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Pandey, a 1990-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently serving as an additional secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

An FIR was registered against the man, who works in a private firm and lives in Barola village of Noida under the Sector 49 police station on Tuesday on the basis of a complaint filed by the 30-year-old woman, the police said.

The evacuation is part of 'Operation Samudra Setu' under the 'Vande Bharat Mission' to bring back Indians stranded across the world in the wake of cancellation of flights amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The order prohibits "presence or movement of one or more persons in public places or gathering of any sort", an official said.

Provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act do not permit a woman to terminate pregnancy, if it has crossed 20 weeks and she will have to seek the high courts permission to do so.

The virus has infected over half a million people in the world's second-most populous nation, stalling economic activity, but Wednesday's survey suggested the worst may be over for the economy, at least for now.

The police arrested Congress leaders and workers, including Ajay Kumar Lallu and Aradhana Mishra, when they were going from the party office to register their protest on the illegal arrest. They were released at 4 pm.

Noting the difficulties faced by parents in these testing times, the court urged the management of the private unaided schools to consider providing option to students/parents to pay the fee in instalments.

There is no work in UP, which is why everybody has been forced to return to their previous places of work. According to data, around 1.5 lakh people from UP have already returned to Mumbai, she said in a tweet in Hindi.

Dismissal of a plea based on such reports without a copy to an accused will tantamount to denial of justice and the opportunity to defend, according to the High Court.

According to an official, the state's education minister has recently raised the issue on how to disseminate information about the nature of the novel coronavirus.

The move is part of India’s effort to create ‘champion’ sectors to attract investment, generate jobs and boost manufacturing.

India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 5,66,840 with a single day spike of 18,522. From June 1, when relaxations were introduced under Unlock-1, the country has reported 3,76,305 cases.

Venugopal, a leading lawyer of the country, succeeded Mukul Rohatgi as the AG on June 30, 2017.

Dinesh Dua, Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil), has flagged the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) about the issue asking the finance ministry to explain.

There are reports that customs authorities at Chennai and Vishakhapatnam ports are conducting extra scrutiny of consignments from China.