Tag: Lockdown
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Government releases guidelines for Unlock 1.0
As the country prepares to emerge from a two-month lockdown, the government announces a standard operating procedure for restaurants, malls and religious spaces. The government has mandated certain general measures like compulsory face cover or masks, a physical distancing of at least six feet and restricted use of closed spaces like elevators in order to ... -
Bajaj MD nails the India pandemic response as ‘Wild West’
Top courts to sit together to see how inter-state movement has to happen. Maharashtra is already experiencing a spike in numbers. Delhi numbers have suddenly gone up as well. According to a recent conversation between industrialist Rajiv Bajaj and Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi, “India seems to have flattened the wrong curve.” They are both ... -
India Is Better Off Shunning Chinese Made Goods: Sonam Wangchuk
The standoff between India and Chinese troops at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) has taken different proportions back home. The well known innovator and educationist Sonam Wangchuk has requested Indians to boycott Chinese goods, very much in tune with PM Narendra Modi’s initiative of self reliance and Made in India first. In a video ... -
Sonu Sood denies rumours about political ambitions
Sonu Sood,the Bollywood actor, who has been helping thousands of stranded migrants reach home, said that he has no intentions of joining any political party. Actor Sonu Sood has been trending on the news and social media for several weeks now since he began his efforts to send home migrants stranded due to the lockdown. ... -
Congress attacks the Central Govt over mismanagement, lockdown and coronavirus crisis
On Saturday, Congress described the primary year of the Modi government’s second term as a “year of dissatisfaction, terribly bad administration”. Congress leaders also questioned the Central government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis, saying that the administration didn’t strategize accurately to combat the pandemic, especially on how to address the issues related to migrant workers ... -
India Becomes World’s Ninth Worst Coronavirus Hit Nation
India’s coronavirus contracted cases seem to have overtaken even Italy with a single day spike being reported to more than 7000 cases. Reports of casing shooting up are coming from everywhere in India. Cases are reported more from Maharashtra and Orissa. Currently, a nationwide tally of confirmed Covid-19 cases has, unfortunately, crossed a 1.6 lakh ... -
Karnataka calls for travel restrictions from 5 states
The state has said that it would be unable to handle the surge in cases among those who have travelled from Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Just three days after the start of domestic flights, Karnataka caused a flutter by calling for a ban on flights coming in from five states – ... -
India’s nationwide lockdown and its aftermaths on jobs and its economy
The coronavirus pandemic is enormously affecting the world economy. Its effect isn’t constrained to specific geography, religion, culture, or ethnicity, however, envelops pretty much every part of human life. The outbreak of the virus’ has influenced more than 180 nations over the globe, and in India, around 12 million will be pushed to the very ... -
Ajay Devgn and chef Vikas Khanna praise Sonu Sood for helping migrants during lockdown
Twitter is overwhelmed with praises for the Bollywood star Sonu Sood as he earned a ton of adoration via social media for arranging buses and food for stranded migrant workers during the Covid-19 lockdown. Sood’s Simmba co-star Ajay Devgn, celebrity chef Vikas Khanna, Union minister Smriti Irani, and cricketer Shikhar Dhawan and numerous Bollywood celebs ... -
Air travel resumes but with chaos, confusion and mismanagement
Domestic airlines took-off on Monday with a bumpy resumption. After two months of staying grounded as COVID-19 lockdown started on March 24, the domestic flights started operations on Monday ferrying about 39,000 passengers on 532 flights. But a large number of passengers were left disappointed and stranded at airports as many flights were canceled just ...