The Bihar government seems to tighten the grip over those who attended the congregation in Delhi”s Nizamuddin Markaz, as 57 foreigners of different countries were arrested in Patna, Buxar, Kishanganj and Araria for violating visa rules. According to the police, all the arrested were associated with Tablighi Jamaat. 18 have been arrested from Araria while 17 from Patna and 11 each from Kishanganj and Buxar. All of them were tested of coronavirus but they tested negative. Kishanganj Superintendent of Police Kumar Ashish said 10 Indonesia and one Malaysian were arrested from near the Khanka Mosque a few days ago. They…
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A total of 15,729 patients have succumbed to the COVID-19, including 10,129 died in hospitals and 5,600 in nursing homes, French General Director for Health Jerome Salomon said. The death toll increased by 762 on a daily basis, more than the 574 reported on Monday. French hospitals registered a single-day loss of 541 coronavirus patients, Salomon said at a daily conference on the epidemic on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported. Meanwhile, another 5,497 positive cases for COVID-19 were reported, bringing the total of confirmed cases to 103,573 by Tuesday. That includes 32,292 patients who have received treatment in hospitals, up…
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday night that he is halting funding to the World Health Organization while his administration reviews the group’s handling of the coronavirus, accusing it of bungling the response and failing to communicate the disease’s threat. The move follows weeks of Trump’s escalating attacks on the U.N. health organization as he has sought to deflect scrutiny of his own administration’s slow response to the outbreak. The U.S. contributes more than any other country to WHO, at more than $400 million per year. Cutting off funds to the group, which has a $4.8 billion annual budget, will be…
India has 10,363 coronavirus cases, including 339 deaths. Over 3,00,000 people in quarantine across the country are being monitored and how many of them test positive for coronavirus during a strict lockdown over the next week will be critical in deciding the government’s next move. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to extend the lockdown without any easing of restrictions for now is driven by the strategy to track those isolated in the red zones or those worst hit by COVID-19, according to senior government officials. The Home Ministry says, based on data gathered by its 24X7 war room, that as…
A Congress legislator from Gujarat’s Jamalpur Khadia, a part of a coronavirus hotspot in Ahmedabad, was found to be positive for the dreaded virus on Tuesday. Significantly, Imran Khedawala had met Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and other top officials on Tuesday afternoon regarding the outbreak. As more and more positive cases are emerging from Ahmedabad’s hotspot or cluster areas in the fortified area, health authorities have intensified surveillance and testing in these areas. The state government on Tuesday even imposed a week-long curfew in the area. There are six areas from the fortified city which are come under the hotspot…
Authorities on Tuesday halted admission in the male and female medicine wards of Kolkata Medical College and Hospital after the death of a coronavirus positive patient. According to hospital sources, the 62-year-old woman patient was earlier admitted at Charnock hospital with kidney ailments. After the hospital was temporarily closed following the death of a Covid-19 patient after dialysis, she was transferred to the medicine ward of KMCH after her initial examination at the emergency ward on Sunday night. She was later transferred to the isolation ward for Covid-19 patients where she died on Monday night. Following her death, admission of…
After a protest by a large number of migrant workers at Mumbai’s Bandra this evening against the coronavirus lockdown, Home Minister Amit Shah called Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and expressed concern. Such events weaken India’s fight against coronavirus and the administration needs to stay vigilant to avoid these, Amit Shah told the Chief Minister on the phone. He also offered his full support to the Maharashtra government, said officials. Over 1,000 migrant workers gathered at Bandra Railway station in suburban Mumbai demanding transport to return to their states, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an extension of the…
Block C-2 of Janakpuri in west Delhi was sealed on Tuesday after positive coronavirus cases were reported from the area. With this, the count of the containment zones in the city goes to 48. In an order, dated April 14, the District Magistrate (South-West) made the area a containment zone and directed for the implementation of the cluster containment strategy in the area. It is the fourth containment zone in the district so far. “The cluster containment strategy would be to contain the disease within a defined geographical area by early detection of cases, breaking the chain of transmission and…
In continuation of the measures taken in the wake of COVID-19 Lockdown, it has been decided that all passenger train services on Indian Railways including Premium trains, Mail/Express trains, Passenger trains, Suburban Trains, Kolkata Metro Rail, Konkan Railway etc shall continue to remain cancelled till 3rd May 2020. To ensure the essential supplies in various parts of the country, movement of goods and Parcel trains will continue. No booking of any type of tickets, including E tickets shall be done till further advice. However, facility of online cancellation will remain functional for ticket bookings. All counters for ticket booking for…
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari has assured the industry of full cooperation from the government in restarting their enterprises after the lockdown is lifted post COVID-19. Interacting with FICCI representatives on a web based seminar today, the Minister informed them about the various financial decisions taken by the government in this direction. Shri Gadkari informed that RBI has allowed rescheduling of term loans and working capital facilities. Speaking about the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Gadkari said that Government is aware of their difficulties and realises their importance to the economy. He…