Private Covid-19 tests free only for poor: Supreme Court amends its order
The Supreme Court has amended its verdict delivered last week that forced private laboratories to offer free Covid-19 testing to everyone. On Monday, the two-judge bench comprising justices Ashok Bhushan and S Ravindra Bhat ordered that only people who could not afford Rs 4,500 for the test should be tested free by private laboratories. In […]
‘Demonisation of Muslims’ over Tablighi Jamaat event: Can’t gag media, says SC
Responding to a plea that claimed that New Delhi’s Tablighi Jamaat event was being used by the media to “demonise” the entire Muslim community, the Supreme Court said Monday it cannot gag the media and asked petitioner Jamaat-Ulema-I-Hind to make the Press Council of India (PCI) a party in the plea. The apex court also said it […]
Coronavirus India LIVE Updates: No new cases in 25 districts in last two weeks; Mumbai death toll 100 now
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Tracker Live Updates: In its daily briefing, the Union Health Ministry said no new cases of the novel coronavirus were detected in 25 districts from 15 states of the country in the last 14 days. Health Secretary Luv Aggarwal said 905 new positive cases and 51 deaths due to the coronavirus were recorded in the last 24 […]
Palaniswami-led Tamil Nadu govt springs surprise with stellar Covid-19 crisis management
Tamil Nadu has discovered a ‘new’ chief minister, someone who was seen until recently as a bad legacy left behind by late J. Jayalalithaa. He has put up a fight against Covid-19 nobody thought he was capable of. The numbers speak for themselves. After Maharashtra and Delhi, Tamil Nadu has the third-highest tally of confirmed cases in […]
COVID-19 tracker: Cases breach 9,000 mark, death toll over 300
The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus rose to 9,152 on Monday, with 308 deaths reported so far. While the number of active cases stood at 7,987, around 856 people have recovered from the infection. Maharashtra has the highest number of cases at 1,985, followed by 1,154 in Delhi and 1,043 in Tamil […]
From Field Hospitals To Relief Packages, How States Are Combating Corona With Their Own Set of Rules
They were clapping, hooting, whistling, blowing into vuvuzelas—a crowd of 33,000 football fans rooting for a goal, expecting a cliffhanger ending. But the Chennaiyin goalie fisted out a full-booted volley, the best chance NorthEast United had that evening in 2016. They lost a home game. At Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati. Similar scenes—idyllic, except for the […]
Coronavirus update: India crosses 9,000-mark, records 620 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
India on Monday recorded 308 deaths related to the coronavirus disease, 35 in the last 24 hours, and 620 new Covid-19 cases taking the tally across the country to 9152, according to the Union health ministry data. The health ministry’s website showed, at 8am, there were 7987 active cases, 857 people were cured, discharged or had migrated, two days […]
Over the last week, slight but ‘noticeable’ flattening of growth curve in coronavirus cases
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Just as India prepares to extend its 21-day lockdown period by two more weeks, the first indications have emerged that this measure could indeed be helping in slowing down the spread of COVID-19 disease in the country. Scientists have observed a slight, but “noticeable”, flattening of the growth curve starting April 6, an indication that the […]
Coronavirus outbreak: Almost 1 in 2 districts hit by virus, exit from lockdown to be tricky
Even as some states have already announced an extension of restrictions for two more weeks, the Centre is learnt to be looking at a lockdown model which allows the states to decide if there is room for relaxation in some areas. However, the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases to almost half the total districts in the country […]
12 new neighbourhoods in Delhi’s 43 containment zones, mostly in south Delhi
The government on Sunday ordered 12 south Delhi neighbourhoods to be brought under the containment zones, reportedly after fresh confirmed cases were reported from these localities. Sunday’s orders increase the total number of containment zones in Delhi to 43. A government order expanding the list of containment zones came hours after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal […]
