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Spicejet's chairman Ajay Singh, has opted for the highest cut of 30 per cent in compensation, the airline said in an e-mail communication to its staff.

Four seriously ill patients have died since Karnataka closed the borders following the lockdown.

Taking to Twitter, Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal said the number of food distribution centres will also be increased to ensure social distancing in the national capital.

The group travelled by ship, flight and train to reach Delhi as well as return to Port Blair.

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows the US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

The uploaded photos will carry GPS coordinates as metadata, helping authorities track the quarantined person's whereabouts.

To rationalise and harmonise the system of levying stamp duty and help curb tax evasion, the government had through Finance Act 2019 amended the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. Certain changes were to be effective from April 1, 2020.

Of the 24 new coronavirus patients, 14 are from Meerut, seven from Noida (Gautam Buddh Nagar), and one each from Agra, Lucknow and Bulandshahr, the government said in a statement.

The man was brought to the hospital with 35 per cent burn injuries. The patient suffered burn injuries on his face, neck, front of chest , abdomen and both hands, the doctors said.

The officers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of five batches (2014-2018), who served as assistant secretaries at central government departments soon after completion of their training, have been asked to give response to the questionnaire.

The LNJP Hospital, GBP Hospital and other few hospitals are among the facilities where doctors are deployed round-the-clock for attending positive or suspected cases of Covid-19.

A 40-year-old woman was admitted to a civic hospital in Mumbai on Saturday after she complained of severe respiratory distress, an official said.

Police said the man had no symptoms of coronavirus but was under isolation as per Covid-19 protocol for persons returning from abroad and other states.

The novel coronavirus had infected over 6 lakh people worldwide and led to more than 30,000 deaths.

The health ministry said out of total 918 cases, 819 were active COVID-19 cases, while 79 people were either cured/discharged and one had migrated.

The members of the task force will start work immediately with the respective Congress-ruled state governments to ensure that the daily distress and suffering of people is mitigated, the party statement said.