8.50 am: The Centre will allow foreign journalists with valid visas to come to India along with family members, PTI reports. Foreign natio...
8.50 am: The Centre will allow foreign journalists with valid visas to come to India along with family members, PTI reports. Foreign nationals holding Journalist (J-1) visas and their dependents holding J-1X visas would now be able to enter the country amid the coronavirus crisis.
8.45 am: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Tuesday reduced the perks and allowances of its employees by 50%, citing financial constraints due to the coronavirus crisis, according to PTI.
8.40 am: NITI Aayog member and the chairperson of a national task force for coronavirus management VK Paul on Tuesday said that India would have to wait for a few weeks for the results of phase one and two human clinical trials of two indigenous coronavirus vaccines, according to Hindustan Times.
8.30 am: Globally, the coronavirus has infected 2,20,46,135 people and claimed 7,78,557 lives, according to the Johns Hopkins University’s tracker. More than 1.4 crore people have recovered from the infection so far.
8.20 am: Here are the top updates from Tuesday:
- The number of coronavirus cases in India rose by 55,079 to 27,02,742 on Tuesday. The toll rose to 51,797 after 826 more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. As many as 19,77,779 people in India have recovered from the coronavirus so far.
- Maharashtra registered 11,119 new coronavirus cases, 9,356 recoveries and...
