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Taking note of media reports which cited Delhi government orders providing 100 rooms in The Ashoka Hotel as Covid facility for High Court judges and their families, a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli wondered if the order was given for the court's benefit or whether to appease the court.

Karnataka lockdown: Migrant workers, students, employees rush to bus stands to head back home

"Get your house in order. Enough is enough. If you cannot do it, tell us, we will ask the central government to take over. People are dying," a bench comprising Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rekha Palli told the Delhi government.

Delhi is facing an acute shortage of oxygen as the coronavirus cases in the national capital as well as the country have increased at an alarming rate amid the second wave of the pandemic.

Mumbai Congress General Secretary Nitin Sawant and Youth Congress workers stormed the office of Storia Foods and ransacked it. They also raised slogans like 'Mumbai Congress Zindabad', 'Sonia Gandhi Zindabad' and 'Rahul Gandhi Zindabad. 

The suspension on travellers from India will be in effect from today.The Ministry of Tourism of Maldives announced a suspension on travel of tourists from India to inhabited islands on April 25.

 Kerala government imposed new restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19. Cinema halls, malls, gyms, clubs, sports complexes, swimming pools, entertainment parks and bars to remain shut, until further orders.

The American company informed on Monday that it will be providing voluntary licensing partners with technical assistance, support upgrade of local manufacturing facilities and donate active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) to rapidly scale up production of Remdesivir. 

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says, "... Many countries are still experiencing intense transmission, and the situation in India is beyond heartbreaking."

The Indian High Commission in Canberra urged the newspaper to publish a rejoinder. It said, "It is astonishing to see your respected publication chose to reproduce a completely baseless, malicious and slanderous article without bothering to check the facts of the case."