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The Directorate of Government Examinations released the notification regarding the same on its official website at bse.telangana.gov.in.

BJP MP Subhash Sarkar had said on social media that the authorities were wrong in cremating two bodies, claiming that the persons had died of coronavirus.

He was responding to tweets by Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth and Seychelles President Danny Faure thanking New Delhi for sending medical consignments to their countries to contain the spread of the killer virus.

Barring 10 per cent of the population, almost everyone has received ration, Banerjee said, adding that the state would soon have a new food supplies secretary.

The calendar is designed to keep students engaged during their stay at home due to the coronavirus lockdown and keep them meaningfully engaged through educational activities with help from their parents and teachers.

The declaration came against the backdrop of the country's commercial capital recording the highest number of Covid-19 deaths at 114 and 1896 positive cases in the country till Wednesday.

In the past 24 hours, 941 fresh COVID-19 cases and 37 deaths have been reported, said Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary in the health ministry.

Along with the UET and PET exams, the university has also postponed the School Entrance Test (SET) which was to be held from May 1 to May 6.

Assistant police inspector Jitendra Thakur of Satpati police station confirmed the deaths and said the cause for the casualties was yet to be confirmed.

According to sources, Uttar Pradesh government is eyeing on food processing industry which was in abundance in Wuhan province of China before the coronavirus outbreak.

With this, the number of COVID-19 deaths in Dharavi increased to eight, said the official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

While the central government increased the monthly allocation of subsidised foodgrains to 10 kg per person for the next three months, a probe found many are still struggling to get rations.

Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, in a letter to all chief secretaries of states and administrators of union territories, called for strict implementation of the consolidated revised guidelines.

Monsoon rains are expected to be 100% of a long-term average, M. Rajeevan, secretary at the Ministry of Earth Sciences told a news conference.

There are women workers who are still being compelled to work because they are being told by their employers that they will be fired if they don't show up.

The Medical Superintendent of the hospital said the relatives and the 55-year old man, who was admitted to the isolation ward on Monday, demanded that he be discharged after two other people in the same ward tested positive for coronavirus.