On Monday, Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan, permits the opening of eateries, MSME enterprises, optical sales and repair shops and bus services. The Home Ministry, in a separate letter to Kerala, has firmly objected to its decision and expressed that it’s a dilution of Central Government’s lockdown rules. On Sunday, Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla ...

India’s shortage in the availability of (PPE) personal protection equipment for the medical staff continues. Amidst the need of the hour, on Thursday, China dispatches 650,000 medical kits to help India combat the Covid-19 pandemic, ET reported. However, critics are questioning the quality of the medical gears as rumors are circulating over a few faulty ...

On April 12, a magnitude of 3.5 earthquakes shook the national capital of Delhi at a depth of 8 km for a few seconds. Residents living in the Delhi-NCR region felt the quake at 5:45 pm. People were in a dilemma whether to step outside or stay indoors amid the coronavirus lockdown. The tremors were ...

During the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown. Till the lockdown continues, all government and private offices, malls, factories, shops, and malls will remain close. The sudden heavy traffic on home and mobile broadband services has impacted the network speed. Many companies have asked their employees to work from home. ...

In India, due to 21-day coronavirus lockdown, many migrant workers have returned to their hometown, and many are still stranded in cities without work and food. The State governments are taking steps to provide shelter and food to the distressed migrant laborers. On April 6, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd., along with Greater Hyderabad Municipal ...

As the number of positive COVID-9 cases continue to surge in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on April 3, released a video message for the citizens. With the video message, PM Modi appealed the people to switch off all the lights at their homes on April 5 (Sunday) at 9 pm for 9 minutes, and ...

Since Prime Minister Modi announced a 21 days lockdown in India, only essential commodities such as milk, groceries, and medicines, vegetables, and fruit shops are allowed to remain open for public. In mid-March, the WHO announced the coronavirus spread a pandemic. The WHO chief asked all nations to fight and requested them to test, treat, ...

India has the second-largest population on the planet, which is around 1.2 billion people, is locked down by the government for 21 days to battle the Covid-19 pandemic. The extreme measure has been taken to contain the spread of the virus. India has reported 902 positive cases and 20 deaths from the novel coronavirus. Experts ...

The decision by the Seattle-based Amazon’s India section announces a similar step to stop shipping unnecessary items to shoppers in Italy and France; nations hit hard by the virus spread. On Tuesday, Amazon.com Inc’s said, India will stop orders for non-essential products in India in order to prioritize customers’ needs when the whole nation is ...

In a frenzy as nations worldover are rolling out economy support packages in the wake of the pandemic crippling business and national economies, India is also joined the bandwagon as it started its 21 day lock-in period from March 25 going up to April 14. Further, the charismatic PM Narendra Modi who was able to ...