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Gandhi also tagged a news report quoting the WHO chief who had said that if concrete steps were not taken, the coronavirus situation in the world would turn from bad to worse.

Besides Karnataka and Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Assam, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya have already announced area-wise lockdown for different durations.

Congress leaders have made an emotional appeal to Pilot and his MLAs to come and attend the meeting, leaving aside all differences.

Ahead of the complete city-wide lockdown in starting from 8pm on Tuesday evening, hundreds of people rushed back to their hometowns.

Asked about speculations that the BJP may support the Pilot camp from outside, party state president Satish Poonia said that "we have all options open" and a decision would be taken based on how the situation evolve and as per the directions of the centra...

The central bank in May 2019 had bought USD 2.538 billion of the greenback on a net basis. It had purchased USD 5.118 billion and sold USD 2.580 billion in the spot market in May 2019.

The 80-year-old activist also sought a direction from the court to the prison authorities to produce his medical records.

It has also set a target of electrification of all routes on broad gauge by December 2023.

While Dharwad will be under lockdown for nine days from July 15, in Dakshina Kannada it will be for a week from Wednesday night.

Police said oxygen cylinders were being sold to desperate COVID-19 patients under home quarantine in the city with a single equipment fetching as high as Rs 1 lakh price.

In phase-1, the order said there would be a partial opening of the tourism sector for external visitors from outside J and K, limited to tourists arriving by air only.

In a statement, the state agriculture department said Locusts were on Sunday seen at different places in Lucknow, Sitapur, Barabanki, Gonda and Agra.

Due to the absence of studies and data, the stories of Dalit Muslims about their segregation on dining, wedding and studying go unreported and unrepresented.

Further, public and private sector banks have together sanctioned loans worth over Rs 1.20 lakh crore, while the disbursal amount stood at Rs 61,987 crore, under the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme for MSMEs.

The controversy over the administration and management of the historic temple has been pending in the apex court for last nine years in the wake of charges of alleged financial irregularities.

According to the data of the commerce ministry, in 2019-20, the bilateral trade between the US and India stood at USD 88.75 billion as against USD 87.96 billion in 2018-19.