COVID-19: 26 Indian Navy personnel test positive; INS Angre under lockdown
At least twenty-six Indian Navy personnel, serving at the Western Naval Command’s base in Mumbai, have tested positive for the coronavirus. This is the first major outbreak of the virus in any one single establishment of the armed forces. All the infected sailors were serving at INS Angre, a shore-based logistics and support establishment that […]
100 Million And More Indian Jobs Are At Risk After COVID-19 Lockdown. Is Your Job Safe?
Take a deep breath before you read this, and know that these are only scenarios—thumbnail sketches of what may happen. We cannot yet pluck the future out of the crystal ball, and the future may yet hold surprises. But yes, in one of the better worst-case scenarios out there, 100 million and more Indian jobs will be at risk during […]
Coronavirus Live Updates: Delhi Gets 42,000 Rapid Testing Kits As Cases Reach 1,767
The United States passed 7,00,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University. With the highest number of cases and deaths of any country in the world, the US has now recorded 7,00,282 cases of COVID-19 and 36,773 deaths. 3,856 deaths have also been recorded in the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, […]
JNU to take disciplinary action against students violating lockdown
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Friday warned students of disciplinary action if they violated lockdown guidelines imposed on the campus. In a notice issued by Chief Proctor Professor Dhananjay Singh, it was stated that some students were found violating the guidelines. “Even as the essential service providers of JNU have been working tirelessly to […]
Most of 25 navy men who tested positive for Covid-19 traced to single sailor
Navy sources on Saturday said that most of Indian Navy’s 25 personnel, who have been tested positive for Covid-19 in Mumbai, are asymptomatic and have been traced to a single sailor who tested positive on April 7. 20 of these sailors are from INS Angre, a shore establishment in Mumbai. All sailors are reported to be in […]
HCQ to be tested on thousands in Mumbai’s Dharavi and Worli to prevent Covid-19 spread
Mumbai: India’s financial capital Mumbai is fine-tuning a plan to administer an unproven but much touted anti-malarial drug in neighborhoods including Asia’s most crowded slum, the first-of-its-kind mass experiment to ward off the coronavirus. The city officials are identifying a target group which will receive hydroxychloroquine, according to Suresh Kakani, additional commissioner at Municipal Corporation of […]
‘India exporting medicines and Pak…’: Army Chief’s stinging takedown of Islamabad
Indian Army chief General MM Naravane on Friday condemned the relentless ceasefire violations by Pakistan on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, saying the whole world is battling the coronavirus pandemic but the neighbouring country has not stopped stirring trouble. Gen MM Naravane is on a two-day visit to the region to review the security […]
Aarogya Setu app updates privacy policy: What’s new
The Indian government’s Covid-19 contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu recently set a new record of 5 crore downloads. The app has been encouraged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and government agencies as well. The app’s privacy policy has also been under scrutiny with data collection of users being the key factor here. Aarogya Setu has now updated […]
Rahul Gandhi Is Right On COVID-19 Strategy Even If You Dismiss Him As Pappu
On February 12, when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi urged the Centre to put in place necessary systems to combat the imminent dangers that the coronavirus pandemic could pose to India, he was mocked by all and sundry. The BJP accused him of spreading panic, senior ministers at the Centre claimed there was no health emergency […]
Covid-19: Testing ramped up, 5 lakh kits arrive from China, another 6.5 lakh on way
Coronavirus (COVID-19): With four days to go for conditional easing of restrictions in specific areas, testing has been stepped up across the country — the number of samples tested in the last 24 hours crossed 30,000 for the first time on Thursday — and the first consignment of 5 lakh rapid COVID-19 testing kits has arrived from […]
