COVID-19: First case in Jharkhand

Patient is a Malaysian woman

IMD predicts summer warmer than usual

March has been extremely wet

COVID-19 lockdown halts crop damage assessment in Haryana

Heavy rain, hail in first half of March had caused widespread damage to wheat and mustard   

COVID-19: Strict measures can’t prevent Odisha’s 4th case

Had a travel history to Dubai, contacts being tracked, said officials

US Virgin Islands bans sunscreens harming coral reefs

Banned sunscreens include those containing 3 Os — oxybenzone, octocrylene and octinoxate — known to harm coral reefs

Olive Ridley ‘arribada’ at Odisha’s Gahiramatha ends

407,194 turtles laid eggs in the marine sanctuary from 14-21 March, 2020

COVID-19: $2.5 tln needed by developing countries to weather economic crisis, says report

Debts of $1 trillion owed by developing countries needs to be cancelled

COVID-19: What about the transgender community?

Only the Kerala government announced temporary housing and food facilities for transgenders in the state so far    

COVID-19: Lockdown threatens Congo with hardships

People are allowed to step out to buy essential supplies every four days in Kinshasa province

India to import 3 mln tonnes of pulses in 2020-21

Import could lower prices of domestic pulses, increasing losses to farmers

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Covid-19: Nine initiatives for the poor

Companies and non-profits are providing food and sanitation kits to the marginalised communities

Coronavirus update: Uttar Pradesh records first death

Record 72 new cases in Maharashtra yesterday

COVID-19: We will write to states to resume immunisation, says Centre

NCDC says 9 coronavirus disease hotspots in country, ministry says there are many

COVID-19: Centre tells SC 30% migrants on move may have virus

‘We would quarantine them at shelter homes to prevent large-scale contagion’

COVID-19: South Africa rolls out door-to-door screening

The country reported 1,326 positive COVID-19 cases, including three deaths, as on March 31, 2020

COVID-19: Bihar's standing rabi wheat, maize under lockdown

Delay in harvesting standing crops of wheat and maize on over 7 million ha in Bihar will be disastrous for farmers     

Bihar youth lynched for requesting novel coronavirus test for migrants

Bablu Kumar Singh was beaten to death outside his house in Sitamarhi district

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COVID-19: Kenya ensures kids keep learning amid lockdown

A state body under the education ministry has intensified delivery of school programmes through radio and television broadcasts

COVID-19: Social tension in Bihar over returning migrants

Villagers fear contagion, want to keep out workers heading back