Faced with a harsh choice to live far away from the house. Having no earnings after the nationwide lockdown was imposed. Five workers from Punjab working in Rajasthan’s Kota. Have decided to walk the 800km distance to reach their home in Faridkot, Punjab.

They entered Rohtak on Friday, five days after they left on the journey. By wearing flip-flops and luggage bags on their shoulders. All five workers were drivers of combined harvester machines in Kota.

During these last five days, they slept on roadsides, had little to eat and satisfied their thirst with water from ponds and rivulets.

Google is developing its own physical and virtual debit card to compete with Apple.

The Google card will allow users to purchase things with a card, mobile phone or online. The debit card will also connect to a Google app with new characteristics, letting the users monitor purchases and check their balances, TechCrunch reported.

The Google card will co-branded with different bank partners, including CITI and Stanford Federal Credit Union.

Currently, Google Pay only allows online and peer-to-peer payments by connecting a traditionally issued payment card.

The iconic Matterhorn mountain in Switzerland lit up with Indian tricolour. In a show of solidarity with India during its fight against coronavirus pandemic. The national flag of India beamed on Matterhorn mountain in Zermatt. To express solidarity to all Indians in the fight against coronavirus pandemic.

The Embassy of India in Switzerland took to Twitter and posted a photo of the mountainside lit up. With the Indian flag on the Swiss Matterhorn to send a message of hope.

The breathtaking light illumination series on the mountain is part of an effort to spread hope amid the coronavirus pandemic across the globe.

In a major outbreak in the Indian Navy, at least 26 sailors have examined positive. For the highly contagious coronavirus infection in Mumbai, which comes at a time. When coronavirus infection has skeptically hit operations of at least four US and one French nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

According to sources the sailors, are from the main shore logistics terminal. INS Angre of the Western Naval Command has quarantined at the naval hospital INHS Asvini Mumbai.

A massive “contact tracing” operation is underway to find out the people who have come in contact with the sailors, all of whom stay in one particular block of the bachelors’ residential accommodation at INS Angre.

India is under a nationwide lockdown for the last 25 days to prevent the transmission of coronavirus infection. Business honcho Anand Mahindra said the lockdown has made us realize. The essential elements needed for a comfortable existence are minimal. Taking to microblogging site Twitter, Anand Mahindra tweeted, "The lockdown has made us understand that the ‘essential elements’ we need for a comfortable existence are minimal."

Many people are experimenting with hair-cutting on their own as salons are close for nearly a month now. "But I am promoting my barber to a much higher position in the value chain! I’ve been learning how to cut my own hair, but I’ve reached the end of my abilities!" he tweeted.

Telecom giant Reliance Jio has extended the validity of those using the company's prepaid service to 3 May. Reliance Jio has decided to let their existing prepaid customers receive incoming calls even if their validity has expired. The telecom carrier also declared that most of its retail outlets. Will begin operations from 20 April, in view of the new guidelines issued by the government.

Vodafone, Idea had also announced relief for their subscribers by extending the validity. Of customers who haven’t been able to recharge their accounts. Due to the lockdown, which initially put in place till 14 April but has now extended to 3 May. 

The row of leather shops along the snaking 90-Feet Road in Dharavi in central Mumbai. Has been shut for more than a month now. Behind the road and perpendicular to it lies an unfathomable maze of alleys and passageways wide enough. For only two adults to walk by, hosting a jigsaw of semi-permanent ground-plus-one structures. Those are leather shops and double up as homes of workers.

The shutters on his shops on 90-Feet Road in Dharavi, Leather Touch and Zaraa. Have not been opened since mid-March when the Maharashtra government enforced. A shutdown in Mumbai almost 10 days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the nationwide lockdown.

The total number of coronavirus pandemic cases in India rose to 14378 on Saturday. With 991 new coronavirus pandemic, positive cases. 43 fresh deaths have reported in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

Of these, 11906 are active cases while 1991 individuals have cured and discharged from the hospitals.

The death toll in India has reached 480 while one person has migrated to another country, according to the data released by the Health Ministry on April 18.

Maharashtra remained the worst-hit state with the number of positive cases rising to 3320.

The Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday fired. Another round of bazooka by delivering a de-facto policy rate cut by lowering the reverse repo rate due to coronavirus pandemic. Opening a special line of funds to help support non-banking finance companies and microfinance companies. Easing asset classification norms on loan accounts considered for a moratorium. To support the banking system from the impact of coronavirus pandemic.

The Reserve Bank of India cut reverse repo rate by 25 basis points to 3.75 percent to discourage banks. From parking excess liquidity under the liquidity adjustment facility window and instead, lend more.

Ever since then, the duo has been painting the town red with their love story. Recently, Arjun arranged for a virtual date with his fans where he asked about his marriage plans with Malaika.

Responding to the same, Arjun and Malaika reportedly said that they will tell everybody when they are getting married. However, as of now, there are no plans. Arjun and Malaika also added that even if they wanted to get married now, it is not possible.