Afternoon News - 03 April, 2020
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**1. Coronavirus positive case rises to 20 in Northeast region: officials - **The total number of corona positive cases in the entire region went up to 20 on Thursday, officials said.

**2. Adopt community approach against coronavirus: PM Narendra Modi to States - **Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday interacted with Chief Ministers via video conferencing to discuss measures to combat coronavirus. The Prime Minister thanked the States for supporting the decision of lockdown due to which India has achieved some success in limiting the spread of coronavirus.

**3. Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurates 54 new Intensive Care Units in GMCH - **With the help of the public, the State administration has been able to establish communication with 488 of the 503 people who have returned from the religious congregation at Nizamuddin Dargah in New Delhi recently. With this development, only 15 Nizamuddin returnees are still to be traced.

**4. Dispur-Mathura Nagar Jame Masjid Committee prohibits entry of Tablighi Jamaats - **In the wake of the controversy regarding Tablighi Jamaat in holding its religious congregation at Nizamuddin Dargah in New Delhi, the Dispur-Mathura Nagar Jame Masjid Committee has prohibited the entry of Tablighi Jamaats in the masjid.

**5. Entry and exit of vegetable carriers prohibited in Tinsukia - **To prevent the spread of coronavirus in Tinsukia district, Pranabjit Kakoti, Additional District Magistrate, by an order under 144 CrPC prohibited entry of all vegetable carriers from other districts and exit of all vegetable carriers from Tinsukia district to outside the district.

**6. ONGC functioning 24×7 to combat coronavirus crisis at Sivasagar - **The outbreak of coronavirus pandemic in India and across the world is a matter of great concern for the entire human race. While the entire nation is fighting against the spread of coronavirus by staying at home and maintaining social distancing, ONGC and its energy soldiers are functioning 24×7 to ensure production and delivery of oil and gas.

**7. Cotton University Students’ Union, Line Mime Theatre organizes coronavirus awareness competition - **In view of nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak and the Cotton University Students’ Union in association with Line Mime Theatre comes out with the first of its kind competition.

**8. IIT Guwahati alumni develop drones for spraying disinfectants in public spaces - **A start-up, Marut Dronetech Private Limited, founded by IIT Guwahati alumni has developed and deployed drones for spraying disinfectants in public spaces to prevent Coronavirus. To control coronavirus situation, drones have proved to be of great use as seen in countries like China and South Korea.

**9. Coronavirus impact: Publication Board Assam to donate a day’s salaries to Arogya Nidhi - **The employees of the Publication Board Assam have announced that they will donate a day’s salaries to the Arogya Nidhi for the fight against coronavirus, Board Secretary Promod Kalita said this.

**10. Sub-inspector of food and civil supplies Kamrup (Metro) spelt out rules for fair price shops - **The sub-inspector of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumers Affairs, Kamrup (Metro) district, Bichitra Kumar Nath has spelt out certain rules for each and every fair price shop to obey.

**11. Regulation of Gauhati High Court work extended till April 19, 2020 in view of lockdown - **The regulation of working in the Gauhati High Court that was imposed on March 24, 2020 has been extended till April 19, 2020 in view of the lockdown issued by the Government of India.