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Milan The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has surged by 889, the Civil Protection Agency said on Saturday, the second highest daily tally since the epidemic emerged on February 21. Total fatalities in Italy have reached 10,023, by far the highest of any country in theRead More
New Delhi The exodus of hordes of people from Delhi to different parts of the Uttar Pradesh many of whom set off to trudge hundreds of kilometres to be back home, forced the authorities to run some buses to transport them. After social media poured scorn over the apathy ofRead More
New Delhi India’s response to COVID-19 has been “pre-emptive, pro-active and graded”, the government said on Saturday, brushing aside the allegations that the 21-day nationwide lockdown was announced without any planning. The government said it had already put in place a “comprehensive response system” at its borders much before theRead More
Beijing/Washington The war of words between the US and China over the origins of the deadly coronavirus has extended to the WHO as Chinese President Xi Jinping praised its role in advancing global battle against COVID-19 amid his American counterpart Donald Trump’s criticism that the UN health agency sided withRead More
New Delhi The government on Thursday announced a Rs 1,70,000 crore package for the next three months for the vulnerable sections of the population. Bundled under the PM Gareeb Kalyan Scheme, the Covid relief package comprises cash transfers as well as food security which would be implemented from April 1,Read More
New Delhi Hours after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman announced a Rs 1.70 lakh crore financial package on Thursday, a PIL was filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to declare financial emergency under Article 360 of the Constitution to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. Filed byRead More
New Delhi The G-20 group, which includes the world’s economically most powerful nations including India, will hold a “virtual summit” on Thursday to coordinate their attempts to stave off a financial and health disaster. The invitees to the summit also include current chairs of regional organisations such as the ASEANRead More
New Delhi/Chennai/Mumbai/Bhopal India’s coronavirus infections have jumped to 606, with 10 deaths so far, the Union Ministry said on Wednesday as the country went into a state of complete lockdown—a strategy health experts say would help flatten the curve of the contagion. The health ministry said in its evening briefingRead More
New Delhi Cabinet Secretary Rajeev Gauba wrote to state chief secretaries to immediately earmark a hospital in each district to help manage the contagion. Gauba referred to the video conference between states and the central government two days ago to say a dedicated COVID management unit would be critical goingRead More
New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the nation on the coronavirus pandemic and announced that the whole country will be put under lockdown from 12 pm tonight for a period of 21 days. He said every Indian contributed for making ‘Janata curfew’ a success. “You all deserveRead More
