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Around 305 NRIs depart for UK from Amritsar airport amid lockdown

Amritsar (Punjab), May 10 (ANI): Amid coronavirus lockdown, around 305 Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) departed for United Kingdom on May 10. The NRIs departed from Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport in Amritsar. The UK citizens left in a special British Airways flight. The total number of COVID-19 cases in India crossed 62,500-mark. "My flight was cancelled because of COVID-19. I really appreciate to the British Government that they arranged flights for us," a NRI said. "Because of lockdown, we have to stay here a bit longer. We thank British Government for taking us back," another NRI said.

Watch: Massive dust storm envelops Delhi-NCR

New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): Massive dust storm enveloped Delhi-NCR and brought sudden change in weather. After the dust storm, rain lashed parts of national capital. This sudden change of weather dropped the temperature and brought respite for Delhiites.

Over 350 Kashmiri students to return home from Bhopal amid lockdown 3.0

Bhopal (MP), May 10 (ANI): Over 350 Kashmiri students stranded in parts of Madhya Pradesh are about to reach their native places by buses. They stranded in MP due to the lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. The buses consisting of Kashmiri students left Bhopal on May 9 evening. The students will return to their homes in 18 AC buses from Bhopal. They thanked the MP government for arranging the busses for them.

Shimla's tourism business badly hit by COVID-19 pandemic

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), May 10 (ANI): The travel and tourism industry has badly hit by COVID-19 pandemic. An hotelier in Shimla, Chander Mohan Sharma said, "Business is almost zero right now. I don't think the business will flourish in next 5-6 months. We still need to give salary to our staff and pay the bills."

Ferry boat services resume in Brahmaputra

Guwahati (Assam), May 10 (ANI): The ferry boat services have re-started from May 07 at the Brahmaputra river in Guwahati amid the coronavirus lockdown. The boat services have been started in order to facilitate the movement of people and transportation of goods. The services were closed till now due to the nationwide lockdown."The services were closed since the lockdown was imposed, they opened on May -07 following government guidelines," said Dilip Kumar Ghosh from Inland Water Transport Department. Only 50 per cent of the people as compared to full strength earlier are allowed on the boats. Those without face masks aren't given tickets.

Vande Bharat Mission: Special flight carrying Indian nationals from London arrives in Mumbai

Mumbai, May 10 (ANI): A special flight carrying Indian nationals from London arrived at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai tonight. However, some people are facing problem over guidelines of quarantine. A local how's son was living in London, said that he is several problems as they are not allowed to quarantine his son at their home.

COVID-19: Moradabad Police, RAF personnel join hands to help needy

Moradabad (UP), May 10 (ANI): Amid nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, Moradabad Police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) joined hands to help the needy. The Moradabad police and RAF personnel contributed their salaries to buy ration for the residents of slum areas. The distributed packages included ration, soaps, masks, vegetables and other items. Lockdown has been extended till May 17 to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Construction of chariots for Puri Rath Yatra begun

Puri (Odisha), May 10 (ANI): The construction work of chariots for Puri Rath Yatra has begun amid coronavirus lockdown. The 9-day festival is scheduled to start from June 23. Administrator (Development) Officer of Jagannath Temple Administration, Ajay Jena said, "72 workers are making chariots for Puri Rath Yatra. Centre has given approval for construction, with conditions." "In order to prevent mingling of 'rath sevaks' with their families, the temple administration has decided to keep them in three 'bhakt nivas' of the temple," Ajay Jena further said.

5 labourers died in an accident in Madhya Pradesh s Narsinghpur

Narsinghpur (Madhya Pradesh), May 10 (ANI): At least 5 labourers died and 11 injured in an accident in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur on May 09 overnight. They were travelling in a truck, which overturned near Patha village in Narsinghpur. The labourers were going from Telangana's Hyderabad to Uttar Pradesh.Narsinghpur's District Collector, Deepak Saxena informed, "The truck was laden with mangoes and was going from Hyderabad to Agra. It was carrying a total of 18 people, including 2 drivers and a conductor. 5 out of these 18 people have died." "2 people referred to Jabalpur as one of them had head injury and the other had mandible fracture. 2 other are critical and others are stable. One of them has cough, cold and fever since 3 days so we have conducted samplings of all of them, including the dead," said Civil Surgeon, Doctor Anita Agrawal.

Google Duo gets new feature can make group video calls in Chrome soon

New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): To make the video calling experience more seamless, Google has introduced a new feature to its video calling service, Duo, which will soon let you make group video calls on the web. The feature is rolling out as a preview in Chrome in the coming weeks, The Verge reported. In the Duo's upcoming feature, there will be a 'family mode', which lets you draw on the screen in real-time and apply Snapchat-like masks and effects on yourself. 'Family mode' is available if the user is using Duo while signed in with their Google account.

1,131 migrants move towards home state UP from Pune via Shramik Special train

Pune (Maharashtra), May 10 (ANI): A Shramik Special train carrying 1,131 passengers left from Pune railway station on May 09. The migrants will reach their home state Uttar Pradesh amid the uncertainty. Thousands of migrant workers were stranded in different states due to coronavirus lockdown. Railways is running 'Shramik Special' trains to send back migrant workers to their native place.

Immune system discovery paves way to lengthen organ transplant survival: Study

New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): While the chronic rejection of transplanted organs is the leading cause of transplant failure, a new discovery suggests that the innate immune system can specifically remember foreign cells, which could pave the way to drugs that lengthen long-term survival of transplanted organs. The new discovery, led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Houston Methodist Hospital, based on results in a mouse model, were published in the journal Science. The immune system is composed of innate and adaptive branches. The innate immune cells are the first to detect foreign organisms in the body and are required to activate the adaptive immune system. Immunological "memory" -- which allows our bodies to remember foreign invaders so they can fight them off quicker in the future -- was thought to be unique to the adaptive immune system. Vaccines, for example, take advantage of this feature to provide long-term protection against bacteria or viruses

Vande Bharat Mission: 177 Indians nationals arrive in Tamil Nadu from Malaysia

Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu), May 10 (ANI): A special flight carrying 177 Indians from Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur reached Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli under the 'Vande Bharat Mission'. Passengers will be screened and tested at the airport, they will then be taken to quarantine centers.

'Left nothing to eat' Pune migrant workers walking to go back to their home state UP

Pune (Maharashtra), May 10 (ANI): A group of migrant workers walking back to their home state Uttar Pradesh amid the coronavirus lockdown. They are covering a distance of over 1300 km on foot. The migrant workers left nothing to eat. They started their journey from Pune's Kondhwa. "We are tired of trying to get into one of the trains. They make us stand in queues but don't take our forms. What can we do? We had been surviving on one meal a day for the past few days. God knows what will happen to us on road now, but we have come out believing in him," said a migrant worker, Tanveer who is walking towards his home state Uttar Pradesh. "We have no food left. If we go to our village, we'll at least be able to do farming and eat something," said another migrant worker. The highways that lead villagers to cities in search for better livelihood now turning them back for the same reason

Chandigarh Youth Congress making masks for poor people to contain COVID-19 pandemic

Chandigarh, May 10 (ANI): Everyone is doing there bit in fight against coronavirus pandemic, National Youth Congress in Chandigarh, also joined the fight and start making face masks for the poor people. Youth Congress wing of Chandigarh is all set to make 51,000 thousands face masks for the people who unable to afford it. 21 women of Chandigarh in different districts are working towards the noble initiative. While taking to ANI, State secretary of Youth Congress in Chandigarh, Deepak Lubana said, "On the announcement of Indian Youth Congress President BV Shrinivas, we have decided to distribute one crore face masks, Youth Congress in every state is working for the noble imitative." Total number of 1,731 cases of coronavirus has been reported in the state so far.

Kerala's coconut business hit badly by COVID-19 pandemic

Alappuzha (Kerala), May 10 (ANI): Although Kerala state government has decided to open toddy shops in the state from May 13, toddy shop owners and toddy tappers point out that it will take at least a month's time for supply of toddy to get back to normal. The crisis-ridden business is hit badly by the COVID-19 as there are more than 10000 people who work in toddy shops across the state. Along with other value-added products from coconuts, the state government was giving a big push to revive the toddy business, when the COVID-19 hit hard the sector in Kerala, which is the largest producer of coconuts in the country. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Kerala has a total of Kerala 503 positive coronavirus cases of which 484 patients have recovered while four patients have succumbed to the deadly virus.

COVID-19: 'No drinking water' claim quarantined people in WB's Asansol

Asansol (West Bengal), May 10 (ANI): People kept in quarantine at ESI Hospital in West Bengal's Asansol created ruckus over bad facility. The quarantined people claimed that they are not being given access to proper drinking water. "We were told that we will be allowed to go after our test reports come, but we have not been tested yet. How will the reports come? There is no water in the bathrooms, they have locked the area from where we could have had access to drinking water," said Abdul Karim Hussain who came back here from Mumbai in the view of coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19: BMC Commissioner takes stock of Dharavi slum area

Mumbai, May 09 (ANI): Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal visited Dharavi area on May 09. He took stock of COVID19 situation and the preventive measures being taken in the area. Maharashtra has reported 19063 positive cases of COVID-19.

Chinese protesters arrested after clash with police in Nepal, 6 cops injured

Kathmandu (Nepal), May 09 (ANI): As China-originated coronavirus continues to wreak havoc around the world, killing people, crippling economies and putting countries under lockdown, a group of 45 Chinese protestors were arrested after clashing with police in Nepal. The group was protesting in the capital Kathmandu, demanding their repatriation as the tiny Himalayan nation remains under lockdown to contain the spread of highly contagious COVID-19. On Friday the 45 Chinese reached in front of Singha Durbar, Nepal's Administrative Capital for holding agitation. Six Police personnel were injured in the demonstration that broke out in a restricted zone. The Chinese protestors raised slogans and placards that read 'We want to go home'. Two protestors were also injured in the clashes triggered by the protestors as they jumped and pulled the uniform of an on-duty police officer.

3000 CBSE schools selected as evaluation centres: HRD Minister

New Delhi, May 09 (ANI): Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on May 09 said that 3000 Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools in the country have been selected as evaluation centres. Adding to it, he further said that more than 5 crore answer sheets will be sent for evaluation to the homes of teachers. Earlier, MHRD had announced that the pending CBSE Board exams will be conducted from July 1 to July 15.