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The baby boy tested positive on March 27 and has been undergoing treatment at a COVID-19-designated hospital in Dakshina Kannada district since then.

The policemen asked Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai about his identity and wanted him to show the requisite pass for moving around during the nation-wide lockdown.

After a meeting with Power Minister RK Singh, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi announced several relief measures for the consumers of Coal India Ltd (CIL), including the power sector.

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said over 80% wheat, 'dalhan' (pulses) and 'tilhan' (oilseeds) crops have been harvested till now.

Apart from the fear of contracting the disease and running out of essentials, people are also discovering the significance of the simple things that are now out of reach.

The CBI said Kapil and Dheeraj were absconding since the case was registered on March 7 prompting the agency to get Non-Bailable Warrants against them from a special court.

According to an official statement, the production of PPE is being ramped up and capacity building for healthcare personnel is being ensured. NGOs and civil society groups are also being mobilised, the meeting was informed.

A total of 489 persons have been tested positive for coronavirus in the state so far and 168 of them are from Jaipur.

Market survey shows that the raw material for Hydroxychloroquine Sulphate presently shoots up to Rs 40,000 per kg from the previous rate of Rs 1,600 to 2,000.

The 24-year-old vehicle-lifter was among the two covid-19 positive cases reported in the city on Thursday. The man was caught with a stolen motorcycle.

Among the five fresh coronavirus cases, officials said that two people had visited the religious congregation at Delhi's Nizamuddin last month.

Till now, all hospitalised patients with severe acute respiratory illness, shortness of breath and having fever and cough were being tested for COVID-19 infection.

While the number of active COVID-19 cases is 5,218, as many as 477 people have been cured and discharged and one has migrated, the ministry said.

The cats were found loitering in the COVID-19 wards before being caught on March 28 by dog snatchers engaged by the Department of Animal Husbandry following a directive from the District Collector based on complaints.

Not everyone will show severe symptoms because this is a sneaky disease, says a doctor from Tamil Nadu after slipping out of the clutches of the viral pandemic.

In a letter to Bidhannagar City Police Commissioner Laxminarayan Meena, Texas Police’s Chief of Cyber Crime and Covert Operations K Sanyal said a “thank you” for “taking care of elderly parents of quite a few NRIs in your jurisdiction”.