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They discussed the evolving COVID-19 scenario and agreed to work together to address the challenges in the spirit of our excellent bilateral ties and India's neighbourhood first policy, the prime minister said.

Following a Cabinet meeting, the government announced that industries in all areas except in containment zones will be allowed to resume operations.

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday issued a fresh set of guidelines to let migrant workers, students, tourists and pilgrims stranded in different parts of the country to get back home.

As of Thursday morning, RBI's Twitter handle has 7.45 lakh followers. On April 20 alone, the handle saw 1.31 lakh new followers, according to an official with the central bank, who attributes the massive spike to an ongoing campaign.

On Wednesday, another Indian pharmaceutical company, Strides Pharma Science Ltd, said it had developed and commercialised favipiravir antiviral tablets, and had applied to Indian drug authorities to start trials.

According to data shared by the Delhi government, 125 fresh cases were reported on Wednesday.

Maharashtra reported 32 more deaths, taking the toll to 432, said a state health official.

The programme which is being conducted by The Telangana State Council of Higher Education will require those pursuing graduation or higher courses to submit their entries by May 10 through either email or WhatsApp.

While announcing a few relaxations in green zones, Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said experts are of the opinion that restrictions should continue in Bengal till the end of May.

A group of 12 labourers were returning from Jaisalmer and managed to reached 20-25 km away from their village as three of them decide to sleep by the roadside.

The COVID-19 toll in the state rose to 27 while the tally of positive cases climbed to 2,162, a bulletin said.

The elderly man had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI), Minister S Suresh Kumar, who is spokesperson for COVID-19 in Karnataka, told reporters here.

This is the latest in a series of efforts the corporation staff has put in. Earlier, the corporation had placed a mobile sanitiser bus at different places and some of its old buses were converted to fever clinics.

Animal resource experts in northeast India suspect that the highly contagious ASF came to the region from Tibet in China through Arunachal Pradesh. Five of the eight northeastern states are free from coronavirus whereas its spread has been tamed in other...

77,85,990 workers are employed across the country according to the e-muster roll released under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The national participation of the workers working in the state is 24 per cent, which is the highest...

Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal pointed out this issue in a meeting with members of industry chamber FICCI via video conference.