India has registered strong protests with Islamabad after Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) vessel attacked two Indian fishing boats on Sunday. The incident took place off the coast of Gujarat at the international maritime border and during the attack, one Indian fisherman was injured.

In a note verbale, the Ministry of External Affairs condemned the deplorable and unprofessional act by PMSA vessel, calling it a contravention of international laws. The ministry also asked Pakistan to desist from such acts in the future.

The Maharashtra government on Monday set up a COVID-19 task force of nine senior doctors as coronavirus cases and deaths mount in Maharashtra, especially in Mumbai.

The task force will provide guidance to health professionals and streamline services in the state. The doctors have been tasked with playing a key role in tackling the unprecedented health crisis in Maharashtra which has so far claimed 160 lives, highest for any state in India.

As the novel coronavirus creates havoc in America, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will extend help to stranded Indians amid visa worries and may extend their stay depending on the circumstances.

The US immigration authority may provide special consideration or expedited processing for those who may need it on a case-by-case basis, WION has learnt.

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and two other election commissioners will take a voluntary reduction of 30% of their basic salary for a year to contribute to the fund for coronavirus fight.

The Election Commission has decided to contribute in the form of voluntary reduction of 30% in the basic salary paid by the Election Commission of India to Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and election commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra for a period of one year commencing April 1, 2020, the ECI said in a press release.

Facing unprecedented crisis due to the coronavirus outbreak, Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking relief for auto dealers.

The auto industry, including manufacturing and distribution, is completely shut down due to the lockdown over COVID-19.

The samples of a 60-year-old man who passed away in Mumbai's Dharavi area tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, thereby raising the region's COVID-19 tally to 47 cases and pushing the death toll up to five.

On Monday, the Maharashtra Health Department informed that 82 new positive cases of coronavirus infection were reported in the state on this day, taking the total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the state to 2,064. 59 of these new cases are in Mumbai, of which, 47 are in Dharavi.

Amid the ongoing crisis of coronavirus outbreak in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at am on Tuesday.

The 21-day nationwide lockdown over coronavirus, announced by Modi on March 24, expires on Tuesday.

Prime Minister @narendramodi will address the nation at 10 AM on 14th April 2020, a tweet from the PMO's Twitter handle said.

The Punjab policeman whose hand was chopped off by Nihang Sikhs during an attack on Sunday morning underwent a complex surgery and his hand was succesfully reimplanted. He is now recovering.

The surgery was performed by a team of doctors at PGIMER, Chandigarh and lasted for 7.5 hours. The doctors called the operation it technically very complex and challenging.

The total number of positive cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infection in the country mounted to 9,152 on Monday, which includes 7,987 active cases, 856 cured or discharged patients, 308 deaths and one migrated patient. According to the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, 35 deaths have been reported in the country in the last 24 hours.

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases rises to 9,152 in India, including 856 cured/discharged, 308 deaths and 1 migrated, said the Health Department on Monday.

The lockdown imposed by the Centre to curb Covid-19 pandemic is weighing on the demand for tractors and other agricultural equipment, say manufacturers.

An acute shortage of labour is prompting farmers to take to mechanisation. But with tractor dealers shuttered and banks and financial institutions snapping the credit lines for purchases, the world’s biggest market for farm equipment is in disarray. Close to 95 per cent of tractors in India are bought on credit.

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