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Bolsonaro blamed state governors for continuing the lockdown in a speech outside his presidential palace in Brasilia.

Rishi Kapoor passed away on April 30 at the H N Reliance Hospital in Mumbai, after a two-year-long battle with leukaemia.

Strict action will be taken against anyone who violates the restriction orders under the Indian Penal Code section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant), the order stated.

Since April 25, the number of coronavirus cases in Chandigarh has gone up over three times.

Most sanitisers available have a high content of alcohol but consuming it can cause ethanol poisoning and complications that could lead to coma and death.

Roche said its test has a specificity rate of more than 99.8% and sensitivity rate of 100%, figures indicating few false-positive tests and no false negatives.

Standalone liquor shops will be allowed to open in the two cities, the state government guidelines say, as the administration looks for a revenue boost by restarting the sale.

Earlier, the National Testing Agency (NTA) had deferred the JEE Main exam 2020, which was to be conducted on April 5,7,8, and 11, in the last week of May.

Iran's health ministry has divided the country into white, yellow and red areas based on the number of infections and deaths.

Amitabh Bachchan has shot the selection process for participants in the 12th season of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' from his residence amid the coronavirus lockdown.

'Ramayan' and 'Uttar Ramayan' re-runs have ended and now fans have a new demand-- a contemporary remake of the mythological show by director SS Rajamouli.

The Erode district well on its way into the green category, thanks to an aggressive containment and isolation strategy of the local administration.

The SGR 1935+2154, a dead star that is around 30,000 light-years away from earth, registered for the radio observatories around the world with a single and millisecond-long burst of incredibly bright radio waves.

Since the state-run hospitals have only 390 specialist doctors, 469 general doctors and 566 nurses, the Nitish Kumar government has asked private hospitals to stop OPD services and remain prepared for coronavirus patients.

Of 26 COVID-19 patients who died, nine had no underlying health conditions while 17 others suffered from co-morbid conditions.

Gandhi said when the public is anguished and there is scarcity of food, water and cash, "the authorities are taking Rs 100 from everyone for the PM CARES Fund and thus it would be appropriate to have an audit of the same".