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PM Modi said it was because of the 'restraint, penance and sacrifice that India has so far been able to avert the harm caused by corona to a large extent'.

As Poila Baisakh 2020 also marks the start of a financial cycle, many shops and businesses invite regular customers and give them some token of appreciation.

Spot gold gained 0.1% to $1,715.25 per ounce by 0037 GMT, having touched its highest since Dec. 2012 at $1,722.20 earlier in the session. US gold futures rose 0.5% to $1,770.20 an ounce.

The Indian Council of Medical Research on Monday said antiviral drug remdesivir, which was used during the Ebola outbreak, may be highly effective in stopping the replication mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19.

The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 9,272 and as many as 1,189 people have been cured and discharged, and one has migrated. The total number of cases include 76 foreign nationals.

The total amount released during the lockdown period also includes last year's due payment of Rs 1,674.43 crore which has been disbursed to 83.77 lakh beneficiary farmers, an official statement said.

Government sources said that Indian missions in the region have been told to extend all possible assistance to the Indians in distress in the wake of the pandemic.

There will be no such relaxation in Bhubaneswar since it has emerged as a coronavirus hotspot in the state, Special Relief Commissioner P K Jena said.

A jurist, economist, politician as well as social reformer, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born on April 14, 1891. He dedicated his life towards the cause of achieving equality and respect for Dalits and untouchables.

Despite COVID-19 cases in Kerala showing a dip in the past few days, Health Minister K K Shailaja on Monday said it was not yet time to be "completely relieved" as neighbouring states were seeing a spike in numbers, which was causing concern.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday said out of the 58 'missing' Tablighi Jamaat members from Maharashtra who attended the group's religious gathering at Nizamuddin in Delhi last month, 40 have been traced and quarantined.

A man from Nagaland has tested positive for novel coronavirus, the first case reported from the state, an official said on Monday.

Addressing the media, Kejriwal said the government is taking all measures for the security of the most vulnerable and poorest sections of society.

All state ministers are expected to come to work from Monday following which they are going to be assigned specific tasks during the lockdown period.

Sunday’s incident of lawlessness can be attributed to the fact that the Nihangs only wish to follow orders of the Guru and perhaps consider orders from the administration an attack on their sovereignty, a scholar said.

The student resorted to the bizarre attempt, frustrated at the apartment association denying permission to any outsider into the complex in view of the coronavirus scare.