Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 9 (ANI): As COVID-19 restrictions continue in Jammu and Kashmir, people involved in the taxi business in Srinagar have been facing difficulty due to the lockdown imposed by the government to curb the coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): Punjab Kings (PBKS) have informed that most of their players have reached home "safely" while few are quarantining outside India before they head back to their respective countries following the postponement of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 9 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday arrested two officers at the state Forest Development Corporation while allegedly taking bribes of Rs 1.5 lakhs at their office in Satyavedu town of Chittoor district.
Haldwani/Rishikesh (Uttrakhand) [India], May 9 (ANI): In view of rising cases of COVID-19, DRDO is building two COVID care hospitals in Haldwani and Rishikesh in Uttarakhand.
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], May 9 (ANI): Amid rising cases of coronavirus infections across the state, the International Society For Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Siliguri has started distributing food among COVID-19 patients.
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 9 (ANI): In a unique initiative, 40 reformed vagabonds have been deployed for the preparation of food meant for the distribution of food amongst more than 4,000 COVID-19 pandemic affected people.
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], May 9 (ANI): Odisha government has decided to prioritise the vaccination of 18 to 44 age group people in the five municipal corporations of the state where the positivity rate of COVID-19 infection is relatively high.
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 9 (ANI): An Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft IL-76 on Saturday airlifted two cryogenic Oxygen containers from Jakarta, Indonesia, and landed at Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam.
Balia (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 9 (ANI): As Covid-19 cases continue to surge across India, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Uttar Pradesh has claimed that drinking cow urine 'gaumutra' has protected him from coronavirus and also called on people to drink the same to defeat the dead
Harare [Zimbabawe], May 9 (ANI): Abid Ali on Saturday broke former skipper Younis Khan's eight-year-old record of the highest score by a Pakistan batsman in Zimbabwe in the longest format of the game.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 9 (ANI): The Dawoodi Bohra community has set up a COVID-19 'war room' in Mumbai to facilitate distressed people amid the ongoing second wave of the pandemic.
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 9 (ANI): Nepal's Ministry of Health has made it mandatory for hospitals to secure the government's nod to acquire medical oxygen from factories, as the recent surge in COVID-19 cases has led to a spike in demand for oxygen.