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The Punjab government on Sunday said it will not relax the lockdown till May 3 and any decision on the way forward will be taken after an expert committee set up to formulate state's lockdown exit plan submits its report. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has directed deputy commissioners to...
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The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats will resume work from Monday after they were shut in the last week of March due to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to official orders. Both the houses were adjourned sine die on March 23 following the passage of the Finance Bill for 2020-21, bringing a...
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Amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, on Sunday told airlines to stop taking bookings. Private Indian airlines were taking bookings on Sunday on select flights from May 4.Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had advised...
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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Sunday urged India to take urgent steps to protect the rights of its minority Muslim community and stop the incidents of Islamophobia in the country. The OIC's Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission in a tweet also said the Indian media was...
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An FIR was registered against a Twitter user for allegedly threatening to shoot Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, police said on Sunday. Based on a complaint lodged by Congress worker Pankaj Dwivedi at Kotwali Police Station in Basti district, the case was registered under Section 506 of...
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A high-level task force has been set up to work on frontiers of science related to vaccines and drug testing to fight coronavirus, the Union health ministry said on Sunday. Addressing a media briefing in New Delhi, Lav Agarwal, joint secretary, health ministry, said NITI Aayog member and...
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The government is unlikely to exempt GST on medical items like ventilators, PPEs, masks, test kits and sanitisers, as it would lead to blocked input tax credit, thereby increasing the cost of manufacturing and increase the price for consumers. There have been demands from certain sections to...
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Union minister Prakash Javadekar made it clear on Sunday that the central government has so far not taken any decision on starting train or airline services, asserting that any discussion on the issue is futile. Asked if the government is looking at any timeline to start passenger transport...
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All seven COVID-19 patients in Goa have recovered from the infection and have been discharged, chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Sunday.He said that all the seven persons are natives of Goa, but six of them had returned to the state from abroad.The repeat samples of the seven COVID-19 patients...
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An Indian Council of Medical Research official on Sunday said 3,86,791 tests for coronavirus tests have been conducted so far with 37,173 tests done on Saturday. Joint secretary in the health ministry Lav Agarwall also said that 755 dedicated COVID-19 hospitals and 1,389 dedicated healthcare...
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The novel coronavirus outbreak has significantly changed the contours of professional life and these days home is the new office and internet is the new meeting room, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. I have also been adapting to these changes. Most meetings, be it with ministerial...
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Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said industries based in green and orange coronavirus zones of the state will be allowed to resume operations, but in a restricted manner.In a video message, he also said that industries which are ready to provide accommodation to their...
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Actor Ejaz Khan, arrested for allegedly uploading an objectionable Facebook post, was on Sunday produced before a Mumbai court which remanded him in police custody till April 24.Khan's lawyer Nazneen Khatri sought bail for the actor, but the court rejected it saying his offence, for which he has...
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People found spitting or urinating in public places will be penalised with a fine of Rs 1000, in keeping with the measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Delhi civic authorities said on Sunday. All three municipal corporations and the New Delhi Municipal Council have prohibited spitting and...
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Labourers, who are stranded in different parts of the country due to the ongoing lockdown, will be allowed to go to their respective places of work within a state with certain conditions, the Union home ministry said. Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, however, made it clear that there will be no...
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday called upon the Uttar Pradesh government to evolve a plan to help migrant workers from the state reach their home. In a video appeal, she urged the state government to set up a helpline and control room to reach out to all those migrant workers...
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SpiceJet has decided to send employees earning more than Rs 50,000 per month on leave without pay on a rotational basis, sources said on Sunday amid flight services remaining suspended till May 3. This arrangement would be in place for three months, they added. The sources also told PTI that...
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India has put in place a robust mechanism to insulate the three services and their strategic assets from the coronavirus infection, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday, assuring that the military is fully prepared to defend the the country from adversarial forces though it was fighting...
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It is important to stay united and have faith in each other to fight the coronavirus pandemic, veteran lyricist-screenwriter Javed Akhtar said on Sunday, expressing concerns over the attack on healthcare workers and cases of communal tension in the country. In a video shared by Akhtar's wife,...
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There is no proposal for reduction of pension and no action is being contemplated by the government in this respect, the Centre said on Sunday. The assertion assumes significance as rumours are afloat that the government is contemplating reduction or stoppage of pension. It has come to the...
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Majority of 5,500-odd employees of GoAir will now be on leave without pay till May 3 as its entire fleet remains grounded in the wake of the extended lockdown, the airline has said. In March, the Wadia Group-owned airline asked its employees to go on LWP on a rotational basis besides cutting...
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At least two doctors and six nurses at the Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Deli have tested positive for coronavirus, sources said on Sunday. They were all deployed at the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit of the hospital.The hospital has initiated a contact tracing to find out who all had...
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The Delhi government has decided to not relax the ongoing lockdown as of now as the coronavirus appears to be spreading in the national capital, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday. Addressing a video conference, Kejriwal said the government will assess the situation again after one...
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The government on Sunday prohibited the sale of non-essential items through e-commerce platforms during the ongoing lockdown, four days after allowing such companies to sale mobile phones, refrigerators and ready-made garments. Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla issued an order excluding the...
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A continued rise in coronavirus cases in India has put the bears in command on Dalal Street. See the impact of the global pandemic on the markets.
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The Uttar Pradesh government has removed a second chief medical officer in Gautam Buddh Nagar, a hotspot of coronavirus, within a fortnight, the health department said.A P Chaturvedi was shunted out late on Saturday and D K Ohri, the principal of Agra's Regional Family Planning Training Centre,...
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The Union Cabinet is likely to approve next week a package for discoms reeling under revenue loss due to lower power demand amid the coronavirus lockdown, including setting up of an alternative investment fund to pay off their dues towards electricity generation companies, a source said. The...
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A one-month-old girl died of Covid-19 infection at Kalavati Sharan Hospital in Delhi. She was admitted on April 14 and was found positive on April 16. Meanwhile, at least two doctors and six nurses at the Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi have tested positive for coronavirus.They were...
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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday urged the government to transfer cash and distribute free foodgrains to the poor, saying only a heartless government will not do anything. He said more and more people have run out of cash and are standing in queues for free cooked food.There is...
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Restrictions on air and train travel may continue beyond May 3, when the 40-day lockdown in India to stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic comes to an end, at least three people who attended a Group of Ministers meeting on Saturday said on condition of anonymity.One union minister said that...
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China reported 16 new confirmed coronavirus cases at the end of day Saturday, according to the country's National Health Commission, the lowest daily increase since March 17.No additional deaths were reported.China has now reported 82,735 cases and 4,632 coronavirus deaths.Of the total cases,...
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Coronavirus cases in India rose to 15,712, according to the health ministry website. The death toll in the country stood at 507.The website also stated that 2,230 have been cured/discharged.As the nation prepares for April 20, the day lockdown restrictions are set to ease, Delhi will begin...
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A man, who had recovered from the novel coronavirus, was again found suffering from the infection in Himachal Pradesh, officials said.The man, a Tablighi Jamaat member, tested positive for the infection on Saturday within a week of his two reports coming out negative, they said. Residents of...
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There are at least 7,34,552 coronavirus cases in the Unites States, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally.At least 38,835 people have died.The totals include cases from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and other US territories, as well as all repatriated cases.
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US President Donald Trump has warned China of consequences if it was knowingly responsible for the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic.Trump, who as expressed his disappointment over handling of the coronavirus disease by China, alleged non-transparency and initial non-cooperation with the...
