Coronavirus update- ‘Need time’: Kejriwal explains his Tablighi challenge to PM Modi on lockdown
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday that Delhi will follow the Centre on the lockdown but would need two weeks to make the national capital’s containment zones airtight after each and every contact of the Tablighi Jamaat has been verified and quarantined. Kejriwal’s pitch for a two-week extension of the lockdown came […]
In Virtual Meet With PM Modi, Several CMs Suggest Extending Coronavirus LockdownIn Virtual Meet With PM Modi, Several CMs Suggest Extending Coronavirus Lockdown
As India battles the Coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a video conference with chief ministers primarily to take their feedback on whether the 21-nation-wide lockdown be extended beyond April 14 to stem the tide of the infections. Several chief ministers including Arvind Kejriwal and Amarinder Singh suggested extending the lockdown beyond […]
ICMR Data Shows Community Transmission Has Begun in Parts of India
New Delhi: A new study from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) suggests that community transmission of COVID-19 has begun in several parts of India. The study found that out of 5,911 people across the country suffering from severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) since February, 104 were positive for COVID-19. Forty of these cases had neither a […]
Covid-19: Chidambaram urges chief ministers to make a ‘unanimous demand’, ask Centre to ‘remonetise the poor’
Former finance minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday took to Twitter and urged various chief ministers to tell Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the “livelihood of the poor” is equally important amid this coronavirus crisis. “Chief Ministers – @capt_amarinder @ashokgehlot51 @bhupeshbaghel @VNarayanasami @uddhavthackeray @EPSTamilNadu should tell the Prime Minister today that just as LIVES are important […]
Days After Deadly Encounter, India Targets Pak Ammo Dump, Releases Video
New Delhi: Five days after five Special Forces soldiers were killed in a major high altitude encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara, the Indian Army released drone footage of a major Indian retaliation in the same sector. The aerial footage shows a Pakistani Army ammunition dump being hit by Indian Bofors artillery guns. The video […]
Covid-19: Centre says no community transmission, Punjab CM says may have begun
The government on Friday said that community transmissions of coronavirus have not begun yet in the country and that there was no need to panic. The central government officials made the comment while citing results of all samples tested on Thursday which included a minuscule 0.2% positive results for Covid-19. “Yesterday, we conducted 16002 tests. Only 0.2% […]
3 more Delhi areas under Covid-19 hard lockdown over Tablighi Jamaat cases
The government on Friday expanded the containment zones in national capital Delhi, bringing three more localities of central and north Delhi under the hard lockdown. A top Delhi home department official told Hindustan Times that the three fresh localities in central Delhi were brought under the strict lockdown procedure in view of cases linked to the […]
Coronavirus live news updates: Delhi records 183 new COVID-19 cases, total now 903; Global toll cross 97,000
Stating that domestic necessity of Hydroxychloroquine is the priority of the government, the health ministry Friday said India has 3.38 crore tablets of the drug available, which means we have triple the requirement for the country. “Domestic production has been 100% ensured for now and for future,” said Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health and […]
‘Can gauge seriousness’: India’s stinging comeback to Pak over Covid-19 Fund
Each Saarc member state can decide on the timing, manner and implementation of their Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund commitments, India said on Friday in response to Pakistan’s pledge of $ 3 million for the fund proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Islamabad’s confirmation about its pledge, however, was accompanied with a rider that the fund should be […]
‘Jammu and Kashmir has been, is, shall continue to be an integral part’: India slams China over remarks to UN
India on Thursday strongly rejected remarks on Jammu and Kashmir by a spokesperson of China’s permanent mission to the United Nations, asserting that the union territory “has been, is and shall continue” to be its integral part. Spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs Anurag Srivastava said India expects China to refrain from commenting on […]
