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Talking to PTI, president of the Mumbai Dabbawala Association, Subhash Talekar, said that he died due to the infection at Nair Hospital on Wednesday evening.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said while there will be no exam for Class 10 even at a future date, there will be an option for Class 12.

State law prohibits people from keeping sand tiger and sandbar sharks if caught. People must release them immediately.

Migration to the suburbs from city centers as more people accustomed to working from home and who can seek space and gardens might ease some housing shortage in major urban areas.

Director Subhasis Chauduri said on Wednesday night that IIT-Bombay would now implement its teaching "purely in the online mode".

All students will be able to download the scorecards from Assam Higher Secondary Education Council’s (AHSEC) official website at ahsec.nic.in.

A police officer said the search operation turned into an encounter after terrorists fired upon a search party of the forces, who retaliated.

In an order issued on Tuesday, Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev directed officials to take time-bound steps to provide offline services to citizens in online mode and send an action taken report within a week.

The US report says Pakistan “did not take action against other known terrorists such as JeM founder and UN-designated terrorist Masood Azhar and 2008 Mumbai attack 'project manager' Sajid Mir, both of whom are believed to remain free in Pakistan”.

The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sanctioning international airport status to the Kushinagar airport at a Union Cabinet meeting.

On March 30, the government had announced a 75% cut in salaries of the Chief Minister, state cabinet members, MLAs and others, besides 60 per cent for IAS, IPS and other such Central service officers.

Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd, on behalf of the domestic industry, has filed the application before the directorate to investigate the matter and impose the duty.

The order directed for necessary initiatives and steps to ensure a total ban on the use of plastic bottles, plastic folders and similar plastic made objects by the end of July in all government offices.

One set would be immediately supplied to Hyderabad, Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra, a press release from the city-based drug-maker said.

The government said it has also decided not to conduct its own university exams for final year students in the state in the wake of the pandemic.

This has shot up the total cases in this former French colony to 461. The total active cases stood at 276, while 176 cases were treated and discharged so far.