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Bulletins of the Tamil Nadu government have few details, including the patient’s gender and residence, number of samples tested, and number of positive cases, so far, while leaving out information like source of contact of the patients.

Local religious groups and other social workers are coordinating with the attendees, across different districts in the state, to prepare a list of volunteers ready to donate their blood.

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in a paper - A plan for economic recovery - has laid out its growth expectation under three os and suggested "urgent" fiscal interventions.

In an important verdict, the Supreme Court has provided more teeth to the anti-narcotics law and held that it is the quantity of the entire banned drug mixture and not its purity which will determine the punishment for an offender under the legislation.

These relaxations, however, will not be applicable in any identified hotspots and containment zones within the state.

Imran hails from Dharwad and Tazma is a resident of Gangavati taluk in Koppal district. As the lockdown allows for no inter-district travel, their wedding, originally scheduled for April 19, was shifted to April 21.

In India, cases have risen to 19,984, while the death toll stands at 640, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's latest update.

A civil servant in Bihar was suspended for issuing a travel pass to a BJP MLA who recently travelled to Kota to bring back his daughter, triggering a major controversy.

The number of the deceased has gone up to 12 with a 62-year-old man succumbing to the coronavirus infection earlier in the day, the official said

Karnataka on Tuesday recorded 10 new cases, of which- three were from Vijaypura, three from Kalaburgi, two from Nanjangud in Mysuru and one each from Dakshin Kannada and Belagavi district.

Parents of students staying in hostels and paying guest accommodations in Kota, known for coaching centres for engineering and medical aspirants, have requested the state government to make arrangements to return the students.

Shares of Gujarat State Petronet plummeted 7.09 per cent, ONGC tanked 6.48 per cent, GAIL 5.72 per cent, Indraprastha Gas 2.22 per cent and Petronet LNG 1.53 per cent on the BSE.

PMK founder leader S Ramadoss on Tuesday urged media organisations to protect their staff and suggested that the government can do away with press conferences on Covid-19.

The government on Monday approved that surplus rice available with Food Corporation of India (FCI) can be converted into ethanol in order to manufacture alcohol-based hand sanitisers and also for blending with petrol.

All the ministries/departments/offices are requested not to open the canteens until further orders, the Ministry said in the communique to all the central government departments.

Besides free pulses, the government is also giving free five kg per person foodgrains to over 81 crore PDS beneficiaries in the country. This is over and above the quota given under the National Food Security Act.