COVID-19 Testing Camp To Be Organised at JNU For Three Days: Live News Breaking and Coronavirus Updates on July 17, 2020

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17 Jul, 23:53 (IST)

COVID-19 testing camp will be organised at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for three days beginning Saturday: Varsity

17 Jul, 23:26 (IST)

A 90-yr-old woman discharged today after a successful recovery from COVID19. She was at Margao COVID Hospital for 23 days. She was critical at admission time, was suffering from dementia and malnutrition but steadily improved under treatment&care of doctors&staff: Goa Information Det

17 Jul, 23:05 (IST)

Three civilians dead & one injured in ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Gulpur Sector of Poonch district: Rahul Yadav, Deputy Commissioner Poonch.

17 Jul, 22:59 (IST)

RajasthanPoliticalCrisis: Sanjay Jain has been arrested by the Special Operations Group (SOG) team of Rajasthan Police, under sections 124A & 120B of Indian Penal Code (IPC).

17 Jul, 22:39 (IST)

Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) in India declined from 122 in 2015-17 to 113 in 2016-18: Health Ministry

17 Jul, 22:30 (IST)

Mumbai: Aaradhya Bachchan, daughter of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwariya Rai Bachchan, who tested positive for COVID-19 has been admitted at Nanavati Hospital.

17 Jul, 22:17 (IST)

An earthquake of magnitude 5.0 struck 270 km North East of Campbell Bay, Andaman and Nicobar Island at 2012 hours today: National Center for Seismology (NCS)

17 Jul, 22:10 (IST)

Mumbai: Actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan admitted at Nanavati Hospital. Earlier, she was home quarantined after she tested positive for COVID-19.

17 Jul, 21:43 (IST)

US economy plunged 37% in Q2, to contract 6.6% in 2020, reports AFP news agency quoting International Monetary Fund (IMF).

17 Jul, 21:33 (IST)

"We are moving to the next stage. There will be more restrictions in the capital district, which has a serious outbreak of the disease. A total lockdown will be implemented in the coastal areas from tomorrow," said Kerala CM Pinarayi VIjayan.

17 Jul, 21:23 (IST)

615 new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported till 8.30 pm today in the state; taking the total number of cases to 27,789. Death toll rises to 546 after 8 deaths were reported today. There are 6617 active cases, said a statement issued by the Rajasthan Health Department.

17 Jul, 21:18 (IST)

With 184 new patients, coronavirus case tally rises to 23,964 in Ahmedabad, death toll reaches 1,537 with five patients dying: health department

17 Jul, 21:16 (IST)

Gujarat reports its highest single-day spike of 949 coronavirus cases taking state's tally to 46,516, death toll rises to 2,108 with 17 more fatalities: health department

17 Jul, 20:50 (IST)

Multilateralism needs to represent reality of contemporary world: PM Narendra Modi

17 Jul, 20:42 (IST)

COVID-19 pandemic has severely tested resilience of all nations: PM Modi

17 Jul, 20:40 (IST)

Our ‘Housing for All’ programme will ensure that every Indian will have a safe and secure roof over their head by 2022, when India completes 75 years as an independent nation: PM Modi

17 Jul, 20:37 (IST)

UN's 75th anniversary occasion to assess its role and relevance in today's world: PM Modi in address at ECOSOC session

17 Jul, 20:36 (IST)

From the very beginning, India has actively supported the UN's development work and the ECOSOC. The first president of ECOSOC was an Indian. India also contributed to shaping the ECOSOC agenda: PM Modi

17 Jul, 20:34 (IST)

Today, the United Nations brings together 193 member countries. Along with its membership, the expectations from the organisation have also grown: PM Narendra Modi at the High-Level Segment of the UN Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC) Session, 2020, via video conference.

17 Jul, 20:26 (IST)

In our joint fight against COVID-19, we have extended medical and other assistance to over 150 countries: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at High-Level Segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council Session, 2020, via video conference.

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Mumbai, July 17:  Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot is expected to brief the media today is the latest development to the Rajasthan political crisis. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh left for Leh on a two-day visit to Ladakh and Jammu&Kashmir. He is being accompanied by Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane. He will visit Ladakh today and Srinagar tomorrow.

India signed bilateral agreements with France and the US that will allow airlines of each country to operate international flights starting Friday, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri added that similar arrangements with Germany and the UK are being worked out too.

American carrier United Airlines will be flying 18 flights between India and the US from July 17 to July 31 and Air France will be operating 28 flights between Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Paris from July 18 to August 1, he said.

Haryana Government allowed state government employees with physical disabilities of 50 percent or above and also those who are totally vision impaired to work from home.

On Friday, in a massive hacking incident, several Twitter accounts of US high profiles were hacked in a bitcoin scam.

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