The containment zone tally in the national capital on Sunday reached 97 with two new red zones added in to list in the last 24 hours. While one new zone was formed in the South-East district, another was formed in the North district. According to the Delhi government, in the North district, the whole of the Kumhar Gali (house number 1751 to 1815) to Chaupal Chowkm Kotla Mubarakpur has been sealed. In the North district, Gali numbers 3, 4 and 5 Majlis Park in Adarsh Nagar has been sealed. Among the districts, the highest containment zones are in the South-East…
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The death rate in coronavirus-ravaged New York, the worst-hit in the US, has dropped with 367 deaths on Saturday compared with 437 on Friday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday. Transmission rates, as well as death rates, would dictate how and when the state reopens, he said in his daily media briefing, stressing that asking public to remain in their homes indefinitely with nothing to do through the summer would be impossible. “There’s a sanity equation here,” Cuomo said, pointing to reports that domestic violence, drug and alcohol abuse and mental health problems have already increased. He offered some details…
In a major reshuffle in top bureaucracy of the Narendra Modi government, senior IAS officers AK Sharma and Tarun Bajaj were on Sunday moved out of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Bajaj, a 1988-batch Haryana cadre officer, has been appointed as Secretary, Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance and will take over upon superannuation of incumbent Atanu Chakraborty on April 30. He is presently posted as Additional Secretary in PMO, said a Ministry of Personnel order. Sharma, a 1988-batch IAS of Gujarat cadre and also an Additional Secretary in the PMO, has been appointed Secretary, Micro, Small and Medium…
At least nine chief ministers — mostly from east and north eastern India –are expected to speak during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s video-conference with Chief Ministers today. This is the fourth time the Prime Minister is interacting with the states since the countrywide lockdown started on March 14. The video-conference — which begins at 10 am — is expected to review the extension of the lockdown. A clear exit plan and how it should be implemented in a phased manner will also be discussed. The chief ministers are also likely to discuss the responses to the partial relaxations granted on…
A 49-year-old man who was administered convalescent plasma therapy at a private hospital in the national capital has fully recovered and was discharged on Sunday. The man had tested positive on April 4 and was admitted at a hospital in Delhi’s Saket area with moderate symptoms and a history of fever and respiratory issues, the same day. His condition deteriorated during the next few days and he soon required external oxygen to maintain saturation. He soon developed pneumonia with Type I respiratory failure and had to be put on ventilator support on April 8. When the patient showed no improvement…
Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad Kandhavli has tested negative for Covid-19, his lawyer informed on Sunday. He was ordered to get tested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch. Now, Maulana Saad may appear before the crime branch on Monday. The Tablighi Jammat leader spoke to India Today TV on Friday. In the interview, Maulana Saad said he had undergone a Covid-19 test and his results were awaited. The Delhi Police’s crime branch had, on March 31, lodged an FIR against seven people, including the cleric, on a complaint by Station House Officer of Nizamuddin police station for holding a congregation…
The Uttar Pradesh government has begun bringing back State’s native workers stranded elsewhere in the country amid the COVID 19 lockdown and has ensured the return of 2,224 of them in the first phase, said a senior official. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had issued directions to bring back labourers belonging to UP from other states in a phased manner. Additional Chief Secretary of Home and Information Awanish Awasthi said, the first batch of workers was brought back in 82 buses from Haryana yesterday, and 11,000 workers will return today. Orders have been issued to prepare shelter homes in…
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken custody of DHFL promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan in Satara, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Sunday. Local police in Satara district had extended all cooperation to the central probe agency, the minister said. The Wadhawans, accused of financial irregularities under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and out on bail since February 21, were held earlier this month while on their way in a motorcade to Mahabaleshwar from the metropolis in violation of lockdown norms. Mr Deshmukh had earlier requested CBI to take custody of the two on Wednesday after…
Seema Nanda, an Indian-American CEO of the Democratic National Committee(DNC) has announced that she was stepping down. The Boston College Law School and Brown University grad, who took over as the DNC CEO in June 2018, succeeding Mary Beth Cahill, announced the move via Twitter on Friday, the American Bazaar reported. “After two years, I will be stepping down as CEO of the DNC. I couldn”t be prouder of the infrastructure we have built, the primary process we have run, and the team we have built. “I look forward to continuing the fight for our democracy and to elect Democrats…