The government also said the process of transporting the stranded labourers was being coordinated by states except for one or two of them.
With new orders and output shrinking at the steepest pace since at least early 2005 factories cut jobs at the fastest rate in the survey's history, signaling a high chance of recession.
Police said many messages seeking to create social discord and having a bearing on public order were being spread in the last few days.
The US has so far confirmed 278,458 cases of COVID-19 and more than 7,100 deaths. India has 3,072 coronavirus cases and has reported 75 deaths.
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.
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The man protesting over the death of his daughter, who allegedly committed suicide, was purportedly kicked by the policeman after he tried to stop police personnel from taking her body inside the mortuary of a state-run hospital.
Angry over the news of her marriage, Venkatesh Goud barged into the victim's house when she was alone, stabbed her multiple times and slit her throat.
Police, however, said that it was premature to establish a link between the incident and the man’s involvement in anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) protests. He added that the matter was being probed.
Kabir Khan opened up on the incident of police brutality on the students of Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia University last month.
Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz's 'Hum Dekhenge' was recited at the IIT-Kanpur campus during protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act following which the premier institute formed a committee to determine whether the poem was 'anti-Hindu'.
Rahul Gandhi's remarks came after the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to the government on the purchase of 36 fully-loaded Rafale fighter jets from French company Dassault Aviation.
The formation of the present government is against the mandate of the people of Karnataka and the provisions of the Constitution of India, Siddaramaiah said in his letter.
Many Democrats suggested that evidence indicating that US President Donald Trump pressed the Ukrainian government to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden were changing their calculations about whether to seek his removal from office.
A 34-year-old clerk, working at a mall in Koto City, near Tokyo, memorised customers' 16-digit-number, name, expiry date, and security code, all in the time it took to process their purchase.
