Hubli (Karnataka) [India], Mar 17 (ANI): Veteran journalist and former Rajya Sabha member Patil Puttappa breathed his last at the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) hospital in Hubli on Monday.
Roorkee (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 16 (ANI): The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has kept under 14-day isolation one foreign and eight Indian students on suspicion of coronavirus.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 16 (ANI): The Forest Research Institute, Dehradun has been closed for "all kinds of visits" till March 31 in view of coronavirus.
Tehran [Iran], Mar 16 (Sputnik/ANI): A magnitude 5.4 earthquake was registered on Sunday (local time) in Iran's southern province of Hormozgan, the Seismological Centre of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University said.
Panaji (Goa) [India], Mar 15 (ANI): Amid coronavirus outbreak, the Directorate of Technical Education Goa has directed all affiliate institutes to suspend classes till March 31. However, all examinations will be held as per the existing schedule.
Kalaburgi (Karnataka) [India], Mar 15 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu visited the Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) in Kalaburgi on Sunday to inspect the isolation wards set up to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
New Delhi [India], Mar 14 (ANI): All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) forensic department has issued guidelines for handling the body of those who succumbed due to COVID-19.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta on Saturday wrote to Chief Minister Hemant Soren, recommending him to close all educational institutions, and cultural and sports-related programmes till March 31 in the state in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): The administration of IIT Bombay on Saturday announced that all academic activities in the institute will stay suspended till March 29 in the wake of coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Muzaffarpur (Bihar) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): Muzaffarpur district administration on Saturday ordered that all government and private educational institutions, coaching institutes and Anganwadi will remain closed till March 31 as part of efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): All 23 samples that were sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in the last 24 hours have tested negative for coronavirus, said Deepak Mhaisekar, Divisional Commissioner, Pune, on Saturday.
New Delhi [India], Mar 14 (ANI): As the number of positive coronavirus patients climbed to 84, Dr Randeep Guleria, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director, on Saturday said that the hospital has 120-150 bed facility, including AIIMS Jhajjar, dedicated to coronavirus patie