Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 8 PM on Tuesday on the coronavirus outbreak.

Will address the nation at 8 PM today, 24th March 2020, on vital aspects relating to the menace of COVID-19, Modi tweeted.

He had addressed the nation on efforts to combat the virus on March 19.

In a unprecedented move, the central government is likely to extend the March 31 deadline of paying income taxes by a month, in view of Covid-19 pandemic, said two officials privy to the development. If situation worsens, it may be pushed till June end, officials added.

The move follows the difficulties being faced by the taxpayers in meeting the compliance requirement under the Income-tax laws.

Amazon.com Inc is teaming up with a research program funded by Bill Gates to pick up and deliver coronavirus test kits in Seattle, the e-commerce giant said on Monday.

The Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network, a group of medical, public health and research organizations, is collecting nasal swabs from a sample of people across King County and Seattle to learn how the infection is spreading in the areas.

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.

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