India

BJP state chief K Surendran said while the whole country was fighting the pandemic together, it was 'inappropriate' on part of the Kerala chief minister to miss the meeting.

The employee, working with the judicial section of the apex court, was on duty on April 16 and had come in contact with two apex court registrars.

MEA's response came following references on Twitter by people from Kuwait criticising reports of alleged attacks on Muslims in certain parts of India when the country was fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

As many as 81 patients were discharged on Monday, taking the total number of cured people to 394, she said. Gujarat currently has 2,992 active patients, of which 31 are on ventilator.

West bengal CM Mamata Banerjee further hit out at the Modi-led government for issuing lockdown-related circulars without consulting the state governments and which did not have adequate clarity.

Kumar said students from Bihar are not just in Kota but also many other parts of the country. It would not be possible to bring them back until the Centre amends its guidelines.

District Food and Civil Supplies Officer (DFCSO) Amit Bengia, said the government's move was aimed at ensuring safety of people living in the state capital.

The video, which has gone viral on social media, has turned into a symbol of hardships wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic.

"The Commission is concerned about the safety and security of women despite the enactment of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013, that made laws against sexual crimes stricter," the statement said.

The minister visited All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Trauma Centre to take stock of the preparedness to overcome COVID-19, a statement from the ministry said.

Fifty-eight out of the state's 75 districts have reported coronavirus cases so far, Principal Secretary, Medical and Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said.

The move comes in the wake of public protests against the burial of two doctors who died of COVID-19 in the city recently, with one of them turning violent where agitators even attacked health workers and civic body staff.

This will be the third video conference of the prime minister with the chief ministers after the spread of the COVID-19 in the country.

About 20 patients were from Nagpur, 15 cases were reported from Jodhpur, 11 from Kota, seven from Jaipur, three from Kota and one each in Hanumangarh and Jhalawar.

The petitioner argued that bodies of Indian expatriates, especially from Gulf countries such as Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, who died due to non-Covid-19 ailments cannot be brought back to India.

Of the total fatalities, 29 patients were aged 60 and above, the officials said. Fifteen of them were aged between 50 and 59, while 10 were aged below 50, they said.