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In a move to curb the movement of migrant workers on roads and highways, the Centre on Sunday used the Disaster Management Act to fix responsibility on district magistrates and senior superintendents of police to seal district and state borders while making arrangements for those on the roads to be housed in shelters.

In the current Indian team Hardik Pandya is a good singer, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has revealed. "We have a few... (Suresh) Raina bhai sings really well. Then Mohit Sharma sings well. In the team, Hardik is also not bad. He is good," Chahal said in an Instagram live video which he did with singer Rahul Vaidya.

Many of those who returned from Gulf countries to India in February and early March were neither screened at airports nor advised to quarantine themselves. The focus then was on passengers from China, South Korea, Iran, Spain, Italy and Germany. Dubai and Saudi Arabia weren’t even on the radar.

Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, on Sunday lauded the 15-year-old shooter Esha Singh for contributing to the PM-CARES Fund to aid the battle against COVID-19.

Kamya Panjabi's latest Instagram post is in sync with the current lockdown situation. The Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki actress has shared a video where she's put her entire family members on duty.

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Taking tough action against officers for failing to enforce the Centre's guidelines on containment of COVID-19 lockdown by allowing a large number of migrant workers to congregate at Anand Vihar ISBT in violation of social distancing norms, the home ministry on Sunday initiated disciplinary proceedings against four Delhi government officers for “dereliction of duty”.

Tarundeep and Sharath would be two of possible four Tokyo-bound Indian athletes who will be 37 or more next year. The other two are aberrations in their own right. Women's boxer Mary Kom will be 38 next year, Leander Paes a young 47 and we know picking themselves up is no issue.

Ttoday is not an ideal Sunday as it's not an ideal world. It's the COVID-19 world where life doesn't have life anymore as people struggle for existence. So there won't be any IPL at 8 pm, there won't be a Mahendra Singh Dhoni ambling across the Wankhede turf with a disarming smile or Rohit Sharma won't pull a fast bowler with nonchalance with unsaid words "Take that for a six, ICC".

The government on Sunday carried out a comprehensive review of the situation arising out of coronavirus pandemic including treatment of affected people, movement of thousands of migrant labourers and supplies of petroleum products and essential commodities across the country under the nation-wide lockdown.

England's cricket players must "realise the bigger picture" and will be expected to take a pay cut as the country's cricket governing body (ECB) tries to deal with the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic, The Times reported on Sunday.

In the latest episode of Khatron Ke Khiladi 10, host Rohit Shetty gave a stunt in which the contestants had to choose their partners. From team A, Karan Patel and Adaa Khan formed a pair while from the other team, Tejasswi Prakash and Karishma Tanna became one unit.

British boxer Anthony Yarde urged the public to stay at home after revealing his father has died of the coronavirus. Yarde, who fought Sergey Kovalev for the Russian's cruiserweight world title last year, said his father had been "fit with no health issues".

Khatron Ke Khiladi 10 contestant Karan Patel's wife Ankita Bhargava has shared a very sweet post on her Instagram account. The actress, who was seen in the show Ekk Nayi Pehchaan, has shared pictures of herself with her pet dog, Naughty, who has turned 5 years old today (March 29).

India coach Ravi Shastri on Sunday said the "only thing flying around the world like a tracer bullet is this bloody Corona", using his famous cliche to convey his message of staying home at all costs.

Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar reminded the people of the country that it is a Sunday and also showed how he believes technique is the key to attain perfection in life.

Former Indian batsman Wasim Jaffer on Sunday picked his all-time IPL team and appointed wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni as its captain.

The National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championship scheduled to be held in June has been postponed after the national federation on Sunday decided to frame a new calendar following the suspension of global sporting events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The government on Sunday clarified that newspaper delivery chain was allowed to operate during the lockdown as part of exemption granted to the ‘print media’. Home secretary Ajay Bhalla informed the state chief secretaries that the transportation of all goods, without distinction of essential and in-essential, was permitted during the lockdown.

Kumkum Bhagya actor Shabir Ahluwalia and wife Kanchi Kaul are going a step ahead with their parenting skills. The couple definitely cannot move out of their house because of the lockdown imposed on everyone. Therefore, they turned hair stylists for their children - Ivvar Ahluwalia and Azai Ahluwalia.

The Australian government's decision to seal its border for the next six months owing to the COVID-19 pandemic could adversely affect India's Future Tours Programme (FTP), including the much-awaited face-offs Down Under later this year. India's tour of Australia is to begin with a T20 tri-series in October and end with the Tests in December.

The announcement of Cricket Australia's players contract list has been deferred by at least a month due to the rapidly-spreading COVID-19 pandemic.

The PMO on Sunday constituted 10 different high-level committees to suggest measures to ramp up healthcare, put the economy back on track, reduce pain and misery of people as quickly as possible post 21-day lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic. These committees will work under the overall guidance of P K Mishra, Principal Secretary to the PM.

At a time when the top Indian boxers were expected to be in a national camp preparing for the Olympics, they find themselves in 'lockdown' mode and attending a video conference with coaches from their homes. In a bid to reach out to the core group of its boxers, the BFI on Sunday started what would be a daily routine for the remaining duration of the 21-day nationwide lockdown.