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Though the child was born on March 29 via surrogacy at a hospital in Surat, her parents finally managed to meet her after 17 days as they were unable to travel to Gujarat due to the coronavirus-enforced lockdown.

The petitioner told the Supreme Court that since there are no approved medicines to treat the coronavirus alternate Unani and Homeopathic medicines may be explored.

India is the world's largest producer of hydroxychloroquine, sales of which have soared across the world, especially after President Donald Trump touted it as a potential weapon against Covid-19.

Officials in top e-commerce companies who did not want to identified informed that they have reached out to the ministry seeking more clarity on the operations that are exempted to be resumed.

Several civil society groups and individuals had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to announce an emergency financial package of Rs 7,000 a month for each family hit by the stoppage of work under MGNREGA.

A survey of migrant workers found that four out of 10 labourers did not have ration left even for one day and 90 per cent had lost their only source of income over the past three weeks due to the lockdown.

Pujari, who lived with three other priests, was waiting for the lockdown to end as he wanted to go back to his hometown, a police official said.

People can use helpline numbers 807662361, 6396776904 (health department) and 0120-2569901 (administration) round-the-clock to get their queries related to Covid-19 answered, officials added.

Mother Dairy has deployed 15 vehicles for supply of milk and other products to 61 hotspots across Delhi-NCR, the company said in a statement.

The Union Home Ministry officials are busy framing the guidelines which will carry the broad parameters for the implementation of the extended lockdown and exemptions to be given during the period.

With this subdued forecast, India is likely to record its worst growth performance since the 1991 liberalisation.

Police said the man searched for liquor sale on an online classifieds company and came across the mobile number of a popular wines outlet.

The scholar reached the NIA office in the afternoon along with his wife Rama Teltumbde and brother-in-law and Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar

A total of 278 containment areas have been listed and eight labs are testing samples in Madhya Pradesh as the state's recorded over 700 cases of Covid-19.

According to Israel Health Ministry data quoted in newspaper reports, 75% infections in Jerusalem have occurred in ultra-orthodox neighbourhoods.

The National Confederation of Dalit and Adivasi Organisations (NACDAOR) has created a website allowing people to virtually garland Ambedkar's statue and light lamps in his honour.