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Remdesivir has demonstrated positive results in two clinical trials, one conducted by the company and another by US government in treating patients with severe cases of Covid-19.

'My best wishes to Russian PM Mishustin for early recovery and good health,' Modi tweeted in Russian and English. 'We stand with our close friend Russia in efforts to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic,' he said.

Prasad also urged G20 to come out with a concrete digital action plan to fight the global pandemic.

The state government has started the process to bringing back stranded citizens from the other states along with students stuck in Delhi, Noida and Aligarh, officials said.

The states have asked the Centre to run special non-stop trains for the purpose.

The classes will begin from August 24. The last date of submitting the form for any of the courses including diploma, undergraduate, postgraduate is June 20, while the last date of admission is August 14, the circular stated.

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan said all possible measures are being taken to contain the spread.

To facilitate the return of the lakhs of people stranded, the home ministry amended the consolidated guidelines issued for the lockdown three days before it is set to get over.

With the lockdown suspending Bollywood movie shoots indefinitely, a vanity van owner teamed up with a filmmakers' collective and a charity to put the vans to good use for free.

In a conversation with News18, Wood shed some light on the Australian model for dealing with Covid-19; the country has managed to keep their number of cases under 10,000 and the number of deaths under 100.

With the three fresh cases, the total number of COVID-19 patients in Jajpur district has increased to 22.

Ninety people at a Sikkim government guest house in south Delhi's Green Park have been quarantined after a patient staying there tested positive for coronavirus, officials said.

After a television journalist in Kerala's Kasaragod tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday, the health authorities here advised the district collector, his driver and gunman to go into self-quarantine.

Over the last few weeks, Pompeo has spoken over phone - at least four times - with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

Imam was on April 18 chargesheeted allegedly for instigating and abetting riots with his speech delivered on December 13.

The victim's father said that the girl was alone at home when she was allegedly raped and accused their 21-year-old neighbour.