India

In its daily briefing on the coronavirus situation in the country, the health ministry said the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bangalore, has launched the number.

The reduced price would be in force till June, and it would be available from 11am to 3pm against the earlier time slot of 12 noon to 2pm, he informed.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said the UP government has appointed nodal officers for all states who are working round the clock.

With no vehicles plying on the road or industries coughing up noxious smoke, the AQI in the national capital currently stands at 58, which falls in the moderate category.

Indian staff from the two consulates were shifted to Kabul as the two provinces do not have adequate medical facilities, according to reports.

Ranveer Singh's family home in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district was still 100 km away when he complained of chest pain and collapsed, the police said.

The order has come amid reports of thousands of daily wage earners leaving for their homes, towns and villages due to a 21-day countrywide lockdown called by the Centre.

Delhi alone reported 23 fresh positive cases, taking its count to 72, while more people tested positive in adjoining Noida as also in Maharashtra and Bihar, among other states.

The incident took place in Raj Nagar locality and a licensed pistol was used to commit the crime, police said.

While the BSF officer may have contracted the infection from his wife who recently returned from the UK, the CISF jawan is suspected to have got infected during his duty at the Mumbai airport.

Of the total 28 cases, 22 have been reported from the Kashmir valley while six are from Jammu region.

Hordes of people, including women and children, with their bags on their heads and backs many also wearing protective masks - waited in long queues to board buses at the Anand Vihar Interstate Bus Terminal here.

With the tribes together accounting for less than 1,000 people, largely disconnected from the rest of the world and having very low immunity levels, anthropologists fear they could get extinct should the pandemic spreads across the islands.

Mohammed Muhsin (28), a resident of Kasargod, went to the UAE in 2018 from where he is believed to have joined the ranks with the global terror organisation in Afghanistan, officials said.

While many have started walking home, some are waiting for hours to take buses that the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to ply to bring back migrants from NCR.

Two of the new-found cases are from Accheja village in Dadri, while one each has been detected in Noida's Sector 37, 44 and 128, according to a statement from District Magistrate B N Singh.