New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has reportedly written to the government detailing about the losses print media has incurred over the last couple of months since the onset of Corona Virus. It has stated that the newspaper industry has so far faced loses close to Rs. 4500 crore.

Delhi Miinorty Commission Chairman, Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan who is under the attack by social media users who have been trolling him by distorting his earlier statement, has come out hard on the trolls and has added that he is a core patriot and has defended his country abroad several times.

Ahead of the end of the extended lockdown, the Union Health Ministry has listed 130 districts in the country in red zone, 284 in orange zone and 319 in green zone on the basis of incidence of cases of COVID-19, doubling rate, extent of testing and surveillance feedback.

Railways on Friday ran its first special train to ferry 1,200 stranded migrants from Lingampally in Telangana to Hatia in Jharkhand since its services were suspended due to the coronavirus lockdown, RPF DG Arun Kumar said.

The Election Commission on Friday decided to hold polls to the Maharashtra Legislative Council before May 27, highly placed sources said. The polls were deferred due to the spread of coronavirus.

The death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 1,147 with 72 more fatalities and the number of cases climbed to 35,043 in the country on Friday, the Union Health Ministry said.

The Supreme Court Thursday refused to entertain a plea against the Centre's Central Vista project which covers a 3-km stretch, from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate, and includes construction of new parliament building.