ALL SET FOR EVACUATION OF INDIANS STRANDED OVERSEAS In one of the largest evacuation exercises, the govt will operate 64 flights from May 7 to 13 to bring home thousands of Indian nationals stranded abroad due to the coronavirus lockdown. Named "Vande Bharat Mission", Minister of Externa
THIRD PHASE OF LOCKDOWN BEGINS WITH SEVERAL RELAXATIONS India yesterday entered the third phase of lockdown with considerable relaxations in orange and green zones, and some in the red zones too. In the last 24 hours, a record 1,074 recoveries were reported, taking the total number of cu
LOCKDOWN EXTENDED BY TWO WEEKS: GUIDELINES PERMIT SOME RELAXATIONS With two days left for the nationwide lockdown period to end, the government yesterday extended it by another two weeks beginning May 4 to contain spread of COVID-19 infection in the country. The government, however, claim
ALMOST 50% OF THE DEAD ARE BELOW AGE 60, UP FROM 25% Of the 1,075 COVID-19 deaths across the country till Thursday, almost half the patients were less than 60 years old. This marks a shift since April 18, when less than 25 per cent of the deaths occurred in this age group. On the other h
CENTRE ALLOWS INTER-STATE MOVEMENT OF STRANDED MIGRANT WORKERS, OTHERS, BUT IN BUSES The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Wednesday issued an order allowing inter-state movement of stranded migrant labourers, students, and tourists, four days before the second phase of lockdown is schedule
PLASMA THERAPY ONLY FOR RESEARCH, NOT FOR TREATMENT: ICMR At his daily press briefing on the COVID-19 situation, Union Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said that in the last 24 hours, 1,543 new cases of the coronavirus were detected in the country, of which 684 cases were cure
FOCUS SHIFTING TOWARDS ECONOMY AS PM SPEAKS TO CMs As India enters final week of the current lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday conveyed to chief ministers that the country will have to give importance to the economy as well as to continue the fight against coronavirus.
PM MODI TO INTERACT WITH CMs TODAY Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers via video conference today on the way ahead in the fight against the novel coronavirus, amid indications that the discussions could also focus on a graded exit from the ongoing lockdown.
CENTRE ISSUES ADVISORY EASING CURBS ON SELECT SHOPS On the day it red-flagged Ahmedabad, Surat, Hyderabad and Chennai among "major hotspot districts or emerging hotspots" and decided to send four new teams to monitor these cities, the Centre issued an advisory late Friday night relaxing
CENTRAL TEAMS GO TO 4 STATES, SAY BENGAL NOT HELPING Frosty ties between the Centre and West Bengal were on full display on Tuesday as the two Inter-Ministerial Central Teams that landed in the state to assesses its handling of the COVID-19 situation alleged non-cooperation by the state
