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The Union Agriculture Ministry said the menace of the locusts has been controlled in 47,308 hectare areas across the four states so far.

The commanders deliberated on the fast evolving situation in eastern Ladakh as well as in strategically key areas along the de-facto Sino-India border in Uttarakhand and Sikkim on the opening day of a three-day conference here.

Earlier three employees of NDMC, including a sanitation worker and engineer, had tested positive for COVID-19.

Among the 179 Pakistanis, a few were in India on medical visa for treatment of heart, kidney and liver ailments, some to visit their relatives and a few on pilgrimage.

As many as 7,264 patients have recovered, been discharged or migrated so far, while there are 7,690 active cases, the Delhi health department said.

The last time the mercury touched the 46-degree mark at the Safdarjung weather station was on May 19, 2002, said Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the regional forecasting center of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Jarwal, who represents the Deoli assembly constituency, was arrested on May 9, after a case of extortion and abetment to suicide was filed against him and others based on a police complaint by the doctor's son Hemant.

The incident occurred on Tuesday evening when thousands of migrant labourers and their family members had gathered to complete necessary formalities for boarding a Shramik special train.

Though cyclone Amphan caused severe damage in some parts of West Bengal including Haldia, the port town in East Midnapore district, the petrochemicals major managed to continue its operations, he said.

The officer was admitted in an unconscious state by his wife Ratan Saxena at around 7am at a nearby private hospital. The doctors declared him dead at the hospital and informed police for the medico legal case.

During the lockdown, there has been a push for online education. Similarly, classes have resumed from home digitally in schools and colleges. But what about the slum children who are enrolled in municipal schools.

Nehru, the first prime minister of India, held office between August 1947 and May 1964.

Peru and Chile are among the region's worst hit. They now hold the world's highest infection rates per capita over a seven-day rolling average.

Police said an FIR has been registered against three organisers of the birthday under sections of the IPC. All the three accused have also been found infected and are undergoing treatment.

While some of the deaths had taken place earlier but were reported as COVID-19-related fatalities only on Tuesday, Mumbai alone accounted for 39 deaths, a health official said.

Adityanath on Sunday said other states will have to seek his government's permission before hiring workers from his state, comments which evoked sharp reactions from the Congress leaders.