil Nadu reports 5,709 new COVID-19 cases and 121 deaths today taking the total number of cases to 3,49,654  including 6,007 deaths and 53,860 active cases.

Health authorities in Indore started conducting rapid antigen tests from Tuesday for faster detection of COVID-19 cases in Madhya Pradesh's worst-hit district, an official said.

The district has received 12,500 kits from the state government for the tests in the first phase, Amit Malakar, district nodal officer for COVID-19 prevention, told reporters.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3, occurred at 4:43 pm today, 299 km South-East of Dushanbe in Tajikistan, National Centre for Seismology said.

9,652 new COVID-19 cases, 9211 recoveries and 88 deaths reported in Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases stands at 3,06,261 including 85,130 active cases, 2,18,311 recoveries and 2820 deaths till date.

Influenza viruses can spread through the air on dust, fibres and other microscopic particles, and not just expiratory droplets, according to a study published on Tuesday that has implications for the novel coronavirus transmission.
 

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Equity benchmark Sensex rallied 478 points on Tuesday, driven by gains in index majors Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank amid positive cues from global markets and sustained foreign fund inflows.

The BSE Sensex ended 477.54 points or 1.26 per cent higher at 38,528.32, while the NSE Nifty surged 138.25 points or 1.23 per cent to 11,385.35.

Singapore reported 100 new COVID-19 cases, mostly foreign workers, pushing the nationwide tally to 55,938, the health ministry said on Tuesday.

Addressing media, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad slammed those questioning transactions in PM CARES Fund. "PM CARES Fund is a registered trust. Money used for fighting coronavirus," Prasad said while welcoming the Supreme Court's decision today. 

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to direct transfer of contributions made to PM CARES Fund for COVID-19 pandemic to the National Disaster Response Fund. While disposing of the petition, Supreme Court said, no need for a fresh national disaster relief plan. The funds collected by the PM Cares Fund are entirely different and that these are funds of charitable trusts, the top court said.

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Odisha on Monday reported 2,244 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the state''s tally to 62,294, while 10 more people succumbed to the disease pushing the death toll to 353, a health department official said.

Rural Development and Labour Minister Susanta Singh tested positive to the COVID-19 and became the first member of Naveen Patnaik''s cabinet to become a COVID-19 patient. Five other MLAs and an MP of the state had earlier infected with the coronavirus.

"Concerned to know that my cabinet colleague Susanta Singh has tested positive for #COVID19. Spoke with him to know about his well being and wished him a speedy recovery," Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik tweeted.

The fresh cases were found in 29 of the state's 30 districts. Khurda district, of which state capital Bhubaneswar is a part, reported the maximum number of new cases at 311, followed by Ganjam at 243, Cuttack at 194, Rayagada at 160, Balasore at 142 and Sundargarh at 136.

Jharkhand on Monday reported 843 new cases of COVID-19, taking the tally to 24,067, officials said. Eleven more patients died in the state, following which the toll increased to 255, they said. So far, 15,348 people have recovered from the disease.

There are 8,464 active cases in the state at present, they added. During the last 24 hours, the state tested 16,682 samples for COVID-19.

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Hello and welcome to today's live coverage of coronavirus news in India and across the world, with me Vani Mehrotra and my colleagues Himanshu Shekhar, Priya Jaiswal and Nidhi Taneja. You can get in touch with us directly on twitter @vani_mehrotra, @himaanshus, @priyajais and @nidhiindiatv for news, tips, photos, questions and comments. Stay tuned to Indiatvnews.com (@indiatvnews) for all the latest updates on what's happening around the world. 

Here's a quick overview: 

The total number of global cases has surpassed 21.8 million, including more than 772,000 fatalities. More than 14,321557,000 patients are reported to have recovered.

Total positive cases country-wise:

USA 5,612,027
Brazil 3,363,235
India 2,701,604
Russia 927,745
South Africa 589,886

Covid-19 deaths and cases in Maharashtra came down on Monday even as the state added one lakh patients taking the tally to six lakh, health officials said. For the second straight day, the state recorded Covid-19 deaths below the 300-mark and cases fell drastically below 9,000.

With 228 Covid deaths -- lower than the peak of 413 till August 13, the state toll touched 20,265 on Monday while recording 8,493 fresh cases -- down from the previous highest of 12,822 till August 8 -- both highest in the country.

The number of Covid-infected persons surpassed the 6 lakh-mark touching 6,04,358 till August 17, and the state also achieved a rare day, when the number of new patients was lesser than those recovered and discharged.

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 shook Masbate province in the Philippines on Tuesday, the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs) said. No casualties and damage have been reported yet.

The institute said the quake, which struck at around 8 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of 1 km, about 5 km southwest of Cataingan town of Masbate province in the Bicol region, Xinhua reported.