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The Railways has asked cement firms to offload their goods from freight trains so that they can be used to supply essential commodities to various parts of the country, sources said.

The Karnataka Government indicated on Tuesday it's too early to take a call now on lifting the nation-wide lockdown but said it's in favour of its extension in COVID-19 hotspots in the country by at least an additional two weeks.

Christian Michel James applied for interim bail stating that he may contract coronavirus in Tihar jail.

World Health Day also marks the founding of the WHO. It came into being on April 7, 1948.

Liverpool were heavily criticised for their decision to furlough non-playing staff during coronavirus.

PM Jacinda Ardern said under normal circumstances, she would have sacked Clark -- but instead, she stripped him of the junior role of associated finance minister and demoted him in the cabinet rankings.

There has been a lot of controversy over wages between players and clubs, especially in Premier League, during coronavirus crisis.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told the nation to be patient in the face of a pandemic that has now claimed 16,523 lives in the Mediterranean country and left millions unemployed.

The Revenue and Disaster Management Department issued an order in this regard which will come into effect from 7 am on April 9 till further orders.

Andrew Cuomo said the COVID-19 death rate in New York was "effectively flat" for the past two days but announced that schools and non-essential businesses must stay shut until April 29.

Addressing a digital press conference, Kejriwal said the Delhi government had placed orders for one lakh testing kits and these are expected to be procured by Friday.

The principal of a primary school was arrested under the charges of IPC for promoting enmity between groups on the ground of religion, making statements creating enmity and promoting hatred between classes, apart from the Disaster Management Act.

State epidemiologist Ragini Mishra said that all the six discharged patients were admitted to the Nalanda Medical College Hospital (NMCH), which has been dedicated by the state government to exclusively treat coronavirus cases.

The Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme was formulated in December 1993 and enables the MPs to recommend developmental work in their constituencies.

Safely brought back to Darjeeling where Asia's first mountaineering training centre is located, the 75 trainees, including two women, hailing from different parts of the country, are living up to the challenge by example.

Actress Richa Chadha revealed that looking at the death toll caused by coronavirus worldwide gave her anxiety, and depressed her during the first week of lockdown.