Mumbai

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

Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni submitted to the court revised draft guidelines for safeguarding the health of inmates of prisons across the state in the light of coronavirus pandemic.

The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted Cipla regulatory approval for restricted emergency use in the country as part of the accelerated approval process considering the urgent and unmet medical need, the company said in a statement.

The Maharashtra government, on the other hand, said that holding exams now was not feasible in view of the coronavirus pandemic.The court posted the matter for further hearing next week.

In April, the RBI purchased $2.450 billion and sold $3.592 billion of the US currency in the spot market.

Thackeray said lockdown has been partially eased because economic activities need to continue as "now we have to learn to live with the virus."

IndusInd Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying around 8 per cent, followed by Kotak Bank, Reliance Industries, HDFC, Axis Bank and SBI.

The cyclone hit areas near Dive Agar in Shrivardhan, 87 kms away from Raigad, district collector Nidhi Choudhary said.

Awhad, who has now recovered from the infection after spending some days in hospital earlier this month, said he had to be kept on ventilator support for over two days.

There will be a rise in precautionary saving in the immediate future and discretionary spending will return to normal in the next few months, he said.

Under the Maharashtra government's latest move, routine ward and isolation bed rates have been capped at Rs 4,000. For ICU beds without ventilators, rates have been fixed at Rs 7,500 per day while an ICU bed with ventilator support will be billed at Rs 9,...

He also said a total of 20 lakh migrants, most of them from Bihar and West Bengal, have registered themselves with the Maharashtra government so far for travelling back to their native states in special trains.

Tata Open Maharashtra Tournament Director Prashant Sutar said due to chances of overlap with Laver Cup, ATP Cup and Australian Open, they may have to shift dates.

The Congress latched onto the growing chasm between senior BJP leader Khadse and his party, state Congress president and Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat said Khadse is welcome in the party fold provided he subscribes to the party ideology.

According to Sewri Senior Police Inspector G. B. Kurade, Assistant Sub-Inspector Murlidhar Waghmare breathed his last at a hospital in Navi Mumbai late on Tuesday.

The Maharashtra excise department has decided to start an online token system on a pilot basis for sale of liquor in Pune city to avoid crowding at shops.