"Indian Council of Medical Research has set a target of carrying out around 1 lakh tests across the country per day. For this crucial work, India Post with its vast network of 1,56,000 post offices has once again turned into a COVID warrior," the statement said.

Temperature and latitude are not associated with the spread of COVID-19 disease, according to a global study that found school closures and other public health measures are having a positive effect on containing the novel coronavirus.

The ministry asserted that if dos and don'ts are followed, the peak in number of COVID-19 cases can be avoided.

The government will provide doctors with a checklist to follow regarding treatment. We will also be applying to ICMR to seek permission to conduct lung biopsies after the death of patients and for clinical autopsies. This will help in providing critical patients with more effective care and bring down mortality rates, Health and Family Welfare Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pandey said.

The bacille Calmette-Gurin (BCG) vaccine has a documented protective effect against meningitis and disseminated TB in children, according to the World Health Organisation. It is part of the mandatory childhood immunization programme in many countries including India.

Resident doctors, MBBS students and those serving their bond are at the frontline in the fight against Covid-19 in the city as senior clinicians stay away from their duty, leaving the young team of medical professionals firefighting the crisis on their own.

On this week’s show, Contributing Correspondent Kai Kupferschmidt talks with host Sarah Crespi about modeling coronavirus spread and the role of forecasts in national lockdowns and other pandemic policies. They also talk about the launch of a global trial of promising treatments. See all of our News coverage of the pandemic here. See all of our Research and Editorials here. Also this week, Nadine Gogolla, research group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, talks with Sarah about linking the facial expressions of mice to their emotional states using machine learning. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. Listen to previous podcasts. About the Science Podcast Download a transcript (PDF)

TIRUCHIThe Tiruchi Corporation has directed all its contractors to strictly adhere to all safety protocols prescribed in view of the COVID 19 pandemic

Around 20 cases are being registered and at least two people are losing their lives almost every minute due to coronavirus across the globe.

The US, Italy and Spain together share almost half the total Covid-19 cases across the globe

The world is adding over 70,000 cases everyday while the daily recoveries are still sub-15,000 on an average in the last three days.

The US remains the most affected country with over 340,000 cases and the death toll at over 11,000

Germany, where 40 per cent of all infected persons are recovering, is doing the best by that metric among the five worst-affected nations

While North America and Europe account for the bulk of all coronavirus cases globally, half of new cases reported in India have come from Delhi, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu alone

Country's death toll consistently rising too, taking just two days to add the last 50 fatalities to the total.

International instances back higher tax liabilities for the rich at times of exigencies.

Several sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, university endowments, limited partners, corporate investors and high net worth individuals have reached out to FPIs and PE fund managers in the last few weeks to convey their decision to partially or fully defer their commitments, people in the know said.

On April 17, the AIIB had doubled its initial COVID-19 Crisis Recovery Facility to $10 billion from $5 billion earlier, which made funds available to its members for urgent economic, financial and public health pressures and quick recovery from the crisis.

Govt will borrow Rs 6L cr from the market via gilts through the remaining part of the first half of the year.

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From manufacturing to selling, change is in the works, says Steffen Knapp of Volkswagen Passenger Cars India

The United States Food and Drug Administration said it was acting against companies and individuals exploiting or taking advantage of widespread fear

There was a time when a ventilator made in India was not considered a ventilator, says Ashok Patel, Managing Director, AB Industries. About 90 per cen

A senior government official said Cadila Pharmaceuticals closed its Ahmedabad plant as five employees tested positive last week, and 21 this week.

Priyanka Gandhi asked the Uttar Pradesh government to provide insurance cover for journalists.

Their children – a three-year-old son and a four-year-old daughter – survived.

Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced the formation of the China Task Force to investigate the country’s role in the spread of the pandemic.

Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashok said the government was awaiting consent from other states to send the migrant workers home.

The exams had to be abruptly postponed in March due to a nationwide shutdown to combat the coronavirus outbreak.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region is the worst-affected region in the country, with over 10,000 reported cases.

The Supreme Court stayed the order after the Centre said it was ‘unworkable’ and passed without consultation.

The trials will be conducted in 21 hospitals across Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, TN, Madhya Pradesh, UP, Punjab, Karnataka, Telangana and Chandigarh.

Iqbal Singh Chahal will now take over Praveen Pardeshi’s post.

The court noted that there was a “blatant violation” of its guidelines regulating the sale of liquor.

A physician answers five common questions.

‘If we need more forces, we will ask for central forces in order to give some rest to our police,’ he said.

While there is an urgent need for data, false information can be worse than none at all.

The lockdown has not ‘killed’ the virus and was never going to. We will have to learn to live with Covid-19, possibly until 2022.

While courts have an important role in ensuring that the rights of citizens are protected, it is essential that they avoid adjudicating on policy matters.

The establishments will be allowed to sell liquor from 9 am to 7 pm.

In his letter to Mamata Banerjee’s state government, the Union home minister said that this may further create hardship for the labourers.

The police have arrested over 60 people and another 60 have been detained.

The answer sheets will be delivered to the teachers’ homes from 3,000 schools designated as exam centres.

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Before the COVID-19 pandemic changed our daily lives, resource-constrained child welfare agencies across the country already faced challenges with implementing parts of the new Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) of 2018.