Coronavirus cases in India climb to 11,439, death toll at 377
There were more than 1000 cases of the coronavirus infection and 38 deaths in India in the last 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday morning. Out of the 11,439 Covid-19 cases, 9756 are active, 1306 people have been cured, discharged or migrated and 377 have died, according to the health ministry website […]
Govt issues revised guidelines for Covid-19 lockdown: What’s mandatory, what’s prohibited
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of Covid-19 lockdown, the government on Wednesday issued revised guideline to be followed till May 3. Travel by air, rail and road, operation of educational and training institutions, industrial and commercial activities, hospitality services, cinema halls and shopping complexes will remain closed, as per the order issued […]
ICMR plans plasma therapy clinical trials in 2 weeks to treat critical Covid-19 cases
New Delhi: India’s apex health research body, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), is hoping to begin two clinical trials of plasma therapy in the next two weeks for the treatment of critically ill Covid-19 patients. On 12 April, the ICMR uploaded proposals, inviting health institutions, hospitals to participate in two randomised controlled trials — one for convalescent […]
After Mumbai, Migrant Workers Protest In Surat Amid Lockdown; Demand To Be Sent Back Home
Hundreds of migrant workers gathered in Surat on Tuesday evening, demanding they be sent to their native places despite lockdown, police said. The migrant workers gathered in Varachha area of the city and sat on a road demanding that they be allowed to go to their native places, police said. Varachha is the diamond polishing […]
India extends world’s biggest coronavirus lockdown till May 3
India’s nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the biggest in the world, will be extended until at least May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. The three-week lockdown of the nation of 1.3 billion people, which started at midnight on March 25, was scheduled to end at midnight on Tuesday. “From the economic angle, we have paid […]
‘India delayed purchase, now critically short’: Rahul Gandhi on testing kits
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticised the government on Tuesday for what he said was a delay on its part in the purchase of testing kits for Covid-19 and said the country is “now critically short of them”. The comments by the former Congress president came after the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on […]
Hundreds reached Mumbai’s Bandra railway station to go home; lathicharged
In a replay of scenes at Delhi’s border with Uttar Pradesh last month, hundreds of migrant workers gathered outside Bandra West railway station on Tuesday evening to demand that the railways run trains to take them home. The migrant workers, who defied the lockdown to reach the railway station, were eventually dispersed by the police after a […]
Elgar Parishad Case: Dalit Scholar Anand Teltumbde, Activist Gautam Navlakha Surrender Before NIA
Dalit scholar Anand Teltumbde along with activist Gautam Navlakha surrendered before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday in connection with the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case. Anand Teltumbde is the grandson-in-law of Dalit icon Dr B R Ambedkar, whose 129th birth anniversary is being observed on Tuesday. Teltumbde arrived at the NIA office at Cumbala Hill […]
IndiGo to resume flights from 4 May in phased manner
New Delhi: IndiGo on Tuesday said it will resume flight services from May 4 in a phased manner by initially flying planes on vital domestic routes and then ramping up gradually. The airline’s statement comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that the COVID-19 lockdown has been extended till May 3. In its press […]
‘Arrest virus, revive economy’: PM Modi has a double-barrel lockdown exit plan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement on the national lockdown was driven by the assessment of states that they were not ready or prepared to exit the Covid-19 lockdown, people familiar with the development said. PM Modi also accounted for the fact that except for some pockets, the states had not been able to hit the […]
