Delhi Riots: Police Book Umar Khalid, Two Jamia Students Under UAPA
Delhi Police has booked Jamia Millia Islamia students, Meeran Haider and Safoora Zargar, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in a case related to communal violence in northeast Delhi over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, said a lawyer. The police said in the FIR that Haider and Zargar had hatched a conspiracy to incite the […]
Govt preparing for a second wave towards May end as lockdown eases
Even as the Union government is looking at various options for “gradual” lifting of the lockdown post-May 3 and hopes that the doubling time of COVID-19 cases will increase to 12 days by then, sources said it is preparing for a second wave in late May or early June, as restrictions are eased. On Monday, the Health […]
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya Draws Flak For Old Tweet On Arab Women, Hits Delete
BJP MP from Bengaluru, Tejasvi Surya, has landed in hot water for a controversial tweet posted five years ago regarding women of Arab countries, which has now gone viral on social media. Even though he has deleted the tweet, screenshots of the same are doing rounds on twitter, attracting vehement criticism towards the 29-year-old South […]
Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: Doubling rate now 7.5 days; 80 of 100 patients have no or mild symptoms, says ICMR
About 80 out of 100 COVID-19 patients have no or mild symptoms of the disease, the ICMR, Delhi, said on Monday. Stating that infection prevention management is an important part of the disease management, Health Ministry said the doubling rate of the cases has gone down from 3.4 days before lockdown to 7.5 days now. According to […]
China Slams India’s New FDI Norms, Says They ‘Violate Principles Of Free Trade, Liberalisation’
India’s new norms for foreign direct investment from specific countries violate the WTO’s principle of non-discrimination and are against the general trend of free trade, a Chinese embassy spokesperson said on Monday. The official said the new policy introducing “additional barriers” was also against the consensus arrived at the G20 grouping to realize a free, fair, non-discriminatory […]
India coronavirus: Should people pay for their own Covid-19 tests?
Thyrocare, a private diagnostic laboratory in India, had just started testing for Covid-19, when the Supreme Court ordered all tests to be carried out free. “We thought the order would say the rich would pay, and the government would pay for the poor,” says Arokiaswamy Velumani, Thyrocare’s founder. At 4,500 rupees ($59; £47), it’s not […]
India’s Covid-19 cases rise to 17,265, death toll at 543
India’s coronavirus disease (Covid-19) tally rose to 17,265 with 1553 new cases and 543 fatalities in the last 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Monday morning. The increase in the Covid-19 numbers comes on a day several states and Union territories will ease the rules of the lockdown put in place to break […]
One-and-a-half-month-old infant dies of Covid-19 in Delhi
New Delhi: A one-and-a-half-month-old baby has died of coronavirus infection at a hospital in Delhi, officials said on Sunday, in perhaps the first fatality of an infant due to COVID-19 in the national capital. The baby died at Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital attached to the Centre-run Lady Hardinge Medical College. “The baby was brought to the […]
‘Limited toilets, no tobacco or pan masala’: Govt lays down rules as Parliament secretariat set to reopen on Monday
A limited number of toilets, not more than two people in lifts and no tobacco or pan masala to prevent people from spitting—these are some of the restrictions that will be in place as officials are allowed to come and work in the Parliament complex from Monday. The Parliament was adjourned on March 23, when India introduced […]
Coronavirus Lockdown: These Economic Activities Will Begin From Monday
The Union Home Ministry has released a new list of services and activities which are being allowed to open from Monday. The exemption will be applicable from April 20 in those areas of the country where the effect of coronavirus is negligible, or which are less affected areas. One such list was tweeted by Union […]
