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DEL45 PM-MANN KI BAAT
PM seeks nation's forgiveness for tough decisions, says India will surely defeat coronavirus
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday sought the nation's forgiveness for imposing a monumental lockdown on the country, but said "we have to win ... and we will definitely win the battle" against the unprecedented menace of coronavirus that has claimed 25 lives in India so far.
DEL46 VIRUS-LD CASES COVID-19 death toll in India rises to 25, number of cases edging close to 1,000
New Delhi: With fresh deaths in six states, the death toll from COVID-19 climbed to 25 and the total number of cases to 979 on Sunday, according to the Union Health Ministry.
Nation:
DEL49 MEA-VIRUS-AFGHANISTAN
India shifts staff in Herat, Jalalabad to Kabul in view of COVID-19 cases in Afghanistan
New Delhi: India has shifted its diplomats and staff from its consulates in the Afghan cities of Herat and Jalalabad to Kabul in view of the fast-spreading coronavirus cases in Afghanistan, which shares a long border with Iran, one of the worst-hit countries by the pandemic.
275 Indians, evacuated from Iran, reach Jodhpur
Jaipur: A batch of 275 Indians evacuated from coronavirus-hit Iran arrived at the Jodhpur airport on Sunday morning, an official said.
DEL51 VIRUS-RAIL-PARCEL-VANS
Rly resumes parcel van service to ensure uninterrupted flow of essentials to local markets
New Delhi: Indian Railways has decided to run parcel vans to keep up uninterrupted flow of essential commodities in the country during the ongoing lockdown to contain COVID-19 outbreak, officials said Sunday.
DEL14 BIZ-IOC-LD FUEL
No fuel crisis in India; enough stock of petrol, diesel, LPG available to last lockdown: IOC
New Delhi: India, the world's third largest energy consumer, has enough petrol, diesel and cooking gas (LPG) in stocks to last way beyond the three-week nationwide lockdown as all plants and supply locations are fully operational, Indian Oil Corp (IOC) Chairman Sanjiv Singh said.
BOM9 MH-VIRUS-CASES
12 new COVID-19 cases in Maha; state tally goes up to 193
Mumbai: The total number of OVID-19 cases in Maharashtra has gone up to 193 with 12 more people testing positive for coronavirus, a health official said on Sunday.
BOM12 GJ-VIRUS-CASES
3 new COVID-19 cases in Guj; state tally reaches 58
Ahmedabad: Three more coronavirus cases were reported in Gujarat on Sunday, taking the total number of COVID-19 patients in the state to 58, an official said.
BOM8 VIRUS-WOMAN-KIT
Woman created India's first COVID-19 testing kit during last stage of pregnancy
Mumbai: Virologist Minal Dakhave Bhosale led from the front to create India's first coronavirus testing kit even when she was in the last stage of her pregnancy.
Foreign:
FGN11 VIRUS-CHINA-TOLL
China reports 45 new coronavirus cases, five deaths
Beijing: China has reported 45 new coronavirus cases including one locally transmitted case while the death toll due to COVID-19 reached 3,300 with five new fatalities, health officials said Sunday. By K J M Varma
FGN12 VIRUS-UK-INDIA-STUDENTS
Indian students stranded in UK due to COVID-19 travel ban urge PM Modi for rescue flight
London: Hundreds of Indian students stranded in the UK have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to organise a rescue flight amid the ongoing travel ban enforced by India to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. By Aditi Khanna.
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