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India on Monday opened supply lines with the receipt of 1.70 lakh Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) coveralls from China amid the coronavirus crisis.Along with domestic supplies of 20,000 coveralls, a total of 1.90 lakh coveralls will now be distributed to hospitals and will add to the 3,87,473...
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There was a glimmer of hope amid all pervasive gloom as the number of active COVID-19 cases in Bihar plunged by nearly a quarter to 22 with the recovery of six patients while as no one tested positive for the deadly coronavirus in the last 48 hours, officials said on Monday.More than 800...
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The National Commission of Women has taken suo motu cognisance of an incident where a miscreant allegedly spat on a girl from the North East at Kalina Market area in Mumbai, calling it a case of racial discrimination amid coronavirus outbreak. The NCW said it will look into the matter for...
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The Karnataka government on Monday exempted bakery and biscuit, condiments, confectionery and sweet units from lockdown and permitted them to operate with minimum staff.The units shall notpermit serving or dinning in the premises and only parcel and takeaways were permitted, a circular issued...
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Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to extend the 21-day national lockdown to check COVID-19 beyond April 14, saying it was essential to save the lives of people. The Telangana Rashtra Samiti supremo said it would be difficult to...
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India recorded the highest number of 704 positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.With these new cases, the total number of COVID-19 positive cases in India have now climbed to 4,281.Total deaths stand at 111 including 28...
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The National Commission for Women has directed the Gujarat police to conduct a thorough probe into the alleged harassment of a woman doctor in Surat for being in close proximity to coronavirus patients.The matter came to the fore after a purported video showing the doctor working in Surat Civil...
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Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhiyal 'Nishank' on Monday appealed to companies to not withdraw any job offers made to students in campus placements due to the economic problems created by the COVID-19 pandemic.To ease the worries of graduating students about placements, I have to...
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The outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist have announced a unilateral ceasefire in Odisha in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and urged the state government to send medical teams to assist people living in forests and other remote areas.In an audio tape released in Telugu, a man, who...
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A milkman was arrested for allegedly carrying liquor bottles inside milk containers in the city in the early hours of Monday, police said.The accused, Bobby Chaudhary, is a resident of Bulandshahar and a milkman by profession.He bought the liquor for his cousin's birthday party at a time when the...
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Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Monday said that no one should be under the impression of complete lifting of lockdown in the state after April 15.No one should be under the impression of complete lifting of lockdown from April 15 onwards. The situation between April 10 to 15 will be...
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was once again criticised for sharing fake news on social media by retweeting a post on Twitter that falsely showed an illuminated India in the world map on Sunday. Last Friday, Prime Minister Narendrea Modi had appealed people to switch off lights at their homes and...
19:13
Motilal Oswal hosted a discussion with Dr Raman Gangakhedkar, scientist 'G' & head, epidemiology and communicable diseases-I (ECD-I) division at the Indian Council of Medical Research, on the current Covid-19 situation in India and the approach undertaken to control the outbreak. You can read...
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Ireland's Indian-origin Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar, has rejoined the country's medical register to take on his former role as a doctor on the frontlines of the Irish health service tackling the COVID-19 crisis.According to The Irish Times, the Taoiseach, as the Irish Prime Minister is known,...
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Nearly two weeks under the national lockdown, Mumbai on Monday reported 57 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally of affected people to 490 so far.Simultaneously, four more patients undergoing treatment have succumbed to the deadly infection, taking the toll so far to 34, the Brihanmumbai...
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The training of Gaganyaan's four prospective astronauts in Russia has been put on hold as the facility where the exercise is being undertaken has been temporarily shut in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, sources said on Monday. The four test pilots of the Indian Air Force, chosen for India's...
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After suspending the Member of Parliament Local Area Development scheme for two years and diverting the funds towards managing health services and tackle the adverse impact of coronavirus pandemic in the country, there is a serious thinking among the political leadership to cut by 30% the pension...
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We told you first (check our 11:53 am update), but here's a reiteration in case you missed that update. Indicating a phased opening of the ongoing lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked Union ministers to prepare a graded plan to slowly open departments in areas that have not...
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More than 25,500 Tablighi Jamaat members and their contacts have been quarantined in the country till now, a senior Union Home Ministry official said on Monday. During the daily briefing, Joint Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava also told reporters that five villages in Haryana have been sealed...
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A second notice was issued to Tablighi Jamaat head Maulana Saad after a significant number of people, who had attended an event in Nizamuddin Markaz, tested positive for COVID-19.Earlier, in resposne to the first notice, Saad had submitted some documents and information to the Delhi Police...
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Health ministry update from Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Health Ministry:-- 693 new COVID19 cases have been reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total number to 4067 in India out of which 1445 cases are related to Jablighi Jamaat.-- 76 per cent cases have been reported in males and 24 per...
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Rahul Gandhi tweets this image of Hindu-Muslim amity saying, The Coronavirus is an opportunity for India to unite as one people, putting aside differences of religion, caste & class; to forge one common purpose: the defeat of this deadly virus. Compassion, empathy& self sacrifice are central to...
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Union Minister Prakash Javadekar
Union Cabinet approves an Ordinance amending the salary, allowances and pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954, reducing allowances and pension by 30 per cent with effect from 1st April, 2020 for a year. The President, Vice President, Governors of States have voluntarily decided to take a...
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Soon after BJP MP and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir pledged an additional allocation of Rs 50 lakh from his MPLAD fund to the Delhi government in its efforts to contain coronavirus, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal thanked him for the offer and said that the problem is not of money but the...
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AirAsia India has announced a waiver of all rescheduling fees on current and future bookings for travel until May 31. The waiver, announced in the campaign 'From A to B, we've got your back', encompasses all flights 'from A to B on the AirAsia India domestic network' across points-of-sale,...
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At least 92 staff members, including several doctors, of the D Y Patil Hospital in Pune, have been quarantined after an accident victim, who was being treated at the facility, tested positive for coronavirus, an official said on Monday. A senior civic official denied speculations of the...
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The Congress accused the government on Monday of indulging in profiteering from low crude oil prices when the country is in the grip of coronavirus pandemic, and stressed that it is time to care for the people and share a part of the Rs 20 lakh crore profit. The need of the hour and immediate...
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Since the nationwide lockdown was introduced, there have been many reports of police excesses. Many such reports involving Madhya Pradesh police have pushed the department into a corner. Now, to raise awareness about Covid-19 and brush up its image as a sympathetic force, the Bhopal police has...
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A Pakistani court has declared that overcrowding in jails is unconstitutional and ruled that a prisoner can sue the government and prison authorities for inhuman treatment during imprisonment, media reports said on Monday. The Islamabad High Court, after hearing the petitions filed by Adiala...
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Mumbai police has asked Tablighi Jamaat members who attended the Nizamuddin gathering in Delhi last month to approach the nearest police station or call on BMC helpline number 1916 as part of the efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The event, which had more than 9,000 participants,...
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There can little doubt that the BJP and the Hindi newspapers in the heartland have marched hand in hand, both feeding into (and feeding off) the loud and noisy assertion of majoritarian communalism in the North, and impacting national politics way beyond their little kens.The coverage of the...
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West Bengal Minister Dr Sashi Panja distributes food items and a Ludo game kit among people of her constituency at Shyampukur in Kolkata. It is very difficult for people to stay at home for a long time. Ludo will help them keep engaged at home & get rid of mobile addiction, she says.
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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday asked people to raise their voice for more and more testing, saying it the only way to prevent the spread of coronavirus. She said the mantra should be to test as much as possible and raise the testing levels and then treat the...
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The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) on Monday asked all zoos across the country to monitor the health of kept animals as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 on Monday after a tiger in a US zoo tested positive for the virus.In an order by CZA addressed to the Chief Wildlife...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs a meeting of Council of Ministers via video conferencing. Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also present.
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The UK government on Monday said Prime Minister Boris Johnson is doing well after staying overnight in hospital for some routine tests related to his COVID-19 diagnosis. UK housing and communities secretary Robert Jenrick said Johnson remains in charge of the UK's response to the coronavirus...
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Just when we had got used to seeing Ravish Kumar's familiar face at the MEA pressers, he bids us goodbye. The MEA spokesperson tweeted, Time to pass the baton. After 33 months of an incredible opportunity to serve the nation, my best wishes to Anurag Srivastava as the next Official Spokesperson...
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Sex workers in Mumbai are facing difficulties surviving
The US government, through its aid agency USAID, has announced a grant of USD 2.9 million to India to help it fight the coronavirus pandemic. US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster said the assistance will further support India's response to COVID-19. The US government, through USAID, the...
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In a major COVID-19 pandemic public health initiative, the Public Health and Family Welfare Department of Telangana, has swiftly deployed India's first automated COVID - 19 Monitoring System App to identify, undertake live surveillance, track, monitor, and provide real-time analytics to the Chief...
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BJP leader Manju Tiwari from Balrampur, UP, booked for firing in the air around 9 pm yesterday. I saw the entire city illuminating with candles & earthen lamps. I felt like it was Diwali & fired in the air out of jubilation. I accept my mistake and apologise for it, said said.
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The net worth of India's richest man Mukesh Ambani dropped 28 per cent or USD 300 million a day for two months to USD 48 billion as on March 31 due to the massive correction in stock markets, a report said on Monday.The chairman and managing director of the diversified Reliance Industries saw his...
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Figures tell the truth, said RSS Joint General Secretary Manmohan Vaidya on Monday referring to the number of COVID-19 cases linked to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi. He said the Tablighi Jamaat members have been exposed and even people belonging to the muslim community are opposing...
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All life insurance companies will process claims due to death by COVID-19, an industry body assured on Monday. The industry's umbrella body Life Insurance Council said the 'force majeure' clause will not apply in case of COVID-19 death claims and both private and state-run players will follow...
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PM Modi's message on BJP's 40th foundation day today: -- This foundation day of the BJP has come at a time when not only the country but also the world is going through a difficult time. Humanity is facing a crisis, our devotion to service of the country creates our path during this challenging...
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Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday pledged 30 per cent of his annual salary to the Prime Minister's PM-CARES Fund for combating, containment and relief efforts against COVID-19. The Governor has already announced donating his salary for March to Prime Minister's Relief Fund. The...
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Union Cabinet is to meet at 1 pm today at the Prime Minister House in New Delhi. On the agenda will be how the lockdown will be lifted and sources tell us that the PM is likely explain to his Cabinet colleagues about how to stagger the lifting of the lockdown from April 14 onwards. The PM is...
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The Maharashtra Cyber Police have arrested 11 people and registered 85 FIRs against others across the state for spreading fake news and rumours regarding the coronavirus outbreak on social media. According to the police, several fake messages are being circulated on social media platforms which...
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The Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai has been declared a containment zone by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation after as many as 26 nurses and three doctors tested positive for COVID-19 in a span of one week. The administration has barred the entry to and exit from the hospital until all the...
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Amid the coronavirus outbreak, resident doctors of the Government Medical College and Hospital in Aurangabad, Maharashtra staged a protest demanding personal protective equipment and N95 surgical masks for their own safety. Two patients and a staff member of the Government Medical College and...
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A 35-year-old man who had self-isolated after having cough and cold, hanged himself in Jamalpur village here, with the police suspecting that he acted out of the fear of having contracted the novel coronavirus. Rajendra took the extreme step at his in-laws' house on Saturday. His brother-in-law...
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Update on the COVID-19 situation in India: The death toll due to novel coronavirus rose to 109 and the number of cases in the country climbed to 4,067 on Monday, according to the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 3,666, as many as 291 people were cured...
10:52
Unsavoury news is trickling in for the Congress from Chhattisgarh. A power struggle is on between Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and senior minister T S Singh Deo. Singh Deo, 67, believes he should have been chief minister when the Congress secured a massive win in the Assembly polls in December...
10:37
Coronavirus-stricken Europe breathed a sigh of relief Sunday, as Italy reported its lowest single-day deaths in nearly three weeks and Spain saw continued fall in new cases and deaths. Between Saturday and Sunday, the coronavirus-related death toll in Italy was 525, the lowest one-day total since...
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Singer Kanika Kapoor has been discharged from Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow after the report of her sixth test, came negative. The Baby Doll singer made headlines after she tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. She was slammed for her negligence in hiding...
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The Singapore government has decided to quarantine returning Singaporeans from overseas in five-star hotels for 14 days as a constructive way to support the local hotel industry in these difficult times. The government has blocked 7500 hotel rooms for quarantine purposes.With the occupancy at...
09:56
The Govt of India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare says there has been an increase of 490 COVID19 cases in the last 12 hours. India's positive cases at 4067 (including 3666 active cases, 292 cured/discharged/migrated people and 109 deaths). On the 40th foundation day of the BJP today,...
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Social distancing during a union cabinet meeting on March 25
The Union Cabinet is scheduled to meet at 1 pm today via video conferencing. On March 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a Union Cabinet meeting where ministers were seen observing social distancing, which is a precaution against COVID-19. The Cabinet ministers were seen seated maintaining...
09:28
China has reported 39 new coronavirus cases, including 38 imported ones, as the number of asymptomatic cases also surged, raising concern of a second wave of the COVID-19 infections mainly from Chinese returning home despite drastic containment efforts, health officials said on Monday.A health...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted BJP workers on the party's 40th foundation day on Monday and asked them to help the needy as the country fights to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak. Recalling the contribution of those who toiled for decades to build the party, he said it is because of...
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Irrfan Khan, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Radhika Madan starrer Angrezi Medium movie is now streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. The movie is available athttps://www.hotstar.com/in/movies/angrezi-medium/1260024321.Angrezi Medium is a comedy-drama film directed by Homi Adajania and produced under the...
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There are at least 3,37,274 cases of coronavirus in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally.At least 9,633 people have died in the US from coronavirus. As of Sunday, there have been at least 25,029 new cases and at least 1,137 new deaths reported in the US.The total...
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As a precautionary measure to control the spread of coronavirus, wearing face masks has been made compulsory for all staff, officers and visitors in Mantralaya in Mumbai for the coming few months.No entry will be allowed to anyone without face masks. With 103 new COVID-19 positive cases, the...
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital for tests, 10 days after testing positive for coronavirus.Johnson, 55, continues to have persistent symptoms of coronavirus, a Downing Street spokesperson said on Sunday.His hospitalisation was described as a precautionary step...
