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CHENNAI: Up to nine people can get infected while travelling on a half-full city bus with one Covid-19 positive passenger, shows a study by scientists at the Anna University and Puducherry-based ICMRVector Control Research Centre. The numbers can increase if there are more infected patients or if the bus is more crowded or if the passengers travel longer distances. In the study, recently published in...

PUNE: The Pune-Mumbai Expressway toll would increase by 18% from April 1, pushing up the cost of commuting between the two cities.A senior official of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) said, "The MSRDC increases the toll on the eway by 6% every year, but it is implemented together once every three years. Going by the calculations, the toll would be increased by 18% from April...