Shivamogga (Karnataka) [India], May 2 (ANI): The Shivamogga district administration has asked shopkeepers to open their shops on alternate days in order to avoid crowding.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 2 (ANI): The Chandigarh Administration is registering people stranded in the area, in order to help them return home, as the nationwide coronavirus-induced lockdown continues.
Jammu and Kashmir [India], May 2 (ANI): Twenty-seven new cases of coronavirus were reported in the last 24 hours -- 25 from Kashmir division and 2 from Jammu division -- said Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Saturday announced the introduction of a COVID-19 taskforce to monitor the outbreak in the nation.
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): The Indian Railways said that a policy decision has been taken to run 'Shramik special trains' amid the nationwide lockdown in the wake of COVID-19. The Zonal railways will run these trains as per the demand of state administrations.
Sukma (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 2 (ANI): In order to encourage institutional deliveries the district administration here has started gifting "newborn baby safety kits" to women opting to give birth at government-run hospitals.
California [USA], May 2 (ANI): US-based biopharmaceutical major Gilead Sciences said that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) for investigational anti-viral remdesivir to treat COVID-19.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 2 (ANI): JDS leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy accused the Mandya district administration of the surge in COVID-19 cases in the district and not quarantining 7,000 labourers who arrived here from Mumbai.
Washington [USA], May 2 (ANI): In a bid to shift criticism from President Donald Trump administration to China for the current health crisis in the US due to coronavirus outbreak, the Senate Republican campaign arm has issued an election strategy memo, advising the party's senate candidates
Washington D.C. [US], May 2 (ANI): The White House has blocked Dr Anthony Fauci, who is also a member of the administration's coronavirus task force, from testifying on the Trump administration's response to the pandemic, according to House Appropriations Committee spokesman Evan Hollander.
Washington D.C. [US], May 2 (Sputnik/ANI): The US Food and Drug Administration has authorized an emergency use of Remdesivir drug in coronavirus treatment, FDA head Stephen Hahn announced on Friday.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 1 (ANI): Eight persons, who attended Delhi's Tablighi Jamaat event, have been booked under attempt to murder charges as they did not declare themselves either before the state administration or the police, Ashok Kumar, Director General (Law and Order) said