Evening News - 21 April, 2020
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Another person has tested positive in Meghalaya. With this total cases reported in the state stands at 12, tweeted Meghalaya CM while updating status of  COVID-19 patients in the state. One deceased and other 11 are stable.

The state government has suspended rapid antibody tests, informed Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma through a tweet. The advisory was given by ICMR. Sarma had earlier announced that rapid antibody tests were to be carried out in Spanish Garden in Guwahati.

Jadav Gogoi reached home in Assam after  completing 2,800-km trip from Gujarat’s Vapi region. He was a migrant labourer who started his journey with Rs 4000. He walked, hitchhiked often for a fee to reach his destination by which time he was exhausted. He was robbed of his money while he was on his way. Finally he managed to contact his family via someone’s phone. The man is from Gadharia village in Nagaon district.

Daily wage workers stranded in Assam will be allowed to return home, informed DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta on April 20. The transportation for the workers will be arranged by the Assam government. There are thousands of people who will be provided help. There are more than 40,000 workers from Assam stranded outside the state. 13,000 of them have been provided help by Assam Bhawans. The lockdown has made things really difficult for the migrants.

Arnab Goswami, face of TV news channel  Republic TV, has resigned from Editors Guild of India on Live show. He has condemned silence of many editors on the killing of seers that took place in Palghar Maharashtra.

Amid lockdown, various instances of how nature is healing itself have been reported. In once such instance, pics of Flamingoes flocking in thousands are being seen in Navi Mumbai. They have caught the attention of many who have shared pics widely through twitter.

In a latest version of Sky map which is China’s authority on digital maps, Arunachal Pradesh is shown as part of China. China calls Arunachal Pradesh as South Tibet, a claim India rejects.

Factory in China criticized for holding kissing contest as it reopens. The video of participants kissing through plexiglass have been reviewed millions of times. 10 couples were invited to take part in kissing contest. The contest was organised  restrictions imposed due to COVID-19 pandemic have started easing. This happened in Suzhou, Jiangsu. Twitter users posted pictures of the event.