An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 on the richter scale rocked Assam late on Sunday night at 11:20 pm.
Italy has around 1,24,632 positive cases but has seen the most deaths in the world with losing around 15,887 of its people.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s mother Heeraben joined the nation by turning off all lights at her residence and lighted an earthen lamp, responding to her son`s appeal to switching off lights at 9 pm for 9-minutes as solidarity with coronavirus infected and to dispel darkness cast by the deadly pathogen in the country.
According to Health Ministry, at least 505 new COVID-19 cases and 11 deaths have been reported since Saturday.
The Hyderabad MP tweeted that All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) not being invited to the video conference is an insult to the proud people of Aurangabad and Hyderabad.
Indians all across the country switched off the lights at their homes and lit candles, diyas or turned on their mobile phone flashlights at 9 pm on Sunday (April 5), in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to show "collective resolve and solidarity" in the country's fight against coronavirus COVID-19.
The Military Intelligence (MI) branch at Army cantonment in Lucknow alerted the police about the presence of 14 Tablighi Jamaat members with symptoms of COVID-19 hidden in a market adjacent to the cantonment. Acting on the tip-off, the city police and civil authorities located the Jamaatis, put them in quarantine facilities and sanitised the mosque.
Prashant Dutta, a resident of Surankote, has been booked under relevant sections of law after it was observed that he updated his social media account with sensitive comments constantly.
According to the Delhi Health Department, so far, 320 cases out of the 503 are from the Nizamuddin Markaz, with 19 reported in the last 24 hours.
The victim has been identified as Dilshad Muhamud who ran a shop in Una town.
The BWF had earlier called off all tournaments post the All England Championships until April 12 due to the pandemic.
Bryant, 41, who died in a helicopter crash in California in January, played for 20 years with the Los Angeles Lakers and won five NBA titles.
The joint secretary informed that as per an advisory by ICMR, spitting in public place can increase the spread of coronavirus, so people are urged to not smoke and spit in public places.
Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar had contributed Rs 25 lakh each to the Prime Minister's Relief Fund and Chief Minister's Relief Fund.
So far, more than 400 COVID-19 positive cases and about 15 deaths in the country have been found to have links with the Nizamuddin Markaz.
Ace Indian badminton player, Kidambi Srikanth, in an exclusive interview with WION's Sports Editor Digvijay Singh Deo, spoke about a lot of things ranging from the decision to postpone Olympics, how it will affect the qualification scenario, his run of form of late, how he is managing to remain fit amid the lockdown and much more.
Ace Indian tennis player, Mahesh Bhupathi, in an exclusive interview with WION’s Sports Editor, Digvijay Singh Deo, gave his reactions to the cancellation of Wimbledon and opened up about a lot of things ranging from the idea of playing behind closed doors, the future of Roger Federer, tennis after COVID-19 pandemic, how he is spending his time during lockdown and much more.
On Friday, PM Modi had urged the citizens to switch off their lights at 9 pm for at least nine minutes on April 5 and light candles or torches to show support to the medical professionals.
According to the police, a person who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat meet in Delhi tested positive for coronavirus.
The twin bothers eventually went on to play 108 Test matches together for the Australian men's cricket team..
The gunbattle between security forces and terrorists, which started on April 3, entered its third day today and is still underway.
Halfway through the 21-day lockdown due to spread of coronavirus COVID-19, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal claimed that if the shutdown is extended beyond April 14 then the ministry is prepared to ensure that students do not suffer any loss academically.
As many as 78 Tablighi Jamaat members were shifted to a central quarantine centre here after they were screened while their samples were sent for testing on Sunday.
The pollution control board officers, social organisations and other nature lovers have credited the lockdown for the clean waters of Yamuna.
According to reports, Malik, who is married with two children, had gone to meet the girl around 2.a.m on Sunday when they were caught by the girl's family who then beath them to death.
