The authorities collected 41 samples of various brands of pan masala from different districts and tested them to check it they contain magnesium carbonate, which is banned under the Food Safety Act, 2006, as one of the ingredients, an official release said.

Thirty-three CISF personnel deployed at the gallery's security unit have been asked to self-quarantine, Indian Museum director A D Choudhury told PTI.

An activist has moved the top court pointing out alleged racial attacks on people of North-Eastern like spitting on them, evictions from their homes and termination from their jobs among others.

One of the accused, identified as Muntyaz, carried a reward of Rs 15,000 for information leading to his arrest, police said.

A bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Sanjeev Narula set aside the May 21, 2019 notice/result published by the Delhi High Court Registrar General rejecting the candidature of a person.

After a dry spell of 43 days, liquor sales resumed at TASMAC outlets in Tamil Nadu, except Chennai, on Thursday. Serpentine queues were witnessed outside most of them and norms of social distancing were flouted.

Thackeray also admitted that while the spread of the virus has been contained, the state has not succeeded in breaking the chain of infection yet.

The Railways also warned people that although regular passenger trains were not in operation, the migrant special trains, parcel and freight trains were running on the rail network.

Mass evacuations have begin to repatriate 14,800 Indians stranded abroad.

Shah chaired a meeting of the DGs of all Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) where he appreciated the commendable work done by these forces.

The plea, filed by Shakeel Qureshi said the term 'social distancing' gives the impression of discrimination and unequal treatment under the Constitution and should not be used.

The DC said she will be admitted to Tanda's Dr Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College (RPGMC) in Kangra for treatment.

A police official said a post-mortem will be done after tests for coronavirus infection is done, which is the practice now.

An Indian Navy spokesman said there were a number of pregnant women and children among the evacuees who will travel to Kochi in Kerala.

The flight, the third to Kerala, touched down at around 8 pm and was part of the Vande Bharat Mission which started on Thursday to bring home Indian nationals stranded due to COVID-19 lockdown in various countries.

The three hotels -- the Ginger, Vivek Vihar and two 5 star hotels, Leela Ambience and Park Plaza -- have been kept at the disposal of Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital which will oversee treatment of infected officials.

Ashif Sheikh, who runs a group that works for the rights of excluded communities, said one needs industry, investors, labour unions, civil society members and labour department officials to work together to solve the problem.

India and Italy will work together for addressing the challenges of the post-COVID world, including through our consecutive presidencies of the G20, Modi wrote on Twitter.

Dr Chanudhary said the child's two consecutive reports were found negative for the infection with the last and second report coming on April 23 when she was admitted to a separate ward as her mother was still positive for the infection.

Two hospitals from Ahmedabad and one each from Chennai, Jodhpur and Bhopal will conduct clinical trials on four treatment protocols remdesivir, combination of lopinavir and ritonavir, hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir and ritonavir with Interferon beta-1a.

The tests are conducted conforming with the technical requirements issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on March 2.

On Thursday, the city had recorded its largest single-day spike of 448 new COVID-19 cases.

State-owned broadcasters Doordarshan and All India Radio from Friday began broadcasting weather reports on Mirpur, Muzaffarabad and Gilgit in PoK in their prime-time news bulletins.

The nationwide lockdown since March 25 and cancellation of international flights to contain the spread of COVID-19 has forced non-resident Indians (NRI) and foreign nationals to prolong their stay in India.

The three men had fallen sick in front of a sugar factory at Haripur on the outskirts of Dhenkanal town. They were found unconscious by some other truck drivers who rushed the trio to the hospital.

The company will now tie up with hospitals for clinical trials so that the drug could be tested on patients suffering from COVID-19. Approval from patients will be necessary as per the protocols, the Director-General said.

Priority was accorded to pregnant women and children to embark the ship first and bunk allocation was also undertaken by the ship's crew catering to age and medical requirements, officials said.

The order comes as Karnataka generated nearly Rs 200 crore in revenues due to the sale of alcohol this week.

The Centre in its revised guidelines said there will be no need for testing prior to discharge of mild and moderate Covid-19 cases, while severe patients will be tested once.

Saad Kandhalvi and six others were charged with flouting of lockdown orders and booked under the Epidemic Disease Act, 1897 and the Indian Penal Code on March 31.

Gokhale, the prime minister said, also provided exemplary leadership to India's freedom movement and made 'outstanding contributions towards education and social empowerment.'

Maharashtra remained the worst hit state with a total number of cases rising to 19,063, followed by Gujarat which has reported 7,402 cases.

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh had recently written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, requesting him to make necessary arrangements for the nearly 400 Kashmiri students stuck in the state.

The stranded people hail from Tamil Nadu and they were working in the United Arab Emirates.

All the fresh cases are from Khajpura area of Patna and their infection trail is being ascertained by state health officials.

The charge of provocation to cause riots has been levelled against the workers allegedly for helping the migrant workers.

The police tried to prevent the villagers from going near the plant but the latter ran past the former and staged a sit-in protest near the factory gate.

Contrary to the claims that the migrants are not being asked to pay train fares, the labourers were not just made to bear the cost of travel but also overcharged.

With the lockdown in effect, and construction, industrial and vehicular activity (which cumulatively contribute 75% of Delhi’s PM 2.5 levels) down to a crawl, the capital has been experiencing record levels of clean air.

The temperature at the styrene storage tank, where the vapour leak occurred, has come down, as well as the PPM (ambient air quality) level in RR Venkatapuram village.

AIIMS director and pulmonologist Dr Randeep Guleria and Dr Manish Soneja of AIIMS' department of medicine, flew in on a special Indian Air Force plane on Friday, an official said.

To further decrease the infant mortality rate in the Union Territory to single digit by 2022, an action plan has been developed which is being implemented at various levels, a spokesman said.

The Indian Railways reaction came minutes after the TMC said they planned to run eight trains to ferry migrants from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Telangana over the next three days.

Seeing an improvement of the situation, the authorities allowed private telecom operators to resume their services from Friday night but asked them to keep Internet connection barred.

The resumption of the classes are planned so that students can complete their remaining academic components. Examinations will be completed by July 31, said the JNU.

The toll of 68 shared by the Delhi government in its health bulletin on Friday is based on data collected from 10 hospitals, including AIIMS, Safdarjung Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical College.

The RPSC Junior Legal Officer examination was held on December 26 and 27 last year. The answer key of the written exam was released on the website of RPSC on January 24.

While many other districts across Tamil Nadu, even ones which saw an initial spike, have managed to reduce cases, Chennai firmly remains in the red zone with 2644 active cases.

Amit Shah issued a statement saying that rumours about his health were being spread through social media.

The national transporter has planned to operate 47 trains on Saturday, out of which 34 trains have already departed, officials said.