NEW DELHI: All international commercial passenger flights will remain suspended till April 14, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced on Thursday, amid a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the Covid-19. The DGCA on March 19 had announced that no international commercial passenger flight operations will take place in India from 1.30 […]
NEW DELHI: The Union Home Ministry on Friday asked state governments to prevent a mass exodus of migrant agriculture labourers, industrial workers and unorganised sector employees from their workplaces to hometowns amid a 21-day nationwide lockdown to combat the coronavirus. In an advisory to all states and Union territories, the home ministry said they should […]
NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind Friday asked governors and Lt governors of states and union territories to rope in volunteers from the Red Cross and other religious organisations to contain the spread of coronavirus “at the earliest”, an official spokesman said. Addressing governors and LGs through a video conference, the President expressed hope that […]
NEW DELHI: The health experts in India staunchly believe that hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug, is currently the only remedy against the novel coronavirus, while also pointing towards its underlying side effects. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved the use of hydroxychloroquine as a preventive drug for coronavirus, which has infected hundreds of […]
NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, voicing her support to the 21-day lockdown announced by the PM in view of the coronavirus outbreak, and suggested several measures such as protection of doctors, easing the supply chains and deferment of loans. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic sweeping across the […]
NEW DELHI: As worldwide school closures disrupt the education of more than 80 per cent of students, Unicef on Thursday announced it will significantly scale up support in 145 countries to help children continue their learning while keeping schools safe. According to Unicef’s global chief of education, Robert Jenkins, it was found during the Ebola […]
NEW DELHI: India could face between 100,000 to 13 lakh confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus by mid-May if the current trend in the growing number of COVID-19 cases continues, according to a report by an international team of scientists. The report, compiled by COVIND- 19 Study Group, an interdisciplinary team of researchers, said while […]
NEW DELHI: Parliamentarians can now use Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) fund for medical testing and other facilities required to detect and contain coronavirus, according to recently amended rules. The move follows appeals by some MPs, including Vivek Tankha of the Congress. “I thank the prime minister and the government of India […]
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting urged all states and union territories to ensure “operational continuity” of print and electronic media in view of coronavirus outbreak. In a letter to the chief secretaries of all states and union territories on March 23, the ministry said robust and essential information dissemination networks like TV […]
NEW DELHI: Strictly-implemented social-distancing measures will reduce the overall expected number of cases of the novel coronavirus pandemic by 62 per cent and the peak number of cases by 89 per cent, according to the country’s apex health research body. Based on the initial understanding of the spread of the deadly COVID-19, the mathematical modelling […]