India

As per the MHA, districts that have neither been classified as Red Zone nor Green Zone, shall be considered as Orange Zones.

Tamil Nadu sent 9615 samples in the 24 hours ending Friday evening, inching towards its target of sending 10,000 samples every day. The state has tested over 1.29 lakh samples so far.

A limited number of activities will remain prohibited across India, irrespective of the zones, including travel by air, rail, metro and inter-state movement by road and running of educational institutions.

Movement of individuals, for all non-essential activities, shall remain strictly prohibited between 7 PM to 7 AM.

Certain privileges such as gift voucher for zoo visit and display of name in adoption board would be extended for adopting an animal, depending upon the adoption amount.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also emphasised that the district administrations have been instructed to make ration cards of every eligible person in the state.

The special committee, headed by Justice Hima Kohli, had on April 28 held a meeting in which it had asked the public works department (PWD) to conduct a survey on the types, like ceiling, pedestal and wall fans, and quantity of fans required.

Seventy-two deaths were reported since Thursday evening, out of which 27 fatalities were from Maharashtra, 17 from Gujarat and 11 from West Bengal alone.

The sanitation attendants and hospital attendants were placed in quarantine at the Red Cross and Infosys Sarais at PGIMER for 14 days after working in coronavirus wards.

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that there would be strict containment measures in 'red zones' but there will also be considerable relaxations to people and services.

The chief minister's office also put out the names, phone numbers and email addresses of nodal officers appointed by the state government to help stranded workers who wish to return.

The petition sought the court to direct the governor to take a decision on the proposal submitted by the cabinet expeditiously or within three days. Arora's plea is likely to be taken up for hearing on May 5.

The court was hearing a bunch of petitions filed by a lawyer and social activists highlighting the plight of people suffering from several chronic or serious ailments being turned away from clinics and hospitals.

The states have asked the Centre to run special non-stop trains for the purpose.

Some professors from Jamia Millia Islamia have released a detailed report made up of correlated testimonies of students and others who allegedly faced brutality and abuse at the hands of Delhi Police personnel on the night of December 15 last year.

The imported piglets from UK had to be kept in quarantine in Delhi as the ASF caused deaths of hundreds of pigs in six districts of Assam and nine districts in Arunachal Pradesh.