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Assam is in a state of high alert after the first coronavirus positive case in the state emerged on Tuesday. A 52-year-old cleric, who runs a madrassa in Karimganj district, 300 kilometres from Guwahati, had recently travelled to Delhi where he visited Jama Masjid and Nizamuddin area, where a large religious gathering has emerged as a coronavirus hotspot with links to seven COVID-19 deaths, official sources said. The man, however, did not attend the religious event at Nizamuddin.

Amid a huge crunch of protective gear for medical personnel treating COVID-19 patients, India has exported 90 tons of medical equipment and safety gear to Serbia. The matter was discovered after a tweet from the Serbian wing of UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) which is the providing support to coronavirus-effected nations. The health ministry denied any knowledge of the matter.

Over 21,000 relief camps have been made operational in the country where more than 6.6 lakh poor people and those stranded because of the COVID-19 lockdown are sheltered as of now, the Union home ministry said on Tuesday.

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan on Tuesday claimed he had informed the Delhi Police on March 23 that around 1,000 people were trapped in Delhi's Nizamuddin Markaz, where a congregation was organised earlier this month and some of its participants later tested positive for coronavirus.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday donated Rs 5 lakh each to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund and the state Emergency Relief Fund to help combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The complete nationwide lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week over coronavirus couldn't have come at a worse time for Indore's Akshay Jain.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday agreed that expert teams of the two countries would actively share information on measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus as well as about ongoing research on treatment and vaccines.

In wake of the situation arising from the coronavirus pandemic, Haryana has suffered a revenue loss of nearly Rs 3,000 crore this month and the figure is set to double next month, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Tuesday.

The Dalai Lama has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing his support to the measures being taken by India, within the country and among SAARC nations, to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus.

The India Post on Tuesday extended its ''Post Office on Wheels'' services in Uttar Pradesh's Agra and Bareilly in order to ensure seamless delivery of posts and services to the citizens during the coronavirus lockdown.

The government on Tuesday said as many as 2100 foreigners visited India for Tablighi activities since January 1 and all of them first reported to its headquarters in Delhi's Nizamuddin, which has now apparently become a coronavirus hotspot.

Migrants from across the country are trying to reach their native places since the enforcement of a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 caused by a novel coronavirus. The truck drivers, however, are using the opportunity to their advantage by overcharging the travel fare to take the migrants to their destinations

The Hazrat Nizamuddin Markaz -- a building at south Delhi's Nizamuddin area -- has been declared a coronavirus "hotspot" by the Centre. Of the thousands who attended an 8-day religious programme earlier this month, more than 90 people have contracted the virus there, presumably from people from abroad who attended it. Seven persons- one of them in Jammu and Kashmir, and six in Telangana - are dead.

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday claimed the detection of coronavirus in scores of people who attended a weeks-long event organised by Tabligh-e-Jamaat at a famous Delhi mosque has provided an opportunity to "some to vilify Muslims".

To help the government in its effort to contain the spread of coronavirus, Indian Railways said it would be prepared to convert 20,000 coaches into quarantine and isolation coaches which can accommodate up to 3.2 lakh beds for isolation needs.