No passenger trains till May 3, advance booking suspended till further notice
The Indian Railways has suspended all passenger trains till May 3 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that the 21-day lockdown would be extended by another 19 days. The railways said no advance booking of train tickets will be allowed till further notice. It will fully refund fares for the cancelled services. “Resumption of train services […]
Covid-19 lockdown, extended till May 3, will become more strict for next one week, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appreciated the discipline showed by the people of the country in making the 21-day lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus a success as he announced its extension. “In my discussions with the state governments, and various stakeholders, one thing was unanimous: That we should extend the lockdown. So, […]
R0 data shows India’s coronavirus infection rate has slowed, gives lockdown a thumbs up
Bengaluru/New Delhi: There is a glimmer of hope in India’s battle against Covid-19 from a key metric of the rate of infection of coronavirus. The metric, called the R-Naught or R-Zero – and written as R0 – estimates that the infection rate in India has fallen to 1.55 on 11 April from 1.83 on 6 April, indicating that the […]
‘No greater patriotism than persistence’: Sonia Gandhi thanks Covid-19 warriors
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday thanked and praised all those who are fighting against the coronavirus pandemic from the frontline as she urged people to follow rules during the lockdown and adhere to social distancing norms. In her video message, which came hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation, Gandhi spoke […]
Mother corona positive, baby is born infection-free at AIIMS
Coronavirus (COVID-19): His mother had tested positive for COVID-19 but the 10-day-old infant who was born amid the coronavirus scare at AIIMS has tested negative for the disease. Both the baby’s parents, a senior resident doctor from AIIMS and his wife, were admitted to the institute after they tested positive. Their son is the first baby to […]
India’s ‘strong demarche’ to Pakistan over death of 3 civilians in shelling
India on Monday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over the killing of three civilians, including a minor, in unprovoked cross-border shelling by Pakistani forces, people familiar with developments said. An eight-year-old boy and a woman were among the three people killed when Pakistani troops shelled several civilian areas in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on […]
Indian doctors face censorship, attacks as they fight coronavirus
New Delhi, India – On March 28, when Kolkata-based oncologist Indranil Khan received images of doctors wearing raincoats in the COVID-19 ward of a government hospital, he shared them on Twitter. The next day, the West Bengal state health department assured him that “immediate steps” would be taken to reject “substandard” personal protective equipment (PPE). Within two hours of that […]
A Letter to the People of India, on the Eve of My Arrest
The Supreme Court, recently, rejected the bail applications of scholar and activist Anand Teltumbde, who was booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, or UAPA for allegedly fomenting violence during during the Bhima Koregaon event. The top court gave him and activist Gautam Navlakha, one week to surrender. The week ends on April 14, when both […]
PM Modi meetings on Covid-19 lockdown in last lap, decision at 10 am tomorrow
The Prime Minister’s Office, which has been in the middle of the decision-making process during the Covid-19 lockdown, is holding one of the last rounds of meetings to finalise the modalities for the second phase of the graded lockdown that will be announced by PM Narendra Modi at 10 am tomorrow. The 21-day national lockdown announced […]
Coronavirus: India’s race against time to save doctors
India, like most parts of the world, is in a race against time to procure personal protective equipment (PPE) for the safety of its medical teams fighting to halt the spread of coronavirus. The country has reported more than 8,500 coronavirus cases and at least 289 have died. The first 100 cases were mostly reported […]