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A 45-year-old woman has died of coronavirus at a hospital here, taking the toll in the state to 11, the health department said on Sunday.

The girl's father, resident of a cluster containment zone in Jamnakund locality, managed to give police the slip on Friday by pretending to be a government officer.

Quarantine wards have been set up at Kalagarh and Bijrani ranges of the reserve in compliance with the guidelines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, CTR Director Rahul said.

With 911 patients, Tamil Nadu ranks second in the total number of positive COVID-19 cases, trailing Maharashtra.

So far, 110 persons have died due to the infection in the state. As many as 188 patients have been discharged from hospitals after recovery, officials said.

A team at the Indian Institute of Technology of Bombay (IIT-B) has developed a "digital stethoscope" that can listen to heart beats from a distance and record them, minimising the risk of healthcare professionals contracting the novel coronavirus from pat...

According to the officials, among the 11 three are women. One of them, aged 29, is the wife of a doctor who tested positive earlier in Vaibhav Nagar.

The NBSA is an independent body set up by the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) to consider and adjudicate upon complaints about broadcasts.

Janmejaya Sinha said the government needs to take a number of steps and address several issues to alleviate poverty and misery in the country.

The epidemic has killed 206 in India, data shows, with its capital Delhi and financial hub Mumbai emerging as hotspots, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under pressure to extend a 21-day nationwide lockdown beyond Tuesday, when it is due to end.

The Punjab Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Ordinance 2020 will provide for registration and regulation of clinical establishments in a professional manner.

According to a report in The Hindu, the department recently organised a live training programme on ‘Application of Econometrics in Social Science Research’.

The sowing area has been reported mainly from West Bengal (11.25 lakh hectare), Telangana (7.45 lakh hectare), Odisha (3.13 lakh hectare), Assam (2.73 lakh hectare), Karnataka (1.64 lakh hectare) and Chhattisgarh (1.50 lakh hectare).

“The weavers in Varanasi are unable to buy food, medicines, etc as they don’t have any income due to the lockdown. The government should also announce a relief package for them,” Akhilesh Yadav said.

Police officials said the Wadhawan family along with others travelled from Khandala to Mahabaleshwar on Wednesday evening in their cars, even when both Pune and Satara districts are sealed amid ongoing lockdown for containing coronavirus.

In an innovative move to coordinate with people and keep a check on them, the police made them download a mobile application to track if they were following the quarantine guidelines.