New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday held a virtual meeting to review the preparedness of the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces to deal with the recent spike in COVID-19 cases across the country.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 20 (ANI): Bangladesh has extended the ongoing nationwide lockdown by another week till April 28 in view of the current surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths in the country.
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], April 20 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 2,341 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the national total to 379,473, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): While hearing a petition concerning COVID-19 situation in the national capital, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday slammed the Centre over delay till April 22 to ban use of oxygen by industries amid the daily surge in COVID-19 cases.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], April 20 (ANI): In view of rising COVID-19 cases, the Jharkhand government on Tuesday announced a lockdown in the state from April 22 to April 29 with some exemptions.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 20 (ANI): As the number of COVID-19 cases is surging across the nation, Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra Jonas on Tuesday expressed concern and urged people to stay at home.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 20 (ANI): In the light of the surge in COVID-19 cases across Uttar Pradesh, a weekend lockdown has been imposed, informed state Additional Chief Secretary Home Awanish K Awasthi on Tuesday.
Manila [Philippines], April 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Philippines surged to 953,106 after the Department of Health (DOH) reported 7,379 new cases on Tuesday.
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 20 (ANI): With COVID-19 cases on the rise, authorities of a village in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur have come up with an interesting way to encourage residents to get vaccinated - giving them tomatoes for each administered dose.
New Delhi [India],April 20 (ANI/ Oswaal Books): JEE Main 2021 April session has been postponed by the National Testing Agency due to peak in the COVID 19 cases in the country.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 20 (ANI): The Telangana Government on Tuesday announced a night curfew in the state from 9 pm to 5 am till May 1 due to an increase in COVID-19 cases being reported in the state.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 20 (ANI): As many as 5926 fresh COVID-19 cases and 18 related deaths were reported in Telangana in the past 24 hours and a total of 2209 people recovered from the infection.