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"Two men died on the spot. Some workers are feared trapped and 16 others have sustained injuries," the official told PTI adding the injured have been rushed to a hospital in Chennai.

July 1 (Reuters) - Spread of the coronavirus would prompt the NBA to stop the 2019-20 season, commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday. Speaking on the TIME 100 Talks, Silver said the league is “reasonably confident” about its plan to restart the season in Orlando on the Disney World campus in July. But if the virus spreads among players and personnel...

Washington, July 1 (Reuters) - New U.S. COVID-19 cases rose by more than 47,000 on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally, the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic, as the government’s top infectious disease expert warned that number could soon double. California, Texas and Arizona have emerged as new U.S. epicentres of the pandemic, reporting record increases...

June 30 (AP) - The Rolling Stones is threatening President Donald Trump with legal action for using their songs at his rallies despite cease-and-desist directives. The Stones said in a statement on Sunday that their legal team is working with music rights organisation BMI to stop the use of their material in Trump's reelection campaign. "The BMI has notified the...

June 30 (India Today) - TikTok has broken its silence on the government’s decision to ban 59 Chinese apps. The company said that they are complying with the government’s order and will meet with the government stakeholders to submit clarifications. TikTok India head, Nikhil Gandhi issued a statement on Twitter, he said, “The Government of India has issued an interim...

June 29 (Reuters) - In the six months since an entirely new coronavirus began spreading around the world, doctors and hospitals have learned a lot about how to treat patients with COVID-19, the potentially deadly disease caused by the virus. What doctors have learned about fighting COVID-19: * Patients are at increased risk of blood clots, and blood thinning agents...

Sydney, June 29 (Reuters) - Australia’s second most populous state said on Monday it is considering reimposing social distancing restrictions after the country reported its biggest one-day rise in new coronavirus infections in more than two months. While many states and territories have yet to report their latest numbers, Victoria said it has detected 75 cases in the past 24...

Sydney/Beijing, June 29 (Reuters) - The death toll from COVID-19 surpassed half a million people on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, a grim milestone for the global pandemic that seems to be resurgent in some countries even as other regions are still grappling with the first wave. The respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus has been particularly dangerous...

June 25 (India Today) - Novak Djokovic's father has come to the defence of his son and instead turned the blame on Grigor Dimitrov for spreading coronavirus in the tennis tournament organised by his son. Grigor Dimitrov was the first person who tested positive for Covid-19 at the Adria Tour charity event after which three other players - Borna Coris,...

Kingston, June 25 (Reuters) - A massive plume of Saharan dust has shrouded swathes of the Caribbean, turning blue skies into a milky-brown haze and sparking health warnings across the region as air quality fell to unhealthy levels. Strong warm winds over the Sahara desert typically whip up sand at this time of year and carry it thousands of miles...