Breaking News: October 10, 2020 | Highlights

Karnataka reports 10,517 new COVID-19 cases, 8,337 discharges and 102 deaths today, taking total cases to 7,00,786 including 5,69,947 discharges and 9,891 deaths. The number of active cases stands at 1,20,929. 

Kerala reported 11,755 new COVID-19 positive cases and 23 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total active cases in the state rise to 95,918 including 7,570 recoveries and 978 deaths. 

Delhi reported 2,866 new COVID-19 cases and 48 deaths over the last 24 hours. Total positive cases stand at 3,06,559 out of which 22,007 are active patients. 2,78,812 patients discharged so far. 

890 new COVID-19 cases and 25 deaths reported in Punjab today, taking the total number of cases to 1,23,317 including 9,752 active cases and 3,798 deaths. 

96 new positive cases and 2 deaths reported in Chandigarh today. The total number of positive cases now stands at 13,081 including 1,229 active cases, 11,662 recoveries and 190 deaths. 

Manipur recorded 282 new COVID-19 cases and 2 deaths.The total number of cases in the State rises to 13,092 including 10,306 recoveries, 2,698 active cases and 88 deaths. 

Uttarakhand reported 462 new COVID-19 cases today, taking total cases to 54,525 including 7,321 active cases, 46,186 recoveries and 734 deaths. 

Rajasthan recorded 2,123 new COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths today. The total cases in the state rise to 1,56,908, including 1,636 deaths, 1,33,918 recoveries and 21,354 active cases. 

We will close down State-run madrassas in Assam from November. The government will release a notification in this regard, said Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. 

Mamata Banerjee's government meets all criteria to invoke Article 356 (President's rule) in the State. She has made West Bengal a hub of terrorists, said Union Minister Babul Supriyo. 

Maharashtra reported 11,416 new COVID-19 cases, 308 deaths and 26,440 discharges today. Total cases in the state rise to 15,17,434, including 40,040 deaths and 12,55,779 discharges. Active cases stand at 2,21,156. 

Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah arrived at party headquarters for Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting.

Jammu and Kashmir record 635 new COVID-19 cases and 7 deaths in the last 24 hours. Total positive cases in the UT rise to 83,064 including 10,796 active cases, 70,955 recoveries and 1,313 deaths. 

Two unidentified terrorists neutralised. Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition including two- AK rifles recovered. Search underway.

LJP chief Chirag Paswan performed last rites of Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan in Patna.

A 46-year-old COVID-19 patient allegedly jumped to death from the second floor of a government-run hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district, an official said on Saturday.

Over 38 per cent voter turnout was recorded till noon in the fourth and last phase of panchayat elections in Rajasthan on Saturday, an official said.

The Cyclone Warning Centre in Visakhapatnam has issued an alert for squally conditions and light to heavy rainfall in most places for the next three days, owing to the likelihood of a low pressure in the Bay of Bengal intensifying into a depression.

A case was filed against BJD MLA Umakanta Samantray after he attended the funeral of party leader Pradeep Maharathy despite testing positive for COVID-19, police said on Saturday.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that rapid Covid-19 tests will be made available to every county in the state state, as the coronavirus positivity rate in 20 hotspot ZIP codes has remained above 5 per cent.

In a statement issued on Friday, the Governor said that the New York State Department of Health (DOH) will deploy an initial 400,000 rapid result test kits free of charge to local health departments, hospitals, pharmacies, and other healthcare providers to help increase access in all corners of the state to free tests that can be done within 15 minutes and without having to send a specimen to a lab.

Ecommerce marketplace Flipkart on Saturday brought back its paid internship programme Launchpad for undergraduate students from tier-II cities and beyond to work in its supply chain ahead of the festive season and the Big Billion Days sale.

The company said that the 45-day internship is aimed at helping students gain critical skills in supply chain management and create an ecosystem of trained professionals for the e-commerce industry.

At least two people were killed and 10 more were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in Herat-Kandahar Highway on Saturday morning, the Herat public health directorate confirmed, Tolo News reported.

The second presidential debate between US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden which was scheduled to take place on October 15 in Miami, has been officially cancelled, it was announced.

At least four people were killed and 20 others injured after a fuel tank exploded in a densely populated area of Lebanon's capital city of Beirut, officials said.

The incident took place on Friday night in the city's Tariq-al-Jdide district after the tank caught fire, the BBC reported.

An earthquake of magnitude 2.6 on the Richter scale occurred today at 8.27 am in Palghar, Maharashtra, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) has informed.

Polling for the fourth and last phase of panchayat elections in Rajasthan, covering 897 gram panchayats, began on Saturday morning amid tight security.

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Two terrorists have been killed in an encounter that started between terrorists and security forces at Chingum area in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Friday night, officials said on Saturday. The firefight between terrorists and security forces took place after security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of a specific information about the presence of terrorists.

As the security forces zeroed in on the spot where terrorists were hiding, they came under a heavy volume of fire that triggered the encounter.

"Two unidentified terrorists have been killed in Kulgam encounter, operation is in progress," a police officer said.

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Here's a quick overview: 

The total number of global cases has surpassed 37 million, including more than 1,072,000 fatalities. More than 27,885,000 patients are reported to have recovered.

Total positive cases country-wise:

USA- 7,894,478
India-  6,977,008
Brazil-  5,057,190
Russia-  1,272,238
Colombia-  894,300