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State home minister Anil Deshmukh made the appeal in a video message, which his party NCP posted on its Twitter handle.

The department has now directed the Lok Nayak Hospital to create additional 500-bed capacity by utilising OPD spaces and newly constructed block of MAIDS, in lieu of beds proposed to be designated in Pant Hospital.

The incident happened when a team of accredited social health activists, accompanied by a few police personnel, was conducting a door-to-door survey in the colony.

The religious congregation at Delhi's Nizamuddin last month emerged as a major coronavirus hotspot in the country.

District Magistrate Suhas LY assured home delivery of essential commodities and services at all places in Gautam Buddh Nagar, urging people not to venture out and avoid panic buying.

Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa also wrote Sunanda Korepur a letter in appreciation of the dedication being shown by her and other paramedics at the cost of their own lives.

The officer said measures to enforce the 21-day lockdown in the country, from March 25 to April 14, have been "enhanced" by state governments and the police are doing "intensive surveillance".

Modi's tweets were in response to an unsigned message circulating online that asked people to give him a standing ovation for five minutes at 5 pm on Sunday for the work he has been doing for the nation.

The firm, which retails CNG to automobiles in some districts of Haryana, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh, cut CNG rates between Rs 1.5 per kg to Rs 3.6 per kg. The rate of natural gas piped to household kitchens for cooking purposes...

Sugandha works as a staff nurse and has been quarantined for 14 days in a hotel after working at the hospital.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, has released the notification for ICMR Junior Research Fellowship (ICMR JRF) Test 2020 on its official website at icmr.nic.in.

Online courses have been launched for doctors, nurses, paramedics, hygiene workers, technicians, auxiliary nursing midwives (ANMs), state government officers and civil defence officials, among others.

An assistant sub-inspector posted in the traffic unit of Delhi Police has been tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on Wednesday. He has been admitted at the Super Speciality Block of Safdarjung Hospital, they said.

Officials said the eight new cases were referred to the Indore administration for treatment after they tested for coronavirus.

Two more persons tested positive for coronavirus in Dharavi area on Wednesday, taking the total number of such cases in the densely-populated slum area of Mumbai to nine, a civic official said.

The Salary, Allowances And Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 will come into force immediately.