Новости за 07.07.2020

India recorded its biggest single-day spike on Wednesday with 25,530 fresh Covid-19 cases, breaching the 25,000-mark for the first time. The country’s total caseload has reached 7,67,296. India’s cumulative death toll is now 21,129. Stay with TOI for all live updates.

India recorded more than 1.57 lakh Covid-19 cases and 3,236 deaths from the virus in the first week of July alone. The country’s total Covid-19 caseload stood at 7.43 lakh, and death toll at 20,628. Stay with TOI for all live updates.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected Brazilian club Santos' case against Barcelona relating to the signing of Neymar in 2013, the Spanish club said in a statement on Tuesday.

India is in the company of Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Kuwait, as countries that maintain they have not reached the community transmission stage despite having over 50,000 cases of Covid-19 and averaging more than a thousand new cases a day over the last seven days. Of these, India has by far the highest growth rate of cases, adding on average nearly 22,000 a day at a rate of 3.5%.

The creation of ‘buffer zones’ at the two frictions points in the larger Gogra-Hot Springs area is likely to be completed in the next couple of days as part of the ongoing Phase-I of the stepwise de-escalation plan finalised by the Indian and Chinese corps commanders on June 30. The so-called buffer zone with no military presence at ‘Patrolling Point-14’, had already been set up, with the rival troops pulling back 1.5 km each.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has warned his players to cut out individual errors during the season run-in or risk elimination from cup competitions.

Top sources on Tuesday said it would take “sustained” dialogue at the politico-diplomatic level for China to move its over 25,000 soldiers from the Western Theatre Command, with tanks, artillery and other weaponry, back to their permanent locations in Xinjiang and Tibet. The de-induction could easily stretch to Sept-Oct even if there are no more flare-ups, and will have to be negotiated at politico-diplomatic levels.

The actor chose to step out and celebrate her birthday in solitude at the famous Marine Drive in Mumbai. Armed with a quirky umbrella as it has been raining in Mumbai from the past two days, the pretty actor relished on some chana chur and chai at the marine drive.

Doctors in Kolkata are reporting a sudden surge in number of patients with mild symptoms that are fading away in two-three days, quicker even than for ordinary viral fever. Most of these patients are recovering from mild fever and throat irritation even before they test positive. Experts warn that while this could be a signal of the virus losing some of its sting. But such patients pose far greater risk of passing on the infection

Grandmaster RB Ramesh resigned from the post of the chief of the selection committee of All India Chess Federation (AICF) protesting against interference in Indian team selection process for the online Chess Olympiad team by Bharat Singh Chauhan.

England's 18 counties have agreed to play red-ball and white-ball cricket during this summer's shortened domestic season, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Tuesday.

Sanam and Abigail are going to take wedding vows as a part of Tujhse Hai Raabta’s story. Making a cameo appearance in a lockdown special episode, Sanam and Abigail will be seen essaying the characters of a power couple, Sharad and Priya.

Nia Sharma responds to people who questioned her about not wearing a mask while cycling on an empty road.

The West Bengal govt on Tuesday decided to expand the areas under lockdown and impose tougher restrictions from July 9 to stem the relentless spike in Covid-19 cases, a senior official said. The containment zones and buffer zones around them will be clubbed together and constitute a "broad-based" containment zone where total lockdown will be imposed from 5 pm on Thursday.

Ben Stokes says he will captain England his own way in the first Test against the West Indies following advice from regular skipper Joe Root.

ICC Chief Executive Manu Sawhney has lauded England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for its efforts in creating a bio-secure environment for the Test series against West Indies beginning on Wednesday.

A flurry of meetings between the Chinese ambassador to Nepal, Hou Yanqi, and top Nepal leaders, including President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, has exacerbated concerns both in New Delhi and in Kathmandu about possible Chinese interference in Nepal's domestic politics. The meetings come at a time PM KP Oli, considered close to China, is fighting his party's calls to step down.

Indian shooters bound for Tokyo Olympics will resume their training from Wednesday following Sports Authority of India's (SAI) decision to open the Karni Singh Shooting Range, which was closed since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

TV actress Smita Singh says that although she was initially apprehensive, she is now preparing to start shooting.

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, he said in a television interview on Tuesday. He confirmed that he is taking Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin and added that he is feeling good after beginning treatment. Brazil is the second worst-affected country by Covid-19 in the world after the United States.

The lockdown has been hard for television actors. While some of them have asked for work on their social media accounts seriously, others have done it in a lighter vein. Actress Anjali Dinesh Anand, who was last seen in Kulfi Kumar Bajewala as Loveleen, has joined the bandwagon. The actress can't wait for work to resume.

Appearing to take the cue from India, the Trump administration is considering banning TikTok amid concerns that the social media platform poses a threat to US national security, a top US official indicated on Tuesday. US secretary of state Mike Pompeo told Fox News that Washington is taking “very seriously” reports that the app shares users’ cellphone data with Beijing.

The state government has started action against the LG Polymers Private Limited (LGPI) as the cops arrested 12 people including the CEO and two directors of the company on Tuesday in the styrene vapours leakage incident.