India Overtakes Russia To Reach Third Spot On COVID-19 Worst-Hit List, Other Stories
India has now taken the third spot in the list of nations worst hit by coronavirus. The country logged more than 6.9 lakh cases on Sunday evening, according to data from state governments, overtaking Russia, which had 6.8 lakh as per America's Johns Hopkins University (JHU). India is now preceded only by Brazil and the US. Brazil has over 15 lakh cases and the US has more than 28 lakh.
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India's health research agency on Saturday said that clinical trials on its candidate Covid-19 vaccine would follow "best practices and rigour", prompting scientists to suggest it was trying to regain credibility it had lost by mandating a mid-August vaccine launch.