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In a first for athletes in any sports discipline, the country’s elite boxers and coaching staff staff will be covered by a special Covid-19 health insurance policy during their stay at the national camp. They will be covered by a basic insurance amount of up to Rs 5 lakh. The top-up amount will be anywhere between 50 to 75% of the basic policy cover.

In the beginning, everyone was skeptical. But Elon Musk's SpaceX defied expectations -- and on Wednesday hopes to make history by ferrying two NASA astronauts into space, the first crewed flight from US soil in nine long years. US President Donald Trump will be among the spectators at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to witness the launch.

The inevitability of death, security of one's family or an anticipated wrangling over inheritance has never got an average Indian worried enough to start thinking about writing a will till one is in the late 50s.

Since the national lockdown was announced in late March, a team of more than 200 personnel from the Reserve Bank of India and services providers are holed up in four locations to ensure that the financial markets and the system across the country works uninterrupted and provides glitch free service to users.

The Centre on Saturday asked the 11 municipal areas accounting for 70% of active Covid-19 cases to step up testing for early detection, timely clinical management and a reduction in fatality rate. The 11 areas with high case-load are in seven states - Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Rajasthan.

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No shopping, no visitors at home and virtual dawats – this Eid, celebrations will be a lot different than previous years, but Gauahar Khan is as excited to welcome the festival as she is each year

India will try to restart scheduled international flights before August, depending on the pandemic situation here and in different countries, civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday.

The total number of coronavirus cases in India has now risen to 1,31,868, including 73,560 active cases, 54,440 cured/discharged and 3867 deaths. Total cases across the world have crossed the 5-million mark. Meanwhile, Railways has announced a schedule of 2,600 Shramik Special trains over the next 10 days to take home 36 lakh migrant workers. Stay with TOI for live updates.

India has so far reported 1,29,539 Covid-19 cases, according to data collated from state government figures. Saturday’s death toll was reported at 144. Meanwhile, Railways has announced a schedule of 2,600 Shramik Special trains over the next 10 days to take home 36 lakh migrant workers. Stay with TOI for live updates.

The Indian Railways has prepared a schedule to operate 2,600 more Shramik Special trains in the next 10 days to ferry nearly 36 lakh migrants — similar to the number of such trains and passengers the national transporter has moved in the past 23 days. It is also likely to introduce more special mail/ express trains on routes, particularly east-bound ones in which bookings have touched 90%-100%.

Amid the escalating India-Nepal border tension, the Nepalese government has restarted work on the 130-km-long Darchula-Tinkar road project in Darchula district.

Ashish Chowdhry has rediscovered the director within him during the lockdown. He helmed an ad film recently and also turned DOP for it — the latter, a first for him. And, it’s special for one more reason — the commercial marks the return of his wife Samita Bangargi after several years and the debut of his son, Agastya.