New Delhi

Kanwar Singh lodged in Mandoli Jail had passed away on June 15. His COVID-19 test report came out positive on Saturday, officials said.

The development comes after four years of battle for the market-economy status by China. The designation would have put the country in a stronger position in respect of its commercial and trade partners.

India has been registering record single-day spikes for the past four days. The jump of 15,413 cases took India's case load to 4,10,461.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, Telangana's K Chandrashekar Rao and Meghalaya's Conrad Sangma, who attended the meeting, said political parties should set aside their differences amid the crisis and unite.

Congress chief spokesperson said the PMO and the government need to clearly state their position, after the PMO called as 'mischievous interpretation' the criticism of the prime minister's remarks at the all-party meeting on the Galwan Clash.

Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said the order making five-day institutional quarantine mandatory even for asymptomatic Covid-19 patients will burden the already stretch healthcare infrastructure.

In April, COVID-19 cases across the country spiked after hundreds of many Tablighi Jamaat members, who had attended the religious congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz event, tested positive.

The decision comes after receiving a representation from stock exchanges, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in a circular.

Jain has been shifted to Saket's Max Hospital, where he will be administered plasma therapy for Covid-19 as his condition has deteriorated.

The RJD, Aam Aadmi Party and the AIMIM were among parties not invited to the PM’s all-party meeting on India-China tensions, reportedly based on their negligible parliamentary presence.

Noting that this year's theme is 'Yoga at home' and 'Yoga with family', he said due to the pandemic, it has to be observed indoors.

Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the regional forecasting centre of the IMD, said that a cyclonic circulation over West Bengal and the neighbourhood will move towards southwest Uttar Pradesh by June 19 and June 20.

Sunil Chhetri, Saina Nehwal and Bajrang Punia grieved for the martyred soldiers and called for unity and strength in these times.

While domestic passenger services in India resumed on May 25, international passenger services continue to remain suspended in the country.

The institute's submission came on a petition by various students seeking quashing of its May 26 order directing all the students residing in the hostels to vacate the premises forthwith.

The Nepalese guards opened fire on a crowd killing the 22-year-old Indian man and injuring two others following an altercation, according to Indian officials.