Mumbai's largest private laboratory has been barred from conducting coronavirus tests for the next four weeks. Which is likely to slow down testing capacity of the city, which is currently the country's biggest hotspot.

The ban order came from the city civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), after alleged delays in producing reports.

Delays in report lead to difficulties in contact tracing. It can lead to delays treatment and in some cases, death, the BMC said in its order.

Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan starrer Coolie No 1 was all set to hit the screens on May 1, 2020, on International Labour Day. However, due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the film release has been pushed indefinitely.

Now, as slight unlocking has been taking place, everyone is urged to wear a mask while stepping out of the house and be safe to the fullest. Similar to that, Varun also updated the poster of Coolie No 1.

Yes, a while back, Varun Dhawan took to his Instagram page and shared a new poster of his upcoming film. In which he is seen wearing a mask and a white top. He has also put a tikka on his forehead and we are sure he is smiling happily.

'Thiruvallikeni', an old settlement of Chennai, can no longer be written in English as 'Triplicane'. That place name has to be written in English as the word is pronounced in the original Tamil, as 'Thiruvallikkeni'.

The Tamil Nadu government order giving effect to that announcement said committees were set up in each district. To recommend how place names should be written in English.

Accordingly, 1018 place names all over Tamil Nadu have been identified for correction. The actual responsibility of making those changes has been entrusted to the Revenue Department and Municipal Administration Department. The place place names fall within the jurisdiction of the respective local elected bodies.

As many people continue to work from home despite the unlocking of businesses, co-working firms. Which are staring at uncertainty that lies ahead, and keeping costs under check. Putting brakes on expansion and seeking rent waivers or deferment from landlords.

WeWork India, the Indian affiliate of New York-based WeWork Global, is taking stock. Trying to reduce costs, as it scans through its portfolio of buildings and rental expenses.

Co-working operators, in most cases, have also given waivers and rental discounts of up to 50 percent to customers. For the months of April and May but are charging full rent from June, as they reopen centres.

Ford is recalling about 2.5 million vehicles in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere because of a nagging door latch problem and a brake fluid leak. The door latch recall covers more than 2.1 million cars, SUVs and vans in the U.S. The latches can fail and cause the doors to open while the vehicles are moving. It's the third recall for the same problem.

Ford also is recalling nearly 344,000 F-150 pickups in the U.S. and Canada to fix a fluid leak from the brake master cylinder. The company says the problem has caused seven low-speed crashes with two injuries.

The coronavirus pandemic in India touched another new peak today. The states witnessed the biggest jump in daily coronavirus infection count with over 9,996 new cases in last 24 hours. With this, India's coronavirus tally surged past 2.86 lakh.

Maharashtra registered the highest spike in daily coronavirus infection cases. While Tamil Nadu saw an explosion on new cases in last 24 hours. Delhi's coronavirus tally continued to rise sharply even on Wednesday.

The Yogi Adityanath government on Tuesday made the UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955. More stringent by increasing the jail terms and penalties for various offences as well as deciding to publicly name and shame the offenders.

Bringing an ordinance to make these changes, the Yogi Adityanath government claimed. That there were loopholes in the existing law which would often allow offenders to go scot-free. The new law increases the maximum jail term from the existing seven years to 10 years. Also, the existing penalty of Rs 10,000 has been increased to Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh for various offences.

Xiaomi’s mid-range device Redmi Note 9 Pro Max will be going on sale again. The device was expected to start selling in March but was delayed due to consecutive extensions of the lockdown.

The Redmi Note 9 Pro Max starts at a price of ₹16,499 for the base variant with 6GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage. The 6GB RAM and 128GB internal storage variant is priced at ₹17,999.

The top variant with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage will sell at ₹19,999. The device will be available in three colour variants Aurora Blue, Glacier White and Interstellar Black.

Uttarakhand will have Gairsain in Chamoli district as the summer capital, while Dehradun remains the temporary state capital.

Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had announced the decision of making Gairsain the summer capital. During the budget session in March, but the move was implemented on Monday after governor Baby Rani Maurya gave assent.

Senior leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said Gairsain was chosen as the summer capital. Because it has been a longstanding demand of the people of Uttarakhand.

The natural gas well of Oil India Limited in Assam’s Tinsukia district that had a blowout on May 27. The well caught fire on Tuesday could take at least four more weeks to control, the Hindustan Times reported.

The fire erupted 13 days after an uncontrolled gas emission from the well and a day after three experts from Singapore reached the area to fix the blowout.

The cause of the fire, which broke out at 1.40 pm, was yet to be ascertained.

Tridiv Hazarika, Oil India Limited spokesperson, told Scroll.in that fireman of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd was injured in the incident.