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The professor’s estimation stands in stark contrast with most health experts, who believe that the battle is going to be a long haul. Some have even predicted that it may take as long as next year to set things back to normal.

The girl was alone in the house while her parents along with her siblings had gone to work in the agricultural fields. When they returned, they found the girl's semi-nude body in a pool of blood in the courtyard of the house.

Punjab Governor and UT Chandigarh Administrator V P Singh Badnore decided to impose curfew in Chandigarh with effect from Monday midnight till further orders, said an official release.

Among the amendments to the Finance Bill, 2020, that Sitharaman introduced and got the approval of included changes to make NRI-owned business being made liable to pay taxes on income generated by Indian operations only.

The ministry has also asked the state and ministries that all employees going on leave during the lockdown period, they should be deemed on duty without any consequential pay cut.

Facing lockdowns due to COVID-19 outbreak, the Indian industry has sought a fiscal stimulus of Rs 2 lakh crore, a slew of tax cuts and interest rate reduction to combat the impact of the pandemic.

The examination was conducted last month on February 2. A total of 7081 candidates have been selected and will be eligible to appear for the interview round.

West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh reported a casualty each on Monday. Seven deaths were earlier reported from Gujarat, Bihar and Maharashtra (two), Karnataka, Delhi, and Punjab.

The Delhi government on Sunday said the city will be in lockdown from March 23 to 31, under which no public transport, including private buses, taxis and autorickshaws will be allowed.

Only essential services will operate in these areas, including major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai, which have seen confirmed cases of the COVID-19 disease. Thirteen states have separately announced similar measures.

Officials said the man was allowed to leave the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) quarantine facility on March 20 and his identity and other vitals have been shared with the respective state government for monitoring.

An official said the DGCA on Saturday night issued permission for the Dutch airline to land its aircraft carrying the Indian citizens in the national capital on March 22.

The Cabinet also approved a sum of Rs 3,000 crore for the next five years for the scheme on promotion of bulk drug parks for financing common infrastructure facilities in three bulk drug parks.

In view of the prevailing situation, the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education has been asked to postpone the examinations which are yet to be held, till April 15, education minister Partha Chatterjee told a press meet.

Cricket Australia (CA) may propose the introduction of reserve days for the semifinals of the Men's T20 World Cup in the ICC Cricket Committee meeting later this year.

Jai Pratap Singh, 66, had gone into self-isolation after the test in Lucknow on Friday soon after Kanika Kapoor announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.