Coronavirus live updates: Lok Sabha Secretariat staffer tests positive

Housekeeper employed with Lok Sabha Secretariat found Covid-19 positive; hospitalised: PTI quoting Sources

"Adventure tourism," says TMC on visit of Inter-Ministerial Central Teams to West Bengal to monitor coronavirus situation

100 families at President's Estate in self-isolation as sanitation worker's relative tests positive

The relative of the sanitation worker, who is a resident of the estate that houses Rashtrapati Bhavan, has been admitted to a hospital here for treatment, officials said.The move comes after the sanitation worker's mother died of Covid-19 infection a few days back at the B L Kapoor hospital here, the officials said. Read full story

National champion in men's long jump M Sreeshankar has donated Rs 50,000 to Kerala CM's relief fund today.

The Palakkad boy presented the cheque to the P Vijayan, deputy district collector and ADM at the latter's office in the morning.

WHO warns rush to ease virus rules could cause resurgence

Dr. Takeshi Kasai, the WHO regional director for the Western Pacific said governments must remain vigilant to stop the spread of the virus and the lifting of lockdowns and other social distancing measures must be done gradually and strike the right balance between keeping people healthy and allowing economies to function. Some US states on Monday announced aggressive reopening plans. Step-by-step reopenings were underway in Europe, where the crisis has begun to ebb in places such as Italy, Spain and Germany. Read full story

RBI has list of policy options to combat crisis

With a limited fiscal response so far, the RBI has taken the lead in providing virus relief to the economy. It's cut interest rates by 75 basis points (bps), injected more than $50 billion of liquidity into the financial system, imposed a moratorium on loan repayments and relaxed some regulations on bad loans.Analysts say governor Shaktikanta Das will need to do a lot more in coming weeks. Read full story

Seven test positive for Covid-19 in Karnataka, three each from Kalaburagi, Vijayapura and one from Dakshina Kannada; state tally rises to 415

A bench of Justices N V Ramana, S K Kaul and B T Gavai told Bhushan that during an unusual situation faced by the country, court's cannot tell the government how it should work and which schemes to implement

At least 27 staff including journalists of a private television channel in Chennai test positive for Covid-19

Solicitor general Tushar Mehta says all migrant labourers in shelter are given food and Rs 500 per month transferred to crores of women having Jan Dhan accounts.

Centre rubbishes activist Harsh Mandher's claim in SC that nearly 90% of migrant workers have not received either ration or cooked meal. Mandher's counsel Prashant Bhushan says none have been paid a penny since March 25 lockdown.

Karnataka: Seven cases reported as on Tuesday morning. Three each from Kalaburagi, Vijayapura and one from Dakshina Kannada. This includes, one death from Kalaburagi. Total cases: 415. Total deaths: 17.

Housekeeping staff of Lok Sabha secretariat tests positive for Coronavirus.

Tamil Nadu chief minister's public relief fund received public contributions to the tune of Rs 160.93 crore until April 20.

The Tamil Nadu government passed an order, directing educational institutions not to compel the students and their parents to pay fee during the lockdown period and for the academic year 2020-21.

Italy to start easing coronavirus lockdown from May 4 : PM Conte

Holy month of Ramzan begins on 24th April. All religious leaders, religious and social organisations have together decided and made an appeal to Muslim community to hold prayers, Iftar and perform other customs at homes itself while maintaining social distancing: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

United Nations calls for scaling up all efforts to confront coronavirus pandemic