Amazon India on Wednesday said it had introduced a partner support fund to help small and medium businesses (SMBs) heavily reliant on the company. It noted in a statement that SMBs across India had been financially impacted due to the nationwide lockdown in force to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

This Amazon fund for SMBs in logistics would be made available to its delivery service partners and select transportation partners in India to help adjust their business models to the new realities posed by the lockdown, it said.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday evening gave a precise no-nonsense reply to the Maharashtra state government's concern regarding the alleged politics of 'communalisation' around the killing of two priests in the Bulandshahr district.

Yogi said that under his leadership, an uncompromising rule of law betides Uttar Pradesh and that the Shiv Sena leadership should stop worrying about events that transpire in Uttar Pradesh and start worrying about Maharashtra more.

Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on late Tuesday night targetted Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Randeep Singh Surjewala and said that the Congress party's claims regarding the corporate loan write-off have attempted to 'mislead people in a brazen manner'.

Notably, the matter concerns a recent reply by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to an RTI query, which states that outstanding loans amounting to Rs 68,607 crore of top 50 wilful bank loan defaulters in the country have been technically written off till September 30, 2019.

In extremely sad news, Irrfan Khan passed away at the age of 54. The actor was admitted to Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai after suffering from colon infection. The sad news was tweeted by Irrfan's Piku director Shoojit Sircar. He tweeted, My dear friend Irfaan. You fought and fought and fought. I will always be proud of you.. we shall meet again.. condolences to Sutapa and Babil.. you too fought, Sutapa you gave everything possible in this fight. Peace and Om Shanti. Irfaan Khan salute.

US President Donald Trump doubled down on China for failing to tame the coronavirus at its very origin, saying it has led to 184 countries "going through hell", as several American lawmakers demanded steps to reduce dependence on Beijing for manufacturing and minerals.

The death toll due to COVID-19 crossed 900 and the number of infected cases neared 30,000 in the country on Tuesday, according to the Union Health Ministry.

As per the latest update provided by the ministry, the number of active COVID-19 cases in India stands at 22,010 as 7,026 people were cured and discharged, and one patient migrated.

As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic outbreak continues to spread like wildfire across India, the police personnel in Uttar Pradesh's Noida were on Tuesday evening informed of a newborn baby who had been left abandoned near the Sector-122 Prithla roundabout.

The abandoned girl child, who is barely 2-3 days old, was wrapped in pink towels and left at the pavement on the side of the road.

The Centre on Tuesday said the use if plasma therapy without approval from the relevant authority can not only be harmful to the patient but also illegal.

Speaking during Tuesday's joint press briefing, Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, said plasma therapy is not approved and must not be used to treat COVID-19 patients.

The Delhi government has suggested the Centre to promote the students of classes 10 and 12 on the basis of the performance in internal exams as it is not feasible now to conduct board exams which are pending due to the lockdown imposed to curb the COVID-19 spread.

Some papers of board exams are yet to be conducted after the state governments imposed restrictions and closed down schools in March to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.

In what can only be termed as a chilling reminder of the unfortunate Palghar Mob Lynching incident, two priests were now found murdered in Uttar Pradesh's Bulanshahr district in the wee hours of Tuesday. The mutiliated bodies of the priests were recovered from a temple in the Pagona village under the Anoopshahar Kotwali jurisdiction of the district.

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