2,011 Prisoners and 416 Jail Staff Tested COVID-19 Positive in Maharashtra So Far: Live Breaking News Headlines & Coronavirus Updates on September 19, 2020

2,011 prisoners and 416 jail staff tested positive for COVID-19 in prisons across Maharashtra. 6 prisoners and 4 jail staff died of the disease so far: State Prison Department.

The Chennai Super Kings (166/5) defeated Mumbai Indians by five wickets in the tournament opener of IPL 2020.

Appointments Committee of Cabinet approves proposal for appointment of Simanchala Dash as adviser to Executive Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC for a period of 3 years: Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions.

Lok Sabha passes the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020; the House adjourned till 3 pm tomorrow.

Jammu & Kashmir Govt has introduced amendment in Grant of Domicile Certificate (Procedure) Rules, 2020, authorising Naib Tehsildar in addition to Tehsildar to issue certificate to the Permanent Resident Certificate (PRC) holders and their children: Department of Information, J&K.

Haryana: A man kills himself after allegedly shooting his father dead at Dhanwapur village in Gurugram. Deputy Commissioner of Police Sumer Singh says, "The man is a lawyer and his father had retired from Delhi Police. 10 live rounds have been found at the scene."

Hyderabad: Kukatpally Court in Ranga Reddy District has put a stay on the release of Amitabh Bachchan's upcoming movie 'Jhund' over copyrights infringement. The court also said that this movie must not be streamed on any OTT (Over The Top) platform.

Mumbai Indians set a target of 163 runs for Chennai Super Kings in the first IPL-2020 match, being played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Mumbai Indians finished 162/9 in 20 overs.

Karnataka government has issued order restricting students of Class 9th to 12th from visiting schools and pre-university colleges to meet teachers, citing rise in COVID-19 cases. They were allowed earlier by Education Dept after a fall in the number of cases.

Lok Sabha passes The Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill, 2020.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.8 occurred 80 km north of Tura, Meghalaya at 8:18 pm today: National Centre for Seismology.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi called a virtual meeting with Chief Ministers of seven states on Wednesday to discuss a joint strategy to combat COVID-19.

India’s first CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) COVID-19 test, developed by the Tata Group and CSIR-IGIB, approved for use in India: Ministry of Science & Technology.

Rajasthan reported 1,834 new COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths today, taking total cases to 1,13,124 including 93,805 recoveries, 1,322 deaths and 17,997 active cases: State Health Department.

2,078 new COVID-19 cases detected in Uttarakhand today. Total positive cases in the State are now 40,085 including 12,465 active cases, 26973 recovered cases and 478 deaths: State Health Department.

Karnataka reported 8,364 new COVID-19 cases, 10,815 discharges and 114 deaths today. The total number of cases in the State is now at 5,11,346 including 98,564 active cases, 4,04,841 discharges and 7,922 deaths: State Health Department

Manipur reported 117 new COVID-19 cases and 3 deaths today. The total number of cases in the State is now at 8,724 including 6,723 recovered cases, 1,946 active cases and 55 deaths: State Health Department

PM-CARES Fund is absolutely transparent. It has been set up under the law, registered as Trust under 1908 Act. An independent auditor appointed, it's the same auditor who audits PM National Relief Fund. Nobody is forced to donate to this fund: Union Min Anurag Thakur in Lok Sabha.

Andhra Pradesh reports 8,218 new COVID-19 cases today. The total number of cases now at 6,17,776 including 5,30,711 recoveries, 81,763 active cases, and 5,302 deaths: State Health Department.