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. […]
Fact check: Is the govt spying on your WhatsApp messages? PIB clears it out
Clearing the air, the handle tweets that WhatsApp is not showing three ticks for a message, with the third tick being that government has taken notice of that particular message. For those unaware, WhatsApp shows a single tick in front of a message when it is sent, two ticks when it is received by the […]
Coronavirus India latest updates, 07 April: Maharashtra becomes first state to report more than 1,000 cases
Coronavirus India Updates: The number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra has increased to 1018 after the state reported 150 new cases on Tuesday. With this, Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to report more than 1000 novel coronavirus cases. Of the 150 new cases, 116 are from Mumbai, 18 from Pune, three each from Ahmednagar, Nagpur and […]
Coronavirus: States in no hurry to ease lockdown
At least seven states, which together have reported 1,367 coronavirus cases — almost one-third of the 4,281 cases across the country so far — indicated Monday that they would continue to have some restrictions in place even after the 21-day national lockdown ends on April 14. Coronavirus LIVE news updates While Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao said he […]
Trump talks tough, warns of ‘retaliation’ if India doesn’t export Hydroxychloroquine to US
President Donald Trump has warned India that the US may retaliate if it did not export anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine despite his personal request, saying he would be surprised in case of a negative outcome as New Delhi has good relations with Washington. Hydroxychloroquine, an old and inexpensive drug used to treat malaria, is seen as […]
Unemployment in March highest since September 2016, CMIE data shows fallout of Covid-19
New Delhi: India’s unemployment rate in the last week of March and first week of April crossed 23 per cent, data from the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy (CMIE) showed Tuesday, in an indication of the economic fallout of Covid-19 and the subsequent 21-day lockdown announced on 24 March. The massive rise in the weekly […]
How Much-Maligned Air India is Coming to Country’s Rescue
During the last few weeks, Air India has conducted multiple special flights to bring stranded Indians to the country from Coronavirus-affected cities such as Wuhan in China and Rome in Italy. It has emerged as one of the frontline warriors in the fight against Coronavirus. From bringing back thousands of stranded Indians from Wuhan, Japan, […]