The death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 1,074 after 66 more fatalities and the number of cases climbed to 33,050 in the country today, according to the Union Health Ministry.
Author: PTI
At least 70 state transport buses left from Maharashtra this morning to bring back students stranded at Kota in Rajasthan due to the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, an official said.
The HRD Ministry is prepared to conduct the pending board examinations for classes 10 and 12 for 29 crucial subjects at the first possibility, officials said.
A top-secret documentary feature about former first lady Michelle Obama is set to start streaming worldwide on Netflix from  6 May.
The 2020 edition of US Open badminton championship has been suspended by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic that has stalled the entire world. The World Tour Super 300 tournament was supposed to be held in Fullerton, California between June 23-28.
Things have seemingly turned sour between former West Indies teammates Ramnaresh Sarwan and Chris Gayle as the latter blasted the former middle-order batsman and went on to the extent of calling him a snake. Gayle wasn’t retained by Caribbean Premier League side Jamaica Tallawahs and the southpaw alleged it was because of Sarwan who created differences between him and the franchise.
Spanish club Espanyol has extended expiring contracts of few players beyond June 30 to the ‘actual end of the season’, the club announced on Tuesday.
Former Liverpool striker Michael Robinson, who later on went  to become a well-known commentator in Spain, has died aged 61.
All-rounder Dwayne Bravo said that he has never got the kind of family atmosphere that he gets with Chennai Super Kings when he plays for any other team. In a clip from an Instagram live chat with the Indian Premier League franchise that the team later tweeted, Bravo said that you get a sense of that family atmosphere as soon as you join CSK.