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The ministry has also advised the universities to set up research teams and study the levels of awareness of COVID-19 in villages near their campuses.

Satyendar Jain was replying to a query on whether the Delhi government was considering easing the curbs enforced to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.

Out of 15 new cases, six each are from Bengaluru urban and Hirebagewadi in Belagavi district; one each from Mandya, Chikkaballapura and Bantawala in Dakshina Kannada district.

The total number of coronavirus cases in the national capital crossed the 2,500 mark on Friday after 136 fresh cases were reported.

Four jihadists, who police said belonged to al-Qaeda’s Kashmir-region affiliate - Ansar Ghazwa’tul Hind - were buried in a government-managed graveyard on April 22, documents seen by Network 18 record.

Most of these Kashmiri labourers work here as porters for local people by carrying their heavy luggage and household items from one place to another. They were staying in Jama Masjid near Middle Bazar.

The Union minister said he has devised a scheme to set up the fund and the proposal may be placed before the Cabinet for approval once the finance ministry gives its go-ahead.

The appeal comes soon after a video surfaced on social media where two policemen were purportedly telling people that azan was not allowed during the lockdown as per Lieutenant Governor's order.

The coronavirus lockdown in India has hit the transport sector adversely and exerting acute pressure on the sector.

The 52-year-old dera chief's ailing mother Naseeb Kaur had filed the plea for parole on grounds of her illness.

The opening ceremony of the four temples in Uttarakhand is an important annual event attended by thousands of pilgrims but the extended lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus has cast its shadow on the yatra this year.

The TN 12th Public Exam 2020 Result will be released on the official website at tnresults.nic.in

The child was lured into an abandoned house while playing with friends on Wednesday night, senior police official Hemant Chauhan said.

In future, waste management system in India would require more mechanisation and automation to reduce human contact.

The IATA also said that airlines globally are now facing an existential crisis as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A total 10,800 ‘rapid testing kits’ and 4,700 ‘BGI RT PCR kits’ were withdrawn by the medical body from Bengal after they were found to be defective and gave inconclusive results.