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The funeral prayers were also performed by the police as the woman's close relatives were placed in administrative quarantine after she had tested positive for the disease.

India's coronavirus death toll rose to 1,008 and the number of cases climbed to 31,787, registering a record jump of 71 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Dinesh Sharma, Deputy Chief Minister of the State, has said that once the coronavirus lockdown ends on May 3, the Board will resume the evaluation process.

MHA officials said on ground things will be decided by the state governments who are expected to come up with notifications appointing a nodal authority and also a clear procedure.

The number of active COVID-19 cases stand at 22,982, while 7,796 people have recovered, and one patient has migrated, the ministry said.

The Indian-origin Cabinet minister said that the extension will apply to those working both in the National Health Service (NHS) as well as the independent sector, and also include their family members.

He said Gandhi has been trying for over two years to spread this confusion that the government has waived loans of businessmen who wilfully defaulted on bank loans.

The former Chief Minister will hold discussions with them and seek their suggestions on measures to be taken to put pressure on the government on various issues and to resolve them, his office said in a statement.

Services at the Airport will be limited food and beverages and retail outlets for passengers till operations of airlines gradually pick up.

Standard Liege have approached Marouane Fellaini to follow compatriot Axel Witsel to invest money in the Belgian club.

Jordan Henderson praised FC Barcelona star Lionel Messi for his pace and said that the sublime free kick the Argentine scored in the Champions League against Liverpool left him speechless.

Tablighi Jamaat leader Maulana Saad Kandhalvi is on the run after an FIR was registered against him by the Delhi police for organising a religious gathering in March this year despite restrictions to combat the coronavirus spread.

The Jamaat members were arrested for entering the state after attending the congregation in Delhi Nizamuddin Marqaz in March without informing the local authorities.

Irrfan Khan passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday. He was cremated at a burial ground in Versova in the city.

Both police and medical authorities denied their alleged negligence which the family said led to the death Monday of vegetable vendor Satish Agrawal, who lived in curfew-bound Faithagadi in Kota's Rampura area.

The RBI's Rs 50,000 crore Special Liquidity Facility for Mutual Funds (SLF-MF) will provide 90-day repo funding to banks, to extend liquidity to - or purchase commercial paper and debt securities from - local mutual funds.