As several states have started reopening their schools and resuming physical classes, many students and teachers have been relieved, hopeful that they will make up for the academic loss caused during the online classes. But, reopening schools comes with its drawbacks.

After the reopening of schools in Tamil Nadu from September 1, over 10 teachers and 20 students have been tested positive for COVID-19. The most recent COVID cases in Tamil Nadu have been reported from a private school in Chennai, as per reports.

India on Tuesday crossed the 700-million mark for total doses administered in the country. More than 76 per cent of the doses given so far were first shots, while the remaining 24 per cent were second doses. The last 100 million of these were given in just 13 days, the fastest so far, said the Union health ministry on Tuesday.

While almost 7 million doses were administered on Tuesday, according to provisional data on the CoWIN dashboard, India had given 11.3 million doses on Monday, crossing the 10-million mark for the third time in the last eleven days.

Addverb Technologies, which provides robotics and automation tech to customers such as Reliance, Flipkart and Amazon said it is further expanding its presence across the markets of Europe, Singapore, and Australia. This strategic initiative stems from increased demand for robotics and automation solutions in the global market.

The global robotics market was valued at $27.73 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach $74.1 billion by 2026, registering a CAGR of 17.45 per cent, during the period of 2021-2026.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi, on Tuesday, mounted a blistering attack on 'all parties' that have taken advantage of Muslims in the past decades.

We will contest 100 seats in the upcoming UP assembly elections. We are not slaves and we will work for our own welfare now, he said while talking to media persons.

The Congress has mounted further attack on the BJP-led government in Haryana for suppressing the voice of the farmers by blocking internet in Karnal.

Congress chief spokesperson, Randeep Surjewala said in a statement, The Khattar government has lost the confidence and the mandate of the people and it should leave. When your party can talk to the Taliban, why not farmers.

All 24 samples of eight persons sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune have tested negative for Nipah virus, said Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Tuesday.

All 24 samples of eight persons sent to National Institute of Virology, Pune were found negative (for Nipah virus). We are testing more samples. We have started field surveillance and will begin house-to-house surveillance in containment zones today, she told ANI.

Shares of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) continued their northward journey as the stock rallied another 9 per cent to register a new high at Rs 3,285 in Tuesday's intra-day session.

On Monday, the stock had broken into the elite Top-100 most valuable listed companies' club, and in today's session, the market capitalisation (market cap) of the transport support service provider crossed Rs 50,000 crore mark for the first time ever.

Shares of Vodafone Idea soared 11 per cent to Rs 8.04 on the BSE in intra-day trade on Tuesday amid heavy volumes in an otherwise subdued market. At 10:40 am, the stock of the telecom services operator was up 8 per cent, as compared to a 0.29 per cent decline in the S&P BSE Sensex. A combined 491 million equity shares had changed hands on the counter in the first one-and-half hour of trading on the NSE and BSE.

Shares of Ujjivan Financial Services (UFSL) hit a 52-week low of Rs 137.70 as they tanked 10 per cent on the BSE in intra-day trade on Tuesday. In the past one month, the stock of the non-banking finance company (NBFC) has slipped 38 per cent after the exit of multiple board members and management executives at Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (USFB).

UFSL is a non-operating holding company (holdco) with sole 83.32 per cent ownership of USFB and it does not have any other business interest. At the standalone level, the income streams of UFSL include dividend income from investments held in its subsidiary, UFSB and interest earned on fixed deposits invested with various banks.

Kerala is currently battling a spike in COVID-19 cases and the sudden outbreak of the Nipah virus. The coronavirus and Nipah virus may appear to be similar in nature but it is to be noted that these viruses are quite different.

Nipah is a zoonotic infection

According to experts, the Nipah virus is a zoonotic infection (an infectious disease that is transmitted between species, from animals to humans or vice versa).

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