The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Monday extended the deadline for its entrance examination in view of the coronavirus outbreak. The students' union had requested the varsity administration to extend the deadline in view of the national lockdown imposed by the Centre to arrest the spread of the deadly disease. "Due to the COVID-19 challenging times, the application deadline for JNU entrance exam (JNUEE) is extended and students can make use of this extended time to fill up the application form and prepare for JNUEE," JNU VC M Jagadesh Kumar said. "Students may please visit the National Testing Agency website for the new date of the entrance exam," he said.
The global death toll due to novel coronavirus is nearing 34,000. As on 7:35 am, as many as 33,939 fatalities were reported from across the world, with a total of 7,20,783 positive cases of COVID-19. Italy and Spain have so far been the worst-hit nations, where the death toll due to coronavirus is on a rise with each passing day. In India, 27 people have by far died due to COVID-19, while the total number of cases have breached the 1,000-mark.
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