India registered a record jump of 83 deaths and 2,487 cases in 24 hours as the number of COVID-19 fatalities rose to 1,306 and total cases climbed to 40,263 on Sunday, according to the Union health ministry.
Erection of barricades and drawing up of boxes or circles aimed at maintaining social distancing were seen in front of liquor shops in different parts of Karnataka on Sunday, a day ahead of their reopening after a gap of over 40-days, due to the lockdown.
India had hoped it might be able to persuade Pakistan through "back channel" to release retired Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by a Pakistan military court on charges of "espionage and terrorism" in 2017, senior advocate Harish Salve has said.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed for the first time on Sunday that there were "contingency plans" in place in case things went badly wrong and he died during his treatment for COVID-19 in a hospital here last month.
In a relief for engineering and medical aspirants, the HRD ministry on Sunday said fresh dates for competitive exams --JEE and NEET-- will be announced on May 5.
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh has issued an order instructing to relax the lockdown in the district from May 4, between 7am to 7pm.
In a bid to help people, including large number of labourers, from Karnataka stranded within the state due to the COVID-19 lockdown, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said free bus services would be operated for three days from Sunday for them to reach their native places.
A 62-year-old Indian businessman has died in Abu Dhabi after contracting the novel coronavirus, according to a media report.
Over 150,000 Indians in the UAE, who wish to return home amid the coronavirus lockdown, have applied through the online registration process to the Indian missions here, according to media reports.
Noted Kannada poet and Padma Shri awardee, K S Nissar Ahmed died on Sunday at the age of 84.
