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No Inter-State Travel For Migrant Workers: Centre
Sun Apr 19 2020
As per news report of NDTV, No inter-state travel of migrant workers must be allowed after the centre implements its decision to open some economic activities in non-hotspot areas ...
ICMR reports a huge spike in infections
Sun Apr 19 2020
In a major spike in COVID-19 cases, the Indian Council of Medical Research reported that a total of 16,365 individuals have now been confirmed positive in the country. On Saturday ...
Covid-19: No decision yet on easing or lifting flight restrictions
Sun Apr 19 2020
The government announced a halt to domestic flights on March 23, ordering commercial airlines to shut down domestic operations on top of an existing ban on international flights to...
No Relaxation of Lockdown In Delhi, Says CM Kejriwal
Sun Apr 19 2020
As per news report of NDTV, Delhi government has decided not to permit any relaxation of the lockdown, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today, adding that the situation would be...
Worldwide coronavirus cases exceed 2.2 million
Sat Apr 18 2020
Globally more than 2.23 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus and 151,657 have died, according to a Reuters tally. ...
Covid-19: China outbreak city Wuhan raises death toll by 50%
Sat Apr 18 2020
Wuhan, where the coronavirus originated last year, has raised its official Covid-19 death toll by 50%, adding 1,290 fatalities....
Coronavirus: 991 fresh cases, 43 deaths in last 24 hours
Sat Apr 18 2020
India has reported 14,378 Covid-19 cases, out of which 11,906 were active cases while 1,992 people had been discharged, according to the ministry of health. The death toll in the c...
COVID-19: Tamil Nadu outlier but on an average, 69% cases in each state from just 3 districts
Sat Apr 18 2020
In India, more than three weeks into the national lockdown, an average of 69 per cent almost seven of 10 of all active Covid cases in a state are concentrated in just three of its ...
21 Navy Sailors In Mumbai Test COVID-19 +ve
Sat Apr 18 2020
In Mumbai 21 sailors of the Indian Navy have been tested positive for coronavirus. The sailors have been quarantined at a naval hospital in the city. This is the first set of coron...
RBI cuts reverse repo rate by 25 basis points
Fri Apr 17 2020
The Reserve Bank of India has announced several steps in a move to ease financial stress and to maintain adequate liquidity in the system. This include targeted long term repo ope...
Covid-19: Google blocking 18m scam emails every day
Fri Apr 17 2020
Scammers are sending 18 million hoax emails about Covid-19 to Gmail users every day, according to Google. The tech giant says the pandemic has led to an explosion of phishing attac...
COIVD-19 Doubling Rate Down To 6.2 Days From 3 Days Before Lockdown
Fri Apr 17 2020
In India the doubling rate of COIVD-19 cases has dropped from 6.2 days over the past week, as compared to three days before the lockdown was imposed last month, the government said...
Covid-19 outbreak: RBI monitoring situation
Fri Apr 17 2020
India’s coronavirus cases have risen to 13,387 including 437 deaths, according to the health ministry figures released on Friday morning. In another development, the consignment of...
Tablighi Jamaat chief with culpable homicide after coronavirus surge
Fri Apr 17 2020
As per news report of Reuters, the headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat group in a cramped corner of New Delhi were sealed and thousands of followers, including some from Indonesia,...
Coronavirus testing ramped up, 5 lakh kits arrive from China
Fri Apr 17 2020
The first consignment of 5 lakh rapid COVID-19 testing kits has arrived from China. With four days to go for conditional easing of restrictions in specific areas, testing has been ...
In India, Government offices to reopen with senior staff from April 20
Wed Apr 15 2020
In India, all central ministries and departments and their subordinate offices will start functioning from April 20 with 100 per cent attendance of officials in the rank of Deputy ...
Some Industries in Rural Areas, E-Commerce can start on April 20
Wed Apr 15 2020
As per news report of NDTV, some industries in rural areas, e-commerce, IT and farming will be allowed after April 20, the government said today in new guidelines a day after Prime...
Coronavirus: Over 1,400 new cases in 24 hours, count crosses 10,000 mark
Wed Apr 15 2020
As per news report of Indian Express, till now, the highest single-day jump was 918 cases on April 12, which was followed by 905 COVID-19 cases on April 13. The last three days hav...
US to halt funding to WHO, says Trump
Wed Apr 15 2020
United states President Donald Trump says he has instructed his administration to halt funding to the World Health Organization. He said the WHO had "failed in its basic duty" in i...
Uddhav Thackeray Warns Rumour-Mongers
Wed Apr 15 2020
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray has said the gathering by migrant labourers in Bandra took place because of people spreading rumours. ...