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The state government's chief spokesperson on COVID-19, Subroto Bagchi said that the temporary camps were opened at several places to provide relief to the migrant workers who were facing difficulties in returning to their respective states due to the lock...

Chidambaram said that he had suggested that all due dates falling before 30 June may be deferred to 30 June. Borrowers have been made dependent on the bank concerned and will be disappointed.

The state government has decided to allow restaurants and eateries to keep only their kitchens open, to ease the burden on people during the curfew, Pawar said.

A serological test can determine if a person was infected even after he has recovered, based on identification of antibodies.

Close coordination is being maintained with state governments so that rakes of essential commodities are handled smoothly without any delay amidst various restrictions, the railways said in a statement.

The college dean's wife, who tested positive for coronavirus works as a pathologist at some other hospital and may have got infected during her work, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation said.

An inquiry report by the divisional commissioner has found the man got a lot of time “to spread the infection due to the negligence of doctors and by not following isolation and quarantine protocol”.

After opening significantly higher, the 30-share BSE barometer gave up all the gains to end 131.18 points or 0.44 per cent lower at 29,815.59. It hit a high of 31,126.03 and a low of 29,346.99 in day trade.

The man was brought to the hospital by the airport authorities straight from the IGI Airport on March 18 as a coronavirus suspect and was put in the isolation ward.

Israel's Ambassador in New Delhi, Ron Malka, came to the airport to see off the passengers and thanked Air India for the selfless service.

Some 11,000 prisoners in Maharashtra, whose sentence period is less than seven years, will be released on parole, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.

Adding that the rise in demand has been due to panic buying by customers, an official said the daily demand has soared to around 3.25 lakh cylinders as compared to normal bookings of about 2.5 lakh in the state.

The local administration has asked all those who returned from abroad or mainland to remain in home isolation for 14 days.

Sitharaman said that there are around 3 crore aged widows and people in divyang category, who are vulnerable due to economic disruption caused by COVID-19. Government will give them Rs 1,000 to tide over difficulties during next 3 months.

When Durgesh Thakur got back home after his outing, the accused and his wife shouted at him and a heated argument ensued, following which the accused attacked him with a sharp object, the official said.

He managed to catch the last train from Pune to Nagpur, but as the government later enforced restrictions on all sorts of travel, he got stranded in Nagpur.