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Supreme Court hails healthcare warriors, government should create a mechanism to solicit suggestions from people about how to go ahead on the issues related to COVID-19

New Delhi, Apr 8. Doctors and healthcare professionals are “warriors” in fight against coronavirus and have to be protected, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday even as the Centre assured that it is doing its best by providing them personal protective equipment (PPE) and other facilities. The apex court suggested that the government should create […]
Politics

Ill-planned lockdown is leading us to a fatal combination of loss of both life and livelihood – Kamal Haasan writes letter to PM

Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, in an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, criticised the implementation of the 21-day national lockdown, which was imposed to control the spread of coronavirus. Full text of his letter is as follows. To, The Honourable Prime Minister, Republic of India. Respected Sir, I pen this letter as a responsible but […]
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Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa in favour of lifting lock-down in coronavirus-free districts, legislators to face 30 per cent salary cut

The Karnataka government is in favour of lifting the coronavirus lockdown in districts which remained free of the virus infection, subject to approval from the Centre, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Wednesday. Noting that the state’s revenue collections have stopped, he said the legislators would take a 30 per cent salary cut and […]
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Mizoram govt contemplating to extend lockdown : The state government is weighing between the necessity of extending the lockdown and its possible social and economic repercussion

The Mizoram government is contemplating to extend the ongoing 21-day lockdown in the state after receiving an “informal suggestion” from a medical panel it had set up to fight the contagion, a senior official said on Tuesday. The nationwide lockdown was imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 25 to break the chain of […]
Health

Arvind Kejriwal unveiled a five-point plan to tackle the coronavirus outbreak after speaking to experts and doctors.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday unveiled a five-point plan to tackle the coronavirus outbreak after speaking to experts and doctors. The “5Ts”, Kejriwal said, include testing, tracing, treatment, teamwork and tracking and monitoring of the virus. The Delhi government will start conducting rapid anti-body tests, as recommended by the ICMR, in areas identified