The underground train network, a lifeline for millions in the capital city of New Delhi, will be reopened in a phased manner from Sept 7, the federal home ministry said. India has reported a total of 3.46 million coronavirus cases, behind the United States and Brazil in terms of total caseload. But it has reported higher single-day case rises than both those countries for almost two weeks. India's COVID-19 death toll rose by 1,021 to 62,550, data from the federal health ministry showed. On Friday, lawmaker H Vasanthakumar from the country's main opposition party Congress became the latest high profile figure to die from COVID-19.

Source: bd News24 August 29, 2020 17:26 UTC