Andaman & Nicobar reports 23 new #COVID19 cases, taking the total number of cases to 3,104 including 473 active cases, 45 deaths and 2,586 recoveries: Union Territory Health Department
District administrations will arrange free transportation for JEE Mains & NEET candidates to and from their examination centres. One person can travel with each candidate, if they want: Madhya Pradesh government
Jharkhand records 1,323 new COVID-19 cases, 1,182 discharges and 10 deaths, taking active cases to 11,577 and death toll to 410: State Health Department
Delhi: A 17-year old JEE aspirant today submitted a letter to Chief Justice of India Sharad Arvind Bobde, praying for directions to postpone NEET and JEE exams in view of COVID-19 & floods in the country.
Congratulations to our chess players for winning the FIDE Online #ChessOlympiad. Their hard work and dedication are admirable. Their success will surely motivate other chess players. I would like to congratulate the Russian team as well: Prime Minister Narendra Modi
30 deaths and 1,237 new positive reported in #Mumbai today. The total number of positive cases is now 1,44,626 including 20,325 active cases, 1,16,351 recoveries and 7,623 deaths: Municipal Corporation Greater Mumbai
Supreme Court judge Justice Arun Mishra turns down Supreme Court Bar Association invite for a farewell function to be organised ahead of his retirement on Sept 2. Justice Mishra says, my conscience doesn't permit me to participate any farewell function, due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Three persons have been booked & arrested for hoisting Khalistan flag on the rooftop of Deputy Commissioner's office in Moga, Punjab and the dishonour of National Flag: Moga Police
Haryana reported 1,295 COVID-19 cases, 909 discharges and 12 deaths in the last 24 hours. With this, total cases rise to 63,282 including 51,620 discharges and 682 deaths. Number of active cases stands at 10,980: State Health Department
Punjab government announces an ex-gratia of Rs 50 lakhs & a government job to the family of Naib Subedar Rajwinder Singh who lost his life in an incident of ceasefire violation along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir: State government
Sikkim's #COVID19 cases tally rises to 1,627 with 25 fresh cases reported today. The numbers of active and recovered cases are 404 and 1,220 respectively: State Government
1,558 new COVID-19 cases, 1,054 discharges and 29 deaths reported in Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours, taking active cases to 13,592, recoveries to 47,467 and death toll to 1,374: State Health Department
Chhattisgarh: Police baton-charged locals who were protesting against cremation of a COVID-19 patient's body in Balco area of Korba district earlier today.
FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich Announces to Give Gold Medals of FIDE Online Chess Olympiad to Both Teams India and Russia. FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich made a decision to give gold medals of FIDE Online #ChessOlympiad to both teams - India and Russia. More details & an official statement to follow.
Tamil Nadu lockdown extended till September 30, announces Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami. Under relaxed norms, no complete lockdown on Sundays in Sept. E-pass system for inter-district travel to be discontinued. All places of worship and hotels, resorts& allowed to re-open.
Indian Medical Association (IMA) President writes to PM Modi over doctors getting infected & dying due to #COVID19 & urging him for inclusive National solatium for doctors. Letter reads, “Govt statistic states that 87000 healthcare workers were infected & 573 died due to Covid.”
786 new COVID-19 cases, 490 recoveries and 9 deaths reported in Jammu and Kashmir today, taking total cases to 37,163 including 28,510 recoveries and 694 deaths: Jammu and Kashmir Administration
New Delhi, August 30: The total number of global coronavirus (COVID-19) cases stood at 24,892,543 and the fatalities rose to 840,341 on Sunday morning, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. The US accounted for the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 5,958,486 and 1,82,711 respectively, followed by Brazil and India. Catch live updates on the global coronavirus outbreak and other breaking news here. Coronavirus in India: Live Map.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address 68th edition of his Mann Ki Baat radio programme at 11 am today. The Mann Ki Baat programme will be live-streamed on the Doordarshan network and PMO's YouTube channel. It can also be heard on NaMo app. In his previous Mann Ki Baat episode, whose date coincided with the Kargil Vijay Diwas, PM Modi asked citizens to remember soldiers who fought valiantly against Pakistan’s forces during the Kargil War. He also reminded citizens to not let their guard down amid the rising cases of the coronavirus disease.
Announcing further relaxations, the Centre on Saturday announced 'Unlock 4' under which it has allowed the resumption of metro operations from September 7 in a graded manner. While schools and colleges will remain closed for regular activities during Unlock 4, students of classes 9 to 12 may be permitted to visit their schools that are in areas outside the Containment Zones on a voluntary basis.
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