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Eminent dramatist, lyricist, film director and script writer Bijay Mishra passed away on Sunday. He was 83.

Additional deputy commissioner (Development) Amrit Singh has said that the Punjab government has sought information as to whether the residents of the district working overseas or the native students pursuing higher studies abroad wish to return to India.

Assam doctors cured and discharged eight more Covid-19 patients from hospitals on Sunday, taking the state’s recovery rate over 75% against 21.09% for the country, but the state’s first positive person has not reversed yet.

Three more Covid-19 positive cases including a policeman came to light in the district on Sunday. The police constable diagnosed as infected is from the same Varanasi Municipal Corporation outpost of Sigra police station, where seven cops had already been diagnosed as Covid-19 positive.

Noted playwright, dramatist, scriptwriter and film director Bijay Mishra passed away this evening at the age of 83.

Three people, including two minor girls, tested positive for coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar on Sunday, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases in the district to 115, officials said.

MNCs, BPOs and IT enabled services in Gurugram may have to allow their employees to work from home till the end of July, says Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority CEO V S Kundu. He added that several real estate projects, including those of DLF, have got the green signal to resume construction but within the norms of social distancing.

The Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) has started online classes for Class XII students through YouTube, as uncertainly over restarting of the educational institutions continues.

Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday evening reviewed the measures taken by Guwahati Police at the police reserve in their fight against Covid-19. He also appreciated the steps taken by the city police to distribute food to 5000 people daily in Guwahati with the help of NGOs.

With passenger trains off the tracks owing to the nationwide lockdown, the Northeast Frontier Railway saw this time as an opportunity to speed up maintenance work.

Responding to a call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the last man is not deprived of essentials, the state unit of BJP on Sunday kickstarted process of supplying food kits to targeted beneficiaries. Nalin Kumar Kateel, state BJP chief initiated the process in his home district of Dakshina Kannada by dispatching 12,000 food kits to the beneficiaries in eight assembly constituencies with each constituency being allocated 1,500 kits.

The Covid-19 lockdown has adversely affected businesses, livelihood and schedules of people, leading to confusion and despair among many. Experiences of stress, anxiety, fear, pain and loneliness have become common during this grim scenario. The most affected seem to be the frontline staff like policemen, paramedical staff and hospital workers who are required to work overtime and under trying conditions.

The Union ministry of tourism on Saturday showcased Assam and Meghalaya in a virtual tour through a webinar, which was attended by 3,654 domestic and foreign participants from Afghanistan, Canada, France, Germany, Pakistan, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom and the United States of America.

Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said there is a possibility of lifting the lockdown and opening inter-state borders after May 3 as temporary quarantine facilities are being built on a war footing in two districts bordering West Bengal to house 4,000 people returning home.