The Uttar Pradesh government will request the harsh National Security Act.

An employee of the US Embassy tested positive for the coronavirus disease in New Delhi.

Google India has declared that it is closing down its Q&A social app Neighbourly on May 12, as the plan did not take off as expected.

The World Bank has declared that India is to receive a sum of $1 billion. In emergency financing to combat the Coronavirus disease pandemic.

The compensation will support better screening, contact tracing, and lab diagnostics. Procurement of personal emergency equipment, production of new isolation wards, the World Bank said on Thursday.

It is the portion of the first package of $1.9 billion fast-track assistant appreciates by the Board of Executive Directors under a fast-track curriculum, the World Bank said. While India gets a massive share of  $1 billion from the World Bank in coronavirus disease.

The coronavirus disease numbers have hiked remarkably over the last few days. The coronavirus disease positive cases have hiked to 2,301 in India. These numbers also include 156 cured and released. As far as 56 deaths and 1 migrated, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The government numbers were released at 10:40 am on Friday.

The numbers grew sharply after there was an increase in positive cases among the people who attended the Nizamuddin Markaz event at the end of February and beginning of March. Thursday saw a hike of 235 fresh cases in 24 hours. Maharashtra continues to be the worst state in the coronavirus disease, followed by Kerala.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday gave a first video message. After the declaration of a 21-day lockdown due to Coronavirus disease. In his video message, PM Narendra Modi requested the people of India to switch off all lights. Stand on door or balcony by burning a "candle, Diya, torch or mobile torch for 9 minutes on Sunday, April 5, at 9 pm to honor the great power of 130 crore Indians."

PM Narendra Modi said, "On April 5th, we have to do a Jagran of the strength of 130 crore citizens of India. On April 5, At 9 pm, I want 9 minutes from all of you. Switch off all your lights. Be at your door or balcony, light a candle, Diya, torch or mobile torch for 9 minutes."

Dominos Pizza, in cooperation with ITC Foods, on Thursday declared the launch of Dominos Pizza Essentials. To deliver necessary items at a house in view of the lockdown imposed owing to the spread of coronavirus disease. The delivery support of Dominos Pizza would be ready to help customers order daily market essentials," a joint announcement said.

A combo pack of ITC Aashirvaad Atta and spices including chili, coriander and turmeric powder. It would be available on the Domino's Pizza app starting today, ITC Foods said.

The service would be available for consumers first in Bengaluru and then in the cities of Noida, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, and Hyderabad in the view of coronavirus disease.

In a shocking incident, a government worker in Uttar Pradesh committed suicide in his office. Declaring that he was afraid of coronavirus disease. According to a tweet by A N I, the government worker hanged himself in his office. In the Nakur police station area in Saharanpur on Tuesday.

In a suicide note, the government worker wrote that he was afraid of coronavirus disease. Dinesh Kumar P, Senior Superintendent of Police informed that the family members of the dead worker said, that the man was in depression for a long time.

On Thursday, former Hazoori Ragi of the Golden Temple Nirmal Singh Khalsa died of cardiac arrest around 4:30 am.

He had tested positive for coronavirus disease on Wednesday, said by the Amritsar Civil Surgeon. It was the second positive case from the region and the “first coronavirus death”.

Prior, a coronavirus-positive case from Hoshiarpur had died at Amritsar Government Medical College.

The 62-year-old 'Gurbani' supporter was the Padma Shri award winner in 2009.

The head of state clinical school, Dr. Sujata Sharma says that Nirmal Singh was positive for coronavirus disease, on Wednesday. Nirmal Singh admitted to the isolation branch of the emergency clinic.

The total number of coronavirus disease positive cases in India hikes 1,965 on Wednesday, the Union Health Ministry notified. The number of positive cases observed a bunch. With as many as 131 coronavirus disease cases in the last 12 hours. The Health Ministry, in its latest update, that 50 deaths have been recorded in India so far. With the most severe nine from Maharashtra, followed by Gujarat.

Among the 27 states and Union Territories having Coronavirus disease patients. Maharashtra has the highest score of positive cases at 338, followed by Kerala at 241. In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. India has been under a 21-day lockdown in an effort to prevent the spread of the disease.