While the entire world is still fighting the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, a new swine flu type virus with the potential of triggering a pandemic has been discovered in China.

According to a study published on Monday in the US science journal PNAS, the virus named G4 genetically descended from the H1N1 strain, which caused a pandemic back in 2009.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Monday said 4.15 million mobile subscribers were added in February.

Reliance Jio added a whopping 6.25 million users and Vodafone Idea lost 3.5 million users during the same month. Subscribers of Bharti Airtel and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) rose by 922,946 and 439,318, respectively.

Charter flights are helping airlines earn cash amid uncertain travel demand and rising fuel costs.

GoAir will be operating an additional 150 charter flights to bring home Indian citizens from West Asia, an airline spokesperson said on Tuesday. Until Monday, GoAir operated 51 charter flights carrying 8951 passengers to India.

The government on Monday issued guidelines for ‘Unlock 2’ or the second phase of Unlock, effective from July 1-31, following over two months of strict lockdown across the country of coronavirus.

Lockdown shall continue to remain in force in containment zones till July 31, according to the new guidelines. In containment zones, only essential activities to be allowed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation today (i.e. June 30, Tuesday) at 4 PM, his office had informed on Monday.

Prime Minister @narendramodi will address the nation at 4 PM tomorrow, read a tweet from the Prime Minister`s Office dated Monday.

The Central government on Monday banned 59 Chinese mobile apps including popular short video making platform TikTok.

These apps are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order, the government said.

Pharma major Bharat Biotech has announced the development of India’s 1st vaccine candidate for COVID-19, named COVAXIN, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Virology (NIV).

The SARS-CoV-2 strain was isolated in NIV, Pune and transferred to Bharat Biotech. The indigenous inactivated vaccine was developed and manufactured in Bharat Biotech’s BSL-3 (Bio-Safety Level 3) High Containment facility located in Genome Valley, Hyderabad.

Pharma major Bharat Biotech has announced the development of India’s 1st vaccine candidate for COVID-19, named COVAXIN, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Virology (NIV).

The SARS-CoV-2 strain was isolated in NIV, Pune and transferred to Bharat Biotech. The indigenous inactivated vaccine was developed and manufactured in Bharat Biotech’s BSL-3 (Bio-Safety Level 3) High Containment facility located in Genome Valley, Hyderabad.

Two workers died and four were hospitalised on Tuesday after a gas leak occurred in a factory in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam. The leakage of benzimidazole gas occurred at the Sainor Life Sciences Pvt Ltd in Visakhapatnam's Parwada area on Monday night.

Uday Kumar, Inspector of the Parwada Police Station, said that the situation is under control now.

Bengaluru recorded 3,419 cases of COVID-19 as on June 28, which is 25.92 per cent of the total coronavirus cases in Karnataka.

The COVID-19 cases in Bengaluru doubled from 1,556 on June 23 to 3,419 cases on June 28, Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr Sudhakar K said.

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