A LOOK AT THURSDAY’S DEVELOPMENTS

• PepsiCo partners CII to serve 2 million meals in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan

• Hyundai hands over Covid-19 diagnostic kits to Indian Council of Medical Research

• Date for renewal of health, motor insurance policies extended up to May 15

• No public Iftaar to be organised in Karnataka during the holy month of Ramadan

• National Security Act to be slapped against those attacking police, health workers in UP

• Mobiles, TVs, readymade garments to be available on e-commerce platforms from April 20

• Two people from Assam’s Morigaon test positive

• 200 Tamil Nadu villagers mourn bull, ignoring virus fears

• Rahul Gandhi pitches for aggressive testing, united fight to defeat Covid

KSRTC, BMTC employees to get salaries amid lockdown: Karnataka Minister

• 2 floors of Mumbai’s Byculla Fire Station building isolated after kin of fire officer tests positive

• Two persons succumb to Covid in Pune, district death toll reaches 46

• 26 test positive in Dharavi, one more succumbs to virus

• Mask-wearing, social distancing should be enforced strictly: Union home ministry

• Army to strictly observe ‘no movement’ till April 19

• Madhya Pradesh Covid tally reaches 1115

• Tamil Nadu: 25 new positive cases, CM relief fund receives Rs1.34 billion

• 62 cured patients discharged from LNJP Hospital in Delhi

• Health Ministry discusses microplanning for clusters with field officers of WHO

• Karnataka reports 34 more coronavirus cases, state count reaches 313

• Currency notes turn out to be ‘culprits’ carrying coronavirus: AP police

• J-K: Budgam’s Pallar village identified as red zone after person tests positive

• Karnataka CM inaugurates mobile testing booth in Bengaluru

• No case of Covid9 in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, in last 5 to 7 days

• PM Modi appreciates SAIL’s efforts to popularise Aarogya Setu app

• Rajasthan Covid tally reaches 1104, Jaipur among worst-affected cities

• Delhi’s Khan Market shops face shortage of cleaning products

• Ministry of Civil Aviation issues advisory regarding refund of airfare during lockdown

• Operations of food preparation establishments stopped in Ludhiana

• In Pune, police round up morning walkers make them do Yoga for violating lockdown

• Covid crisis hits sale and supply of mangoes in Hyderabad

• TN reports one more COVID-19 death, CM describes virus as ‘disease of the rich’

• Around 90 pc of total cases, deaths in Maharashtra reported from Mumbai, Pune