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The boy died on way to the hospital and fearing police, the family cremated the body without informing the authorities.

The number of active cases in Odisha currently stands at 1,092. Altogether, 2,282 patients have recovered from the disease, while nine have succumbed to the virus.

Located around 500 km from Mumbai, the Lonar lake in Buldhana district is a popular tourist hub and also attracts scientists from all over the world.

According to the civic officials, out of Mumbai's 97 fatalities, 77 people lost their lives due to the infection in just 24 hours, while 20 deaths were from previous days.

According to the opposition parties, both the killings were the result of factional feuds in the TMC's youth wing to control the area.

The economists said a comprehensive database of migrants needs to be built up and advocated the use of call data records (CDRs) which will establish their movements back to native lands from the cities to finish this task.

In April, the RBI purchased $2.450 billion and sold $3.592 billion of the US currency in the spot market.

The action was taken in a joint operation carried out by the Pune Police and the Military Intelligence (MI), he said.

Authorities of the Shillong Civil Hospital lodged a complaint with the Meghalaya Police on Tuesday against Theodore Moallem, who has sought help from Air India saying he needs to return to the US 'quickly' to consult doctors there.

Mahant Kamal Nayan Das, who participated in the 'rudrabhishek' ritual at the Kuber Tila shrine, said he prayed for an early beginning of construction of the Ram temple.

Justice Navin Chawla, who conducted the hearing through video conferencing, was told by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who represented PMO, that he will file a response explaining why this petition should not be entertained.

According to preliminary police probe, the boy had attempted suicide earlier also after scolding by his parents.

On Tuesday, locust swarms descended in the Pench Tiger Reserve but no spraying of pesticide was conducted there as it is a protected area.

India reported close to 10,000 new instances of the infection in the last 24 hours till Wednesday 8 am, pushing the country's cumulative caseload to over 2.7 lakh.

The country is the fifth worst-hit nation by the COVID-19 pandemic after the US, Brazil, Russia and the UK, according to data issued by the Johns Hopkins University.

As outbreaks wax and wane, health experts say there might need to be a period of repeated closings and openings.