Breaking News: September 12, 2020 | As it happened

Pune city received light rainfall on Saturday, a Met department official said. He said Pune region is likely to receive moderate rainfall in the next few days.

Elsewhere, Konkan and Goa received moderate rainfall in the day.

Keeping in view the surge of COVID-19 cases in the state, the Odisha government on Saturday allowed the sale of Favipiravir tablet and Remdesivir injectable formulation in stores for the treatment of coronavirus patients.

Directorate of Drugs Control, Odisha in accordance with the direction of the Drugs Controlled General of India (DGCI), issued an order allowing the market sale of the medicines under the prescription of medical specialists only, an official said.

It said the drugs will be available to the patient or patients representative following furnishing residence proof.

Clinical trials for the AstraZeneca Oxford coronavirus vaccine, AZD1222, have resumed in the UK following confirmation by the Medicines Health Regulatory Authority (MHRA) that it was safe to do so.

On September 6, the standard review process had triggered a voluntary pause to vaccination across all global trials to allow review of safety data by independent committees and international regulators.

The UK committee has concluded its investigations and recommended to the MHRA that trials in the UK are safe to resume, AstraZeneca said on Saturday.

The national capital has recorded 71 per cent less rainfall in September so far, according to India Meteorological Department data. The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative data for the city, has recorded just 20.9 mm rainfall so far against the normal of 72.6 mm this month.

Lok Janshankti Party president Chirag Paswan has called a meeting of all party MPs on September 16 as the party continues to deliberate whether to fight against the Janata Dal(U) in the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls.

LJP sources said the meeting will also consider the proposal by the party's Bihar unit that it should contest 143 seats in the elections to the 243-member state assembly.

A meeting of the Lok Sabha Business Advisory Committee (BAC) will be held on Sunday to discuss the issues and the list of Bills to be introduced in the Monsoon Session beginning from Monday. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will preside over the meeting starting at 11 am in Parliament complex.

All the 15 BAC members are expected to attend, including Trinamool MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader PP Chaudhary, and Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, BJP MP from Bihar's Paschim Champaran Sanjay Jaiswal, BJP MP from Gujarat's Surat Darshana Vikram Jardosh, Biju Janata Dal MP Pinaki Misra, BJP member Jagdambika Pal, and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP SS Palanimanickam.

Other members include Shiv Sena leader Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, YSR Congress leader Midhun Reddy, Janata Dal (United) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan), and BJP leaders Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Rakesh Singh and Sunil Kumar Singh.

The Monsoon Session will continue till October 1. The government has listed 23 Bills for the session, including those pertaining to 11 ordinances.

The district administration has declared three areas here as containment zones to allow health officials to detect COVID-19 cases and map all influenza like infection (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) to arrest the surge of coronavirus death cases, officials said on Saturday.

The East Khasi Hills district administration has declared Madan Laban, Riat Laban and Keating Road of the state capital as containment zones, they said.

Delhi airport on Saturday started its on-arrival COVID-19 testing facility wherein an international passenger can pay Rs 5,000 to avail an RT-PCR test and also use the waiting lounge, said senior officials of its operator DIAL.

Over 15 lakh candidates are expected to appear in medical entrance exam NEET on Sunday which will be conducted amid strict precautions in view of the COVID1-9 pandemic, according to officials of the National Testing Agency (NTA).

Seeking to enhance last-mile connectivity for passengers, a pre-paid auto-rickshaw hiring facility has been set up at the Shivaji Stadium metro station on the Airport Express Line which resumed services on Saturday after a gap of over five months, officials said.

The Airport Line connects the New Delhi metro station and Dwarka Sector-21 metro station via stations of the Delhi Airport.

"This (pre-paid auto-rickshaw hiring) is a permanent facility, set up by us in partnership with Delhi Traffic Police to enhance last-mile connectivity and to regulate vehicular traffic around the station in central Delhi," a senior DMRC official said.

Union AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik discharged from the hospital in Panaji today after being admitted for COVID-19, for a month.

Police bust illicit alcohol business in Ambala today. "Police received a tip about illegal smuggling activities in Mandhaur under the guise of juice business. A truck was intercepted with 290 crates of alcohol. Further probe underway," says Ram Kumar, DSP, Ambala Cantt

Odisha reported 3,777 new COVID-19 cases, 4,061 recoveries and 11 deaths on September 10, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 1,46,894
including 1,12,062 recoveries, 34,163 active cases and 616 deaths

739 new COVID-19 cases and 7 deaths reported in Rajasthan in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the state to 99,775 including 1,214 deaths, 81,978 recoveries & 16,583 active cases. 

PM Narendra Modi takes part in ‘Grih Pravesh' programme | HIGHLIGHTS

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes part in a programme - ‘Grih Pravesh’ organised under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) in Madhya Pradesh, through video conference.
• Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan also participates in the event.
• As part of ‘Grih Pravesh’ programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the houses built under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) in Madhya Pradesh, through video conference.

Students appearing for final year exams & other competitive exams for advance studies, as approved by the Maharashtra govt, are permitted to travel by special suburban services over Mumbai suburban network by showing valid I-cards & hall tickets: PRO, Central Railway, CST Mumbai

Youth Congress workers were detained by police following their protest outside state minister KT Jaleel's residence in Malappuram's Valanchery last night over his alleged involvement in the gold smuggling case.

The total case tally stands at 46,59,985 including 9,58,316 active cases, 36,24,197 cured/discharged/migrated & 77,472 deaths. The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 28.3 million, while the deaths have increased to over 913,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices at Rs 81.86/litre (decrease by Rs 0.13) and Rs 72.93/litre (decrease by Rs 0.12), respectively today.

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Indian Railways will start 40 pairs of special trains from today; visuals from New Delhi Railway Station.

With the resumption of service on Airport Express Line today, all lines of Delhi Metro network are now open. Service will be available from 6 am to 11 PM on all lines: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)

Hello and welcome to today's live coverage of coronavirus news in India and across the world, with me, Sushmita Panda and my colleagues  Himanshu Shekhar, Shashwat  Bhandari, Vani Mehrotra, Priya Jaiswal, and Rashi Hardaha. You can get in touch with us directly on Twitter @sushmitapanda, @himaanshus, @ShashBhandari​ @vani_mehrotra​ @priyajais, and  @rashihardaha 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 28.6 million, including more than 917,000 fatalities. More than 20,572,000 patients are reported to have recovered.

Total positive cases country-wise:

USA 6,514,231
India 4,367,436
Brazil 4,165,124
Russia 1,035,789
Peru 691,575