16 May, 23:52 (IST)

Kerala: An Air India Express repatriation flight, carrying 181 passengers from Dubai, landed at Cochin International Airport earlier tonight.

16 May, 22:24 (IST)

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta announced Saturday that the country's coronavirus measures would be extended and its borders with Tanzania and Somalia closed.

16 May, 21:17 (IST)

In Maharashtra, 1606 new COVID19 cases & 67 deaths have been reported today. The total number of cases in the state rose to 30706, of which 22479 are active cases. Death toll stands at 1135. Maharashtra Health Department informed that total 524 people recovered & discharged today, total 7088 patients have been discharged till date.

16 May, 21:10 (IST)

A 29-year-old woman from Sindhupalchowk district has died due to COVID-19. This is the first death in the country due to COVID: Nepal Health Ministry

16 May, 21:08 (IST)

A 22-year-old woman has tested positive for COVID-19 in Manipur after returning from Chennai, taking the total number of cases to 7 including 5 active cases: Manipur Health Department

16 May, 20:47 (IST)

In last 24 hours, 348 new positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Gujarat. The state tally rises to 10,989 including 4308 cured/discharged cases and 625 deaths till date: Gujarat Health Department.

16 May, 20:39 (IST)

884 new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Mumbai today, taking the total number of cases to 18396. 238 patients recovered and discharged today, while 4806 patients have discharged till date. Death toll stands at 696: Municipal Corporation Greater Mumbai

16 May, 20:13 (IST)

National Migrant Info System - a central online repository on migrant workers to facilitate their seamless movement across states. MHA has written to states to upload data on NMIS dashboard for better coordination, movement monitoring&contact tracing: Ministry of Home Affairs.

16 May, 19:15 (IST)

A total number of 1946 people have tested positive for #COVID19 till date, including 1257 patients cured and 32 deaths: Department of Information & Public Relations, Government of Punjab 

16 May, 19:09 (IST)

The export of non-medical/non-surgical masks of all types (cotton, silk, wool, knitted) is allowed now. All other types of masks falling under any ITCHS code, including HS codes as mentioned, would continue to remain prohibited for exports: Ministry of Commerce & Industry

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New Delhi, March 16: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced that the government will provide Rs 1 lakh crore to fund agriculture infrastructure projects. Sitharaman also revealed the Essential Commodities Act (ECA) would be amended and cereals, pulses, oilseeds, edible oil, potatoes, onions would be taken out of it to help our farmers get better prices.

US President Donald Trump on Saturday tweeted that the United States will donate ventilators to India to help the country fight the Covid-19 pandemic. “I am proud to announce that the United States will donate ventilators to our friends in India. We stand with India and @narendramodi during this pandemic. We’re also cooperating on vaccine development. Together we will beat the invisible enemy!” he tweeted.

Brazilian Health Minister Nelson Teich has resigned after less than a month on the position over what an official said was "incompatibility" with President Jair Bolsonaro's approach to fighting the country's spiralling novel coronavirus crisis, according to news agency AFP.