The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday asked the state governments to stop using the COVID-19 testing kits that arrived from two Chinese firms.

In a revised advisory, ICMR said that the states should avoid using the Rapid Antibody Blood tests that were procured from Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech and Zhuhai Livzon Diagnostics.

Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir arrested a terrorist and his associate on Monday from the Uri region of Baramulla district. Arms and ammunition were also recovered from his possession.

Earlier in the day, three terrorists were gunned down in an ongoing operation by Indian Army in Kulgam's Lower Munda. "One body has been recovered so far from the site of encounter. Search is going on," Kashmir Zone Police tweeted.

The condition of North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, after a long spell of non-appearance, remained unclear, with a set of reports saying that he had died after heart trouble, while another said he was staying at his holiday resort.

Kim has not appeared in public for over two weeks and was absent from a key event on Friday, amid rumours that he had heart trouble.

Continuing his tirade against American media over his work habits, US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) described himself as the hardest working president, claiming that he has possibly done more work in his first tenure than any other president in the country's history.

The people that know me and know the history of our country say that I am the hardest working president in history. I don't know about that, but I am a hard worker and have probably gotten more done in the first 3 1/2 years than any President in history. The fake news hates it! Trump wrote on Twitter.

Shares of multiplex operators including PVR and Inox Leisure hit their respective 52-week lows on the BSE on Monday, in an otherwise firm market, on reports that about six states want lockdown extended beyond May 3.

Individually, Inox Leisure slipped 6 per cent to hit a low of Rs 202, while PVR declined 3 per cent to hit Rs 924 on the BSE in the intra-day trade today. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 2 per cent at 31,989 points at 11:08 am.

Paytm Mall said on Sunday that it will partner with over 10,000 kirana or local stores, small shops, and businesses for hyperlocal deliveries, joining a growing race amongst e-commerce firms to remain relevant amid the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

Its larger rivals- Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart - have also announced similar plans. Reliance JioMart's partnership with WhatsApp is also a step in the same direction.

As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak continues to spread like wildfire across India, at least 39 healthcare workers including doctors, paramedics, and other medical staff at the Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital in New Delhi were quarantined after they were suspected of being contracted with COVID-19. Notably, as many 30 healthcare personnel from this hospital had earlier tested positive for COVID-19.

As less than one week remains for the lockdown to end, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (April 27) held a meeting with Chief Ministers of different states through video conference to discuss post-lockdown plans amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

Delhi's Arvind Kejriwal, Uttar Pradesh's Yogi Adityanath, Maharashtra's Uddhav Thackeray, Tamil Nadu's E K Palaniswami, Meghalaya' Conard Sangma and Uttarakhand's Trivandrum Singh Rawat attended the meeting.

Union Health Minister Dr Harshvardhan on Sunday said that 283 districts in the country haven't reported a single case of coronavirus till now. He also gave an update on the number of districts that haven't reported any case in the last one to four weeks.

As on date, 283 districts have not reported any COVID cases till date, 64 districts have not reported a fresh case since the last 7 days, 48 districts have not reported a fresh case since the last 14 days, 33 districts have not reported a fresh case since the last 21 days and 18 districts have not reported a fresh case since the last 28 days, he said.

Researchers at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh announced on Sunday said that the use of the Mycobacterium w (Mw) vaccine as an adjunct to the treatment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-affected patients will be jointly studied upon, in collaboration with AIIMS Delhi and AIIMS Bhopal. The institute added that the Mw vaccine (heat-killed Mycobacterium indicus pranii) is not a vaccine specifically dedicated to the coronavirus but that it will be used only as an adjunct.

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