Coronavirus live updates: No security breach in Aarogya Setu app, govt says

What after May 17, what criteria is Centre using to judge how long lockdown will continue: Sonia Gandhi at meeting with Congress CMs.

Son of Maulana Saad (Tablighi Jamaat chief) was interrogated by Delhi Police Crime Branch yesterday. Delhi Police has sought details from him about 20 people who had attended the Markaz in Delhi or are a part of its management team: ANI quoting Delhi Police sources

Germany wants to reopen all shops and schools and restart football league in May: AFP

DMK and alliance partners have decided to wear a black symbol on May 7 as a mark of protest on reopening of liquor shops and also condemning utter callousness of Govt in preventing the Covid from spreading.

Andhra Pradesh's Covid-19 cases increase to 1,777 with 60 new cases.

One more Covid-19 positive case reported in Bihar taking the total to 536.

Four Shramik specials might terminate at Lucknow division. Timings not yet known.

Two Shramik specials expected to arrive in Gorakhpur.

Trains from Kozhikode will leave for Bihar and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh in the evening.

No special trains carrying guest workers will operate from Thiruvananthapuram railway division today.

No security breach in Aarogya Setu app, govt assures after ethical hacker raises privacy concerns

The government on Wednesday said no data or security breach has been identified in Aarogya Setu after an ethical hacker raised concerns about a potential security issue in the app. The app is the government's mobile application for contact tracing and disseminating medical advisories to users in order to contain the spread of Covid-19. On Tuesday, a French hacker and cyber security expert Elliot Alderson had claimed that "a security issue has been found" in the app and that "privacy of 90 million Indians is at stake". Dismissing the claims, the government said "no personal information of any user has been proven to be at risk by this ethical hacker". "We are continuously testing and upgrading our systems. Team Aarogya Setu assures everyone that no data or security breach has been identified," the government said through the app's Twitter handle. Read more

UP to get four Shramik special trains at Prayagraj junction today.

White House to wind down coronavirus task force as focus shifts to aftermath: Trump

The White House coronavirus task force will wind down as the country moves into a second phase that focuses on the aftermath of the outbreak, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. Trump confirmed the plans after Vice President Mike Pence, who leads the group, told reporters the White House may start moving coordination of the US response on to federal agencies in late May. "Mike Pence and the task force have done a great job," Trump said during a visit to a mask factory in Arizona. "But we're now looking at a little bit of a different form and that form is safety and opening and we'll have a different group probably set up for that." Asked if he was proclaiming "mission accomplished" in the fight against the coronavirus, Trump said, "No, not at all. The mission accomplished is when it's over." Read more

35 new positive cases of Covid-19 and 1 death reported in Rajasthan today. Total number of cases rise to 3193 with death toll at 90. 1536 people have recovered till now: state health department

We've asked all private doctors, who are below 55 yrs of age and not having any comorbidity and who closed their clinics due to lockdown, to work for 15 days to provide Covid-19 treatment. They'll be paid and provided with protective gears: ANI quoting Director, Medical Education and Research (Mumbai)