India: Fears of coronavirus outbreak in Assam’s detention centres
Mohammad, 69, was declared an “illegal immigrant” by the Foreigners Tribunal, a quasi-judicial court in Assam, and thrown into jail for not being able to produce enough documents to prove his citizenship. Over the past three weeks, Gulbahar is waging a legal battle to free her father due to the global coronavirus pandemic. She says […]
Odisha Becomes First State To Extend Lockdown Till April 30
Schools and other educational institutions will remain closed till June 17, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced after a video conference with his ministers. “We have decided to extend the lockdown period till April 30 and a recommendation in this regard will be sent to the Centre,” he said in a video message. Patnaik said the […]
Coronavirus curve up, lockdown impact may take a while
There is good reason why the central government and several states are inclined to extend the current lockdown beyond April 14. Two weeks into the lockdown period, there is no indication yet that the largest quarantine exercise in the world is having the desired effect of slowing down the spread of the COVID-19 disease. Scientists using computer […]
HCQ assurance kept, India seeks US help for cutting-edge Covid-19 test equipment
Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla on Wednesday requested the Trump administration for support to get access to cutting-edge Covid-19 testing equipment. Shringla made the request in a telephone conversation with his counterpart US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E Biegun, people familiar with the development said. Shringla’s phone call is a follow-up to Prime Minister Narendra […]
Balbharti releases Class 12th Science, Commerce, Arts textbooks online amid lockdown
Class 12 students under the state board would no longer have to wait to get their textbooks under the revised curriculum as the state’s publishing bureau Balbharti has uploaded majority books in their PDF versions on its official website- http://ebalbharati.in Almost all textbooks for the Commerce and Science stream have been uploaded on the website […]
Coronavirus: Mumbai Makes Masks Compulsory In Public, Violators To Face Action
In a first for the country, face masks have been made compulsory for all Mumbai citizens wanting to move around in the city, in any public places for whatever reasons, according to a BMC notification here on Wednesday. “Wear masks in public paces in Mumbai or face action under IPC section 188,” said BMC in […]
Modi tells MPs lockdown only way to curb Covid-19 spread, hints at extension beyond 14 April
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said a decision on extending the nationwide lockdown will be made after consulting chief ministers of all states on 11 April, but reiterated that a lockdown is the only solution to containing the spread of the disease. The Prime Minister made his comments in his first interaction with all the parliamentary […]
Northern Railway scores century in a day: Converts over 100 coaches into COVID-19 isolation units
Surpassing its earlier record, Delhi-based Northern Railway has scored a century in one day, converting more than 100 coaches into isolation units Wednesday, the highest for any zone in India doing this work. Banking on such progress, Railways has also increased its overall target to now convert 5,150 coaches, over 10 per cent of which […]
Call it a mistake, not conspiracy against India, say Muslim scholars on Tablighi Jamaat event
New Delhi: India’s death toll from coronavirus crossed 100 this week, and over 4,000 cases have been reported so far. The health ministry Monday said 1,445 of these cases are linked to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation that took place at its Nizamuddin headquarters in Delhi in mid-March. The Tablighi Jamaat has been widely criticised for holding the congregation that has emerged as a Covid-19 cluster. ThePrint […]
Donald Trump reverses course, supports India’s position on hydroxychloroquine
US President Donald Trump today changed course and supported the Narendra Modi government stand on hydroxychloroquine and ended up praising India’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. In an interview to Fox News, Trump said: “ I bought millions of doses. More than 29 million. I spoke to Prime Minister Modi, a lot of it comes out of India. […]