Highlights: 119 prisoners test corona positive in Jaipur district jail

PM Modi has condoled the death of 24 migrants killed in truck collision in Uttar Pradesh’s Auraiya.

Long queues were seen outside a liquor shop, run by Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) today in the Uthukadu village in Kanchipuram district.

Tamil Nadu: Long queues were seen outside a liquor shop, run by Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) today in the Uthukadu village in Kanchipuram district. pic.twitter.com/i2vLruo2Xj

— ANI (@ANI) May 16, 2020

As many as 65 new positive cases of Covid-19 were reported in Odisha yesterday. The total number of positive cases in the state have gone up to 737 today. Active cases in the state stand at 568 with 166 cured or recovered and 3 deaths, said State Health Department. : ANI

Work for National Population Register (NPR) 2021 has been postponed in Uttar Pradesh in view of the coronavirus pandemic, reported news agency ANI.

Rajasthan has recorded 91 fresh cases of coronavirus on Saturday, taking the state total to 4,838. Out of this, 1,941 cases are active. The number of fatalities due to the disease stands at 125, according to the Rajasthan Health Department. 

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is going to announce the fourth tranche of Centre’s stimulus package at 4pm today, reported news agency ANI.

According to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 620 to 173,772, reported news agency Reuters.

India has recorded 85,940 Covid-19 cases so far. In the last 24 hours, 3,970 cases and 103 deaths were recorded, according to the health ministry data published today morning.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is going to address the press through video conferencing at 12 pm today.

Some Senegalese mosques have opened their doors after the government eased coronavirus restrictions. However, others judged the rate of infection to be too high, and stayed shut, reported news agency AFP.

The second special passenger train from Bengaluru to Delhi arrived at New Delhi railway station today morning.

"We are sending a lot of ventilators to India, I spoke to Prime Minister Modi. We are sending quite a few ventilators to India. We have a tremendous supply of ventilators" says US President Donald Trump.

#WATCH "We are sending a lot of ventilators to India, I spoke to Prime Minister Modi. We are sending quite a few ventilators to India. We have a tremendous supply of ventilators" says US President Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/pnvx3C1D3r

— ANI (@ANI) May 16, 2020

California State University said almost all classes across its 23 university campuses would be online at least until the end of the fall term.

Club First, a Jaipur-based company, has developed robots to help health workers amid Covid-19 pandemic.

Rajasthan: Club First, a Jaipur based company has developed robots to help health workers amid #COVID19 pandemic. Bhuvanesh Mishra, MD says,"The robot can do thermal screening, it can also identify if a person is wearing a mask or not." pic.twitter.com/5uwAKDOT5w

— ANI (@ANI) May 16, 2020

Wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Delhi's Gazipur reopened today after two days. The market was closed for sanitization after secretary and deputy secretary of the market tested positive for Covid-19.