Highlights: Judge from SC quarantines himself after cook tests positive

With 3,722 cases, 134 deaths in last 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 tally crosses 78,000-mark.

At least 2 workers died and twelve others got injured in a collision between a bus and a truck today near Shankar Chowk in Bihar's Samastipur. The injured were taken to a hospital. The bus, going from Muzaffarpur to Katihar, was carrying 32 migrant labourers. : ANI

A special train carrying passengers from New Delhi Railway Station (NDLS) reached Jammu Tawi Railway Station today. A passenger says,"I was stranded in Delhi since last two months. I am very happy to be back." : ANI

Five fresh coronavirus cases were reported in Nepal. The total number of cases in the country have now gone up to 245, according to Nepal Health Ministry. : ANI

Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said on Wednesday it was in talks with the UK government to roll out its coronavirus antibody test kits in the country after Public Health England (PHE) found them reliable. : Reuters

Oil prices crept up on Thursday, supported by a surprise decline of U.S. crude inventories, but gains were capped by worries that a potential second wave of the coronavirus pandemic might trigger fresh lockdowns and slam fuel demand once again, reported news agency Reuters.

Eight labourers died and around 50 were injured after the truck they were travelling in collided with a bus in Madhya Pradesh's Guna on Wednesday night. The injured labourers have been shifted to a district hospital. They were going to their native places in UP from Maharashtra. : ANI

Chile has ordered a total quarantine for the capital Santiago's seven million people after authorities reported a 60 percent spike in coronavirus infections in 24 hours, dealing a stunning blow to hopes the economy would soon reopen, reported news agency AFP.

US President Donald Trump deepened his rift with top medical advisor Anthony Fauci over loosening coronavirus restrictions, saying they "totally" disagree on whether to keep schools closed, reported news agency AFP.

Six migrant labourers going to Bihar from Punjab on foot were crushed by a roadways bus in Muzaffarnagar on Wednesday night. Four others were injured.

To prevent imported cases of Covid-19 amid the pandemic, Colombia will increase its military presence on the Amazon border it shares with Brazil, reported news agency AFP.

According to a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), coronavirus is 'eminently capable' of spreading through speech : AFP

Residents hung red rags from their windows to signal their need for state help during Covid-19 outbreak in Colombia's Bogota, reported news agency AFP.

Residents hang red rags from their windows to signal their need for state help, including food handouts, during the #coronavirus outbreak in Bogota, Colombia

📸 Raul Arboleda pic.twitter.com/hOjcE3EQLI

— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 14, 2020

Over 1,800 people have died of Covid-19 in the US in last 24 hours, according to news agency AFP tracker.