With over 1.88 lakh cases of coronavirus, India has reported more cases than France’s marginally lower 1,88,752 and climbed to seventh from the ninth spot in the list of 10 nations worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The country recorded 1,88,883 coronavirus cases till Sunday night. The US has so far reported over 18 lakh cases of coronavirus, making it the nation with the most number of cases. Brazil follows with over five lakh cases, and Russia with over four lakh cases.

PM Narendra Modi while addressing the nation through radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on Sunday said, “We regret the losses incurred due to COVID-19 but whatever we could save was the result of collective will power,” he added. Everyone is affected by COVID-19 but the worst affected are the poor and their ordeal can’t be expressed in words, he said.

A tiger was spotted moving on the outskirts of Bellampalli town in Mancherial district in Telangana on Saturday, creating a flutter among the people. Forest officials said the tiger, named A2, was moving in Goleti and Kairiguda areas in the intervening night of May 29 and May 30 and it reached the outskirts of Bellampalli. The Forest Divisional Officer, Bellampalli, placed three tiger tracking teams to track and monitor the movement of the tiger. They said the A2 tiger had returned towards Murliguda and Dharmaraopet forest areas and presently it was not near Bellampalli town.

The government today issued guidelines for phased reopening of areas outside containment zones. Religious places, hotels, restaurants and malls will be allowed to open from June 8. A decision on reopening schools and colleges will be taken in July. The dates for restarting international air travel, metro rail, gyms and theatres will be decided later after assessment.

US President Donald Trump has that the US would announce “certain decisions” on China on Friday. Trump, who alleges that coronavirus emerged from a Wuhan lab, has been pressing China to agree for an inquiry into its origin. Led by the US, several countries in the world have blamed China for its failure to provide timely information about it.

A three-year-old boy who accidentally fell into an open borewell in Telangana’s Medak district on Wednesday evening died due to asphyxiation, the police said on Thursday. His body was retrieved by National Disaster Response Force teams following a nearly 12-hour-long rescue operation. Medak DM K Dharma Reddy said, “There were 3 borewells dug without permission. Necessary action will be taken.”

The Telangana government has allowed all shops in Hyderabad to reopen from Thursday. However, the ban on re-opening of malls will continue. Following the relaxation in lockdown norms on May 19, shops in Hyderabad were allowed to re-open on an odd-even basis. The decision to allow reopening of all shops was taken on Wednesday at a high-level meeting presided over by CM KCR. Under the existing plan, two shops adjacent to each are not being allowed to open on the same day.

US President Donald Trump threatened to ‘strongly regulate, or close down’ social media platforms after Twitter added fact-check warnings to two of his tweets. “Republicans feel that social media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices,” tweeted Trump. In another tweet, Trump said, “Twitter has shown that everything we have been saying about them (and their other compatriots) is correct.”

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the nationwide lockdown following coronavirus outbreak has not yielded results. “India is the only country in the world that is lifting lockdown when the virus is exponentially rising,” Gandhi added. “It’s pretty clear that the aim and purpose of lockdowns have failed in India,” the Congress leader further said.

With 6,977 cases in the last 24 hours, coronavirus cases in India have increased to 1,38,845, the government announced on Monday. This marks the biggest one-day jump in cases in India for fourth day in a row. India also recorded 154 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 4,021. Number of active cases stands at 77,103.

With 6,767 cases in the last 24 hours, coronavirus cases in India have increased to 1,31,868, the government announced on Sunday. This marks the biggest one-day jump in cases in India for third day in a row. India also recorded 147 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 3,867. Number of active cases stands at 73,560.

An intense heat wave has swept Telangana and neighbouring Andhra witnessing over 47 Degree Celsius. The average temperature in Hyderabad city hovered around 43 degree celsius; some parts of the city like Quthbullapur and Bandlaguda have reported much higher temperature at 44.4 Degree Celsius. The highest temperature in the state was recorded at Endapally in Jagatial district at 47.2 degrees. Around Kakatiya Power Plant, the temperature has been reported to be 50 degrees.

With the Telangana High Court showing green light for conducting Class X exams after the first week of June, the state education authorities on Friday announced the exam schedule. As per the new schedule, the exams will be held from June 8 to July 5. Education Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy announced that there will be a two- day gap after each paper as suggested by the high court. The exams will be held from 9.30 a.m. to 12.15 pm.

Andhra Pradesh reported 62 new cases that were detected in the 24 hours ending 10 a.m., Friday. The state’s tally of positive cases till date stands at 2,514, while there are 728 active cases that are receiving treatment in various hospitals. The state nodal officer reported that 8,415 samples were tested during the past 24 hours as against 8,092 samples that were tested during the preceding testing cycle. Meanwhile, with 51 persons cured, the state’s tally of the cured persons climbed to 1,731.

As many as 6,088 coronavirus cases were confirmed in India in the last 24 hours, marking the biggest one-day jump so far and taking the total number of cases to 1,18,447. Meanwhile, 148 deaths have been recorded in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 3,583. Out of the total cases, 66,330 cases are active.