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An official said the hospital was receiving more samples than its testing capacity. The reduced timings, the hospital administration hoped, would bring down the load.

The five jawans of the BSF's 79th battalion stationed at Bhuj were detected with the infection after they resumed duty post a holiday in their native states, the Kutch district official said.

According to the FIR, a copy of which is available with PTI, the complainant is a senior official of the Delhi government's heath department.

The Chief Minister on Friday held a meeting with the tourism and transport department, also stakeholders, regarding revival of tourism in the state.

In its notice seeking nod for the merger, the companies provided an assessment of competition with respect to markets for passenger vehicles and for sale of powertrains in India.

The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the state government to file a report on allegations that bodies of patients who succumbed to COVID-19 were not cremated or buried in a respectful manner.

As many as 10,315 patients have recovered, been discharged or migrated so far, while there are 15,311 active cases, the Delhi health department said in the bulletin on Friday.

Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasara said there were some instances where teachers were deputed for ensuring social distancing in weddings, managing MGNREGA work, etc.

The Niti Aayog CEO also said technology has been a major enabler in 112 aspirational districts of India, and agents are using computers, mobile phones and micro-ATMs to conduct transactions.

The government has also decided to offer a discount of Rs 50 per gram on the nominal value to investors applying online and making the payment against application through digital mode.

The talks through video conference were held between Naveen Srivastava, Joint Secretary (East Asia) in the External Affairs Ministry, and Wu Jianghao, Director-General of the Asian Department of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

As many as 1,475 patients were discharged after recovery from hospitals in the state, taking the number of recovered patients till now to 35,156.

According to the SOPs, restaurants, hotels, places of worship and offices in Covid-19 containment zones will remain closed and only those outside these areas will be allowed to open.

An order issued from the headquarters of the force on June 3 said "an imperative need is felt to make these establishments functional immediately".

Drowning, followed by inhalation of water leading to lung failure was the immediate cause of death of the elephant, said the preliminary report prepared a day after the elephant died in the Velliyar river.

They asked the government to immediately hold the long overdue Indian Labour Conference to dwell upon the 12-point charter of demands, the labour and trade union rights, issues of job losses, wages, job security and the migrant workers' issues.