US President Donald Trump has extended the freeze on the most sought-after H-1B visas along with other types of foreign work visas by three months to protect American workers, saying while therapeutics and COVID-19 vaccines are recently available, their effect on the labour market and community health has not yet been fully realised.

The daily new coronavirus infections in India remained below 30,000 for the 19th consecutive day taking the COVID-19 caseload to 1,02,86,709, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 98.83 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

 City Police Commissioner Vikash Kumar was on Thursday transferred, six months after he took charge as city's top-cop. Sashi Kumar has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Mangaluru Police.

Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said preliminary inquiry into the death of state's Legislative Council Deputy Chairman S L Dharme Gowda was underway and necessary action will be taken based on the report.

A 63-year-old woman has set an example of will and dedication by memorizing the Holy Quran at the age of 63.

Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Thursday exuded confidence that the 199 returnees from the United Kingdom who went untraceable will be tracked by the end of the day.

Expressing solidarity with the agitating farmers in Delhi, the Kerala Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution demanding the immediate withdrawal of the three contentious central laws, saying they were "anti-farmer" and "pro-corporate" and would push the farming community into a deep crisis.