Class X and XII students who study in Goan schools, but live in villages just across the state's borders in Maharashtra and Karnataka, will be accommodated in exam centres within their respective states, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday.
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Three people succumbed to COVID-19 in Karnataka and 127 new positive cases, highest single day rise, have emerged in the past 19 hours, raising the state's tally to 1373, an official said on Tuesday.
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A Covid-19 patient died in Assam on Monday taking the state's fatality to three, while five more tested coronavirus positive in the past 24 hours raising the state's tally to 102, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, here on Monday.
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After 56 days of extended lockdown, Karnataka would observe a total lockdown only on Sundays till May 31, while shops would reopen and bus services resume from Tuesday, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said on Monday....
Saying that critically ill COVID-19 patients may be at high risk for developing renal failure, venous blood clots, and other complications associated with blood clots, such as stroke, researchers have emphasised on the need for early screening.
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Barely 48 hours after America's top infectious diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci warned of suffering and death if states reopen too quickly, Dr Rick Bright, a government whistleblower who was recently fired by the Trump administration, delivered chilling testimony saying that the US faces the "darkest winter in modern history" unless...
Opening up of special train services to Goa does not mean people should throng to the coastal state for a holiday, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday....
After more than four months into fighting the coronavirus outbreak, India has one of the lowest cumulative deaths per million in the world. Though, confirmed cases in India have crossed the 74,000-mark with 2,415 deaths so far, yet its socio-demographic characteristics favour when compared to many developed count...
Current smokers and people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have an increased risk of severe complications and higher mortality with COVID-19 infection, warn researchers.
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