Corona Impact: Recession To Hit World Economy With Likely Exception Of India, China, Says UN Report
The world economy will go into recession this year with a predicted loss of trillions of dollars of global income due to the coronavirus pandemic, spelling serious trouble for developing countries with the likely exception of India and China, according to a latest UN trade report. With two-thirds of the world’s population living in developing […]
All essential service providers should be periodically tested: Scientists in open letter
New Delhi: A testing site within 100 km for primary healthcare centres, periodic testing of people providing essential services and provision of protective gear for all essential service providers — these are among the measures the Indian scientific community has recommended for the lockdown. Nearly 200 Indian scientists and researchers Tuesday put out a statement for public agencies, […]
India links coronavirus cases to Muslim gathering in New Delhi
Headquarters of Tablighi Jamaat in the capital sealed off as police contemplate action over the gathering. Authorities in the Indian capital have sealed off the premises of Tablighi Jamaat, a Muslim missionary movement, claiming a religious gathering it organised from March 13-15 ignored the threat of the coronavirus. The Delhi government also asked police on […]
441 people brought out of Delhi mosque are symptomatic, says Kejriwal
Over 6 lakh migrants have been accommodated in 61,000 relief camps, the health ministry said in a press briefing Tuesday, adding that routine health services such as immunisation should not be suspended. When asked to reveal list of hotspots, Lav Aggarwal, joint secretary, Health Ministry, said the situation at present is very dynamic and a […]
Corona Outbreak Afflicted By Communal Virus? Blaming Tablighi Jamaat Could Be Misdirected
“The Markaz mayhem explodes,” read the breaking news ticker of an English news channel on Tuesday morning after at least seven deaths — six in Telangana and one in Jammu and Kashmir — linked with a religious congregation in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area sent the national media into overdrive. The religious gathering was organised by Tablighi […]
SC to Centre: Arrange bhajan, namaz to prevent panic among migrants
SC to Centre: Arrange bhajan, namaz to prevent panic among migrants New Delhi, March 31 The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to rope in community leaders of various faiths to conduct ”bhajan-kirtan” and ”namaz” to check panic among migrant workers in shelter homes amid the coronavirus outbreak. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the […]
How Tablighi Jamaat emerged as the ‘largest known’ Covid-19 source in South Asia
New Delhi: Tablighi Jamaat, a non-political global Sunni Islamic evangelical movement of Indian origin, has emerged as the “largest known viral vector” of the novel coronavirus in South Asia. Its religious congregations are said to be the source of hundreds of positive cases of the disease in the region. In India, the Ministry of Home Affairs […]
What we know about Nizamuddin mosque congregation: 10 points
Delhi’s Nizamuddin area has emerged as the hotspot of coronavirus disease after several cases of Covid-19 emerged in people who were a part of a religious congregation in the area earlier this month. Here’s a quick guide on the development: 1. According to reports, more than 2,000 delegates from countries like Indonesia and Malaysia attended the Tablighi Jamaat congregation […]
India lockdown day 6: Govt zeroes in on 10 hotspots
As the number of COVID-19 cases reached 1,251 across the country (101 recovered, 32 dead), India is set to ramp up testing in 10 identified “hotspots” where “unusual” transmission has been detected. Of these, two — Dilshad Garden and Nizamuddin — are in Delhi, the others being Noida, Meerut, Bhilwara, Ahmedabad, Kasaragod, Pathanamthitta, Mumbai and Pune. In the last 24 hours, […]
‘My Mother Is Dead. I Am Stuck In Coronavirus Lockdown’: Bihar Labourer Cries For Help In Delhi
Like thousands of others, Tipu Yadav, a migrant labourer from Bihar, is also stuck in Delhi following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s declaration for a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus, which continues to wreak havoc across the world. On Monday, Yadav was seen crying after he learnt of his mother’s death. […]
