Tihar Jail authorities on Monday said they have decided to release about 3,000 prisoners to decongest the prison to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus infections as the number of cases across the country jumped to 467.

Tihar Prisons Directo General said the inmates will be released in the next 3-4 days. While 1500 of them are convicts who will be released on parole or furlough other half are undertrials who will be released on interim bail.

3 Indians have died outside India due to coronavirus infection, govt has confirmed. The cases are from Iran, Egypt and Sweden.

The Indian who died in Iran was 70 years old, the Indian who died was Egypt is 52 years old and one in Sweden was 42 years old. The person who died in Sweden had committed suicide after a test confirmed that he has a coronavirus.

Veteran leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Shivraj Singh Chouhan took his oath as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh at 9 PM on Monday, days after the resignation of a number of MLAs from the Kamal Nath-led Congress government led to its downfall.

Although it was being hinted from a while ago, Chouhan got his express approval for the post of the Chief Minister after the saffron camp met and elected him earlier in the day as the leader of the legislative party.

The number of infected people from the novel coronavirus has crossed 378,679 worldwide as Italy, the new epicentre of the disease, reported 601 new deaths on Monday.

According to John Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Centre, the number of worldwide confirmed cases stands at 378,679 at 07:49 AM on Tuesday.

Umesh Mishra and his friends were busy discussing the night’s menu for their team. Assembling near the closed gates of LG India Electronics’ manufacturing plant at Greater Noida’s Udyog Vihar Extension, the group of transport workers were in no hurry to take up their next assignment.

As the town undergoes a total lockdown, they could afford to spend the day chatting.

The fate of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics would be decided within four weeks, amid concerns surrounding the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, or Covid-19. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Sunday said it would decide whether or not to postpone the Summer Games at some point in the next four weeks. However, it added that cancelling the Games altogether was not on the agenda.

Globally, more than 337,553 people have contracted the novel coronavirus and at least 14,654 have died so far.

The Supreme Court of India on Monday started hearing urgent matters via video conferencing in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The decision was taken to avoid a gathering in the court premises.

This is the first time that the judges and the lawyers were in seperate rooms during the hearing.

The Centre on Monday directed states to strictly enforce the lockdown and take legal action against violators as the number of coronavirus cases in the country rose to 415.

The directions were issued after Prime Minister Narendra Modi lamented that people are not taking the lockdown in the country seriously.

Bharti Airtel on Monday asked Vodafone Idea, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd join hands and pave the way for intra-circle roaming (ICR) pacts to ensure uninterrupted mobile and wireless internet services amid the surge in data consumption. The spike is the outcome of the near lock down in the country in its battle against Covid-19, forcing people to work from home to contain spread of the coronavirus.

At least two leading private diagnostic chains on Sunday said that they got the final go-ahead from the government to start COVID-19 testing.

They would start collecting samples for testing from today. For starters, this would happen in Mumbai. Thyrocare and Metropolis Healthcare both got the final clearance from the government to go ahead with the testing.

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