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The tougher rules were not a surprise, as other countries are also on guard against fire sales of corporate assets during the coronavirus outbreak, but that they apply to investments from countries that share a land border with India raised eyebrows.

In the order issued on April 22, Dev said all district magistrates will run awareness campaign in their respective areas, advising "affected persons" to lodge police complaints against such errant landlords.

The governor also commended the Pinarayi Vijayan dispensation for its efforts in tackling the COVID-19 outbreak in the state.

The Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 amends the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 and provides for compensation for injury to healthcare service personnel or for causing damage or loss to property.

The plan was chalked out after a team went door to door around Srinagar city and its outskirts to identify women needing help during these difficult days, when all of India is under lockdown, officials said.

Shakti Sinha says that India should not assume it would benefit from any anti-China movement because of the coronavirus crisis and needs to improve the economic climate.

But with only a handful of people tested so far in the country's biggest slum, fears are growing that 'Mission Dharavi' may not prevent the virus to spread across the densely packed neighbourhood.

The government has amended the FDI policy to curb 'opportunistic takeovers/acquisitions' of Indian companies amid coronavirus crisis.

A total of 34 deaths were reported since Wednesday evening of which 18 were from Maharashtra, eight from Gujarat, three from Andhra Pradesh, two from Rajasthan, and one each from Delhi, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh.

The 42-day-long yatra is scheduled to commence from the twin tracks of Pahalgam in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district on June 23.

The movement of people will be allowed based on the guidelines issued by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the minister said at a press conference here.

Earlier this week, the Delhi government decided to allow Azadpur Mandi to operate round-the-clock, a move aimed at providing relief to farmers and traders amid lockdown to curb the coronavirus outbreak.

As per the proposal and agreement – the IIT-Kharagpur researchers would be working on several technologies including design and development of rapid diagnostic kit, real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine, etc.

Fitch Solutions said India is nowhere near the peak of the coronavirus infection given its large population of 1.3 billion and low testing rates.

As per medical bulletin, 26 new cases were reported in Suryapet, 19 in GHMC, three in Nizamabad, two each in Gadwal and Adilabad, and one each in Khammam, Medical, Warangal and Ranga Reddy.

Rajan, 57, who headed RBI for three years until September 2016, said nationalism that was already pretty strong before the virus is getting accentuated by the effects of COVID-19.