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Bengaluru, April 20 : Ending the speculation regarding the examination, Karnataka Education Minister S.Suresh Kumar, after chairing a high-level meeting here on Tuesday, said that the Class 10 (Secondary School Leaving Certificate – SSLC) board exami…

Mumbai, April 20 : Amid a clamour by all the Maharashtra ministers on Tuesday to impose a total lockdown, School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad announced that the upcoming state SSC Board exams for 2021 have been cancelled.”Earlier we had declared…

Amaravati, April 20 : Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday reported 8,987 new Covid-19 cases, raising the overall tally beyond 9.76 lakh, while the state’s active cases breached the 50,000-mark to reach 53,889.However, on a positive note, 3,116 persons recovere…

Panaji, April 20 : For the time since the pandemic broke out, more than 1,000 Covid-19 cases were reported in the state over the last 24 hours, even as 26 persons died after testing positive during the same period.According to statistics released by …

Bengaluru, April 20 : Karnataka revenue minister R. Ashoka and Law and Parliamentary Affairs minister Basvaraj Bommai on Tuesday met Governor Vajubhai R. Vala at Raj Bhavan and briefed him about the measures taken to tackle Covid-19.This happened jus…

Amaravati, April 20 : Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan on Tuesday called on the vice-chancellors of all the universities to take up Coronavirus awareness programmes on mission mode to succeed in the fight against the pandemic.During a…

New Delhi, April 20 : As India announced opening up of Covid 19 vaccination drive for all citizens above the age of 18 amid a surge in cases, industry and business honchos said they expect the situation to come well under control by May-end.Besides v…

Srinagar, April 20 : Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole while addressing a press conference in Srinagar on Tuesday said that the Covid situation is evolving but it does not warrant imposition of a lockdown in Kashmir as of now.”I want to clarif…

Guwahati, April 20 : In view of the prevailing Covid-19 situation, Army recruitment rallies and entrance examinations in different northeastern states have been postponed, officials said on Tuesday.Defence spokesman Lt.Col P. Khongsai said that all t…

New Delhi, April 20 : As a multi-research team from the UK, the US and Canada warned in a Lancet study last week that SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, is predominantly transmitted through the air, Indian experts on Tuesday said that such unde…