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According to an official statement, the CM said pulse oximeters and infrared thermometers should be made available to the screening teams and adequate protection like gloves, mask and sanister should also be provided to them.

Several other Buddhist sites are present near Kushinagar like Sravasti (238 km), Kapilvastu (190 km) and Lumbini (195 km) and that makes it an attraction for both followers and visitors alike, the government said.

The accused, a labourer, stays in the same locality in Narela where the 14-year-old girl lives with her family, police said.

The use of combination of various tests and making testing widely available to all symptomatic individuals across the country were at the heart of the government's revised strategy to fight the pandemic that has claimed over 14,000 lives.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed grief over the incident and directed the district administration to provide all possible assistance to the kin of the victims.

Patnaik, who has preferred staying at his residence most of the time since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in March, for the first time visited his office to watch the yatra.

The mayor said the COVID-19 war room doctors were working round-the-clock and selflessly, but such incidents bring them a bad name and defame the civic body.

Bharadwaj, 58, has sought bail on health grounds, citing high risk of the spread of coronavirus in prison. She is lodged in Mumbai's Byculla women's jail where an inmate had tested positive for coronavirus last month.

The 30-share BSE index settled 519.11 points, or 1.49 per cent, higher at 35,430.43, and the NSE Nifty surged 159.80 points, or 1.55 per cent, to close at 10,471.

The applicants have alleged that dumping has impacted the industry and has requested for imposition of the anti-dumping duty on the imports.

For the first time in 143 years, this world renowned event was held without the accompaniment of troupes, tableaux and public participation in view of the coronavirus outbreak.

The boy is a resident of Bangladesh's Begarhat district and as per interrogation, he was brought by a tout to Benapole across the border and an unknown woman made him sit in an empty wagon.

Shahrukh Malik was among the 18 arrested for alleged involvement in burning and damaging the property of DRP Convent School during the riots on February 24.

The PIL has been filed against the approval given to OIL for drilling inside the forest, which is very rich in biodiversity, by amending norms like public hearing.

Both the central and state governments can become partners with equity, and they can exit at a later stage, once the project is operational, as the role of the government is not to run the business, he added.

Faisal Farooq, owner of Rajdhani School in Shiv Vihar locality was among the 18 arrested, for alleged involvement in burning and damaging the property of adjacent DRP Convent School.