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From converting train coaches to isolation centres, to delivering N95 masks for DRDO tests, trains are being utilised to serve many purposes at a time when COVID-19 cases are on the rise.

The letter further requested that in order to raise public awareness about the penalties for violating the lockdown, the penal provisions under the Disaster Management Act and IPC should be widely circulated.

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Prime Minister has twice addressed the nation and one to the citizens of his constituency in Varanasi.

Most of India's private sector banks such as HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank have decided to go for the 'opt-in' option for their customers and have asked them to inform the bank in case they wish to opt for the three-month moratorium period.

On Thursday, the Indore police arrested four persons from Tatpatti Bakhal locality, who were part of a mob that allegedly pelted stones and chased away health officials when they went to screen the relatives of a man who died of COVID 19.

Noting that it is a 'recipe for disaster', a bench of justices AK Jayasankaran Nambiar and Shaji P Chaly passed an interim order, applying a stay of three weeks on the decision of the CPM-led government.

"The magnitude of the challenge before us is daunting but our resolve to overcome it must be greater," Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi said at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting.

The February communal violence had left 50 dead and scores injured in several parts of the national capital during protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

Coronavirus Latest Updates: The overall death toll has passed 46,000. The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 30,000 people in Europe alone. Italy and Spain account for three in every four deaths on the continent.

If the final results, which should be out by June, are successful, the vaccines could then be moved to clinical trials to check if they are safe and effective on humans.

Coronavirus latest news LIVE UPDATES: Globally, confirmed coronavirus cases approached one million on Thursday. Since emerging in China in December, COVID-19 has infected more than 940,000 people -- including at least 500,000 in Europe -- and claimed more than 47,000 lives.

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From Malayalam film crew being stranded in Jordan to UP family naming their babies 'corona' and 'lockdown', here is a compilation of interesting stories across the country on the day 8 of the lockdown.

As a reputed adman, Goutam Rakshit was the brains behind some of the most celebrated advertisements for brands such as  Onida TV and VIP Skybags. Rakshit was also elected as the chairman of Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) in 2004.

In the past week, the number of coronavirus cases has tripled from 519 to 1,637 while the death toll has seen a rise from 10 to 38. However, on the brighter side, about 132 people have recovered and been discharged so far.

In the NHK video, it is seen that a research team is conducting an experiment to track particles in the air using laser beams and a high sensitivity camera. As soon as a person sneezes, the droplets settle down leaving behind a host of micro-droplets.

A look at HDFC Bank's note on term loan moratorium and the details of the moratorium provided to its customers according to details furnished on its website.

Prithviraj has been stranded in Jordan along with the crew of Malayalam movie Aadujeevitham.

Omar Abdullah questioned the timing of the move amid prevailing situation owing to Covid-19 outbreak.

As per the data provided by the Health Ministry, the national capital has seen 120 coronavirus cases so far, including six recovered and two deaths.