Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday approved laboratories under the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to conduct the COVID-19 testing.
It is also understood that Cricket West Indies has also offered to host England's three-Test series against Pakistan, scheduled to start on July 30.
The first ever Test match was played between an English team led by James Lillywhite against Australia and England won by 45 runs.
The two-match Test series against Australia will begin on June 11 in Chattogram, followed by the second Test starting June 19 in Dhaka.
The virus has now spread to nearly 96 countries, with nearly 109,800 cases of infection and about 3,825 deaths. As the global number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpassed 100,000, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said that “as we mark this sombre moment” it is important to remind all countries and communities “that the spread of this virus can be significantly slowed or even reversed through the implementation of robust containment and control activities.”
Chief Medical Officer of Meerut, Dr Rajkumar said that 81 patients have been tested positive for Swine Flu in Meerut including 20 PAC jawans.
New Zealand became the first team in 8 years to inflict a Test series whitewash on India after Australia achieved the feat last in 2011/12.
Overall, Virat Kohli has just managed to score 218 runs from 9 matches across all the formats in this tour of New Zealand.
Ajinkya Rahane said that India will have to bat better and smartly in Christchurch to make a comeback in the two-match Test series against New Zealand.
Team India is all set to play 2nd test match against New Zealand in Christchurch.
Prithvi Shaw's technique was under the scanner following his dismissals in Wellington and people have called for replacing him with Shubman Gill in Chirstchurch.
Mushfiqur Rahim scored a double century in Bangladesh's innings and 106-run win over Zimbabwe in the one-off Test.
New Zealand hammered India by 10 wickets inside four days in the first Test of the three-match series at Basin Reserve, Wellington.
Cricket fans cheered for the Indian team ahead of first Test match on February 21 against New Zealand in Wellington.
Team India are currently at the top of the World Test Championship table and are on red-hot form but Ajinkya Rahane feels beating New Zealand in New Zealand won't be easy.
Adil Rashid is centrally contracted to England for limited-overs cricket, but the ECB's policy is to only consider players for Test selection if they have a red-ball county contract.
India will play four Test matches as a part of the World Test Championship in Australia later this year, out of which, one will be a Day-Night Test.
Two more Indians on board a quarantined cruise ship off Japan have tested positive for the novel coronavirus even as India assured that it will provide all possible assistance to its nationals on the ship to return home after they test negative in the final coronavirus tests that would begin on Monday, the Indian Embassy said on Sunday.
This comes a little over a month after captain Virat Kohli asserted that his team was ready to play a day-night Test anywhere in Australia.
Ahead of Test match series with New Zealand, Indian batsman Hanuma Vihari said that the tough conditions during the practice match are good for the upcoming series.
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