New Delhi

The decision will help farmers in avoiding travelling to banks for renewal or repayment of loans during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic period, an official statement said.

However, the home minister did not respond when asked if China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has entered Indian territory.

Along with lockdown relaxation measures, Kejriwal announced that the Delhi government will soon be launching an app to track COVID-19 cases and medical infrastructure.

On May 21, the central government issued coronavirus-related guidelines to restart domestic flights from May 25 and prescribed a lower limit and upper limit on airfares.

Delhi Secretariat houses the offices of all the Delhi Cabinet ministers, including the Chief Minister.

The highest 24 containment zones are in the North district. The South East has 17 containment zones while the South district has 12 zones.

The ministry said all activities prohibited earlier will be opened up in areas outside containment zones in a phased manner, with a caveat that they should follow standard operating procedures prescribed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Kerala Police maestros Sharaf Ali, KR Chacko and Babu Raj retired from their job, which legend IM Vijayan termed as 'end of an era'.

The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 86,422 while 82,369 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said. In the last 24 hours, 11,264 patients have recovered.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government is considering on reopening of places of worship, Lucknow metro services in guarded manner, more shops and markets, and malls in the state.

Sources in the intelligence agencies said that Mohammad Yusuf Shah alias Syed Salahuddin, who also heads the alliance of pro-Pakistan terrorist groups called the United Jihad Council, was "grievously injured in the attack and is undergoing treatment".

Over 64 healthcare personnel including resident doctors, nurses, laboratory staff, technicians, sanitation staff and security guards have tested positive in the last three days.

The Health Ministry stated that such data does not come under the definition of "information" to be provided under the Right to Information Act.

Other terms and conditions such as current booking, tatkal quota allocation of seats to roadside stations and others will be the same as in regular time tabled trains.

The court, which passed interim directions, said all stranded migrant workers should be provided food by concerned states and Union Territories at places to be publicised and notified to them for the period they are waiting for their turn to board a train...

Underlining that the party stood with the general public in the fight against Covid-19, BJP general secretary Bhupendra Yadav said the party workers distributed 19 crore food packets and more than 4 crore packets of ration across the country.