The Centre has released Rs 1,237 crore to Punjab as GST compensation arrears for July 2017-March 2019. Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal in a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the funds came at a "crucial time" when the entire country is facing the Covid-19 crisis.
As the extension of coronavirus lockdown is almost certain in the country, the government plans to set up a chain of 20 lakh retail shops called 'Suraksha Stores' across India which will provide daily essentials to citizens while maintaining stringent safety norms.
Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath has hit out at the Centre's alleging its role in toppling down his government adding the present Shivraj Singh Chouhan has failed to control the rising cases of coronavirus.
The Karnataka government is studying in-depth the consequences of a possible relaxation of lockdown norms after April 14 and plans to come out with a clear roadmap in a day or two, a key Minister said on Sunday. The 21-day nation-wide lockdown is nearing the end, the government is holding discussions on extending the lockdown as coronavirus cases continue to rise.
Lockdown is the only way to contain the coronavirus from spreading and almost all the entire world is now reeling under COVID-19 impact with new cases, deaths being reported every other day. Though an essential requirement to fight disease, the lockdown in the country has had a disastrous impact on the hospitality sector, especially for hotels, hoteliers said.
Gujarat coronavirus cases in the country are nearing 500-mark as confirmed patients are now at 493 while 23 people have died in the state. In Gujarat, a total of 19 districts have been affected by the novel coronavirus positive cases.
Rajasthan has reported 96 new coronavirus cases today taking the total confirmed cases in the state to 796. Out of the 96 new cases, 15 have been reported from Banswara, 8 in Bikaner, 1 in Churu, 15 in Jaipur, 1 in Jaisalmer, 8 in Jodhpur, 1 in Sikar and 2 in Haunmangarh, informed Rajasthan Health Department.
Four people have been found coronavirus positive in Tundla's Partapur in Firozabad district near Agra, Uttar Pradesh. State officials informed that the four coronavirus positive patients have surfaced from the same village where earlier a migrant worker who tested COVID-19 had stayed.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wearing a home-made cloth face mask, is discussing coronavirus lockdown situation in the country with chief ministers of all the states via video conferencing. PM Modi imposed a 21-day lockdown on March 24 asking people to remain indoors informing them that it is the only way the virus can be contained from spreading.
A doctor (medical superintendent) working at a government hospital in Ghaziabad's Dasna has tested coronavirus positive. The doctor has been isolated while the hospital administration is taking all precautionary measures including isolating other people who had come in contact with the doctor.
China has reported 46 new coronavirus cases, including four local and 34 asymptomatic infections, while three more people have died due to the global pandemic, taking the death toll in the country to 3,339, health officials said here on Saturday.
Fifty-two members belonging to the Tablighi Jamaat out of 102, who have been found gathered in 13 different mosques in Delhi's Chandni Mahal area, have tested coronavirus positive. In Delhi alone in the past three days, at least 3 Jamaat members who were tested positive for coronavirus have succumbed after getting infected.
India coronavirus positive cases have crossed 7,000-mark at 7,447 including 239 deaths while 643 patients have recovered from deadly COVID-19 that first outbreak in China's Wuhan in November-December 2019. India is under a 21-day lockdown period which was imposed by PM Modi on March 24 saying that it was the only way the spread of the virus could be contained across the nation.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday said relief in lockdown initially will only for the farmers and that too in a phased-wise manner in villages, adding that there no decision on lifting lockdown for has been taken yet.
Fourteen more persons, including two women doctors, tested positive for coronavirus in Bhopal on Friday, taking the number of COVID-19 patients in the state capital to 112 and overall tally in Madhya Pradesh to 440, a health official said.
IndiGo CEO Ronojoy Dutta has said that there will be no meal service for passengers for some time once the flight services resume post lockdown. Also, there will be only 50 per cent occupancy of passengers in airport buses. In situations like these, companies do not manage to growth or profitability but to liquidity.
In times of crisis when the nation is fighting against coronavirus, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa has assured USD 2.2 billion (about Rs 16,500 crore) support to India in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Almost 10% of America's total workforce is now unemployed since coronavirus slammed the economy as confirmed cases in the United States continues to rise. At present, US is the most worst-hit country due to coronavirus as positive cases have crossed 450,000-mark while over 16,000 people have died so far.
The REC Ltd (Rural Electrification Corporation Limited) is reaching out to thousands of people in this crucial time of COVID-19. REC Ltd. has distributed cooked foods, rations, utility packets, masks, sanitizers and even providing shelters to over 36,500 daily wagers and their families and has also donated Rs 150 crore to PM-CARES Fund.
The total number of coronavirus cases surpassed 1.6 million globally, with more than 95,000 fatalities. Over 350,000 patients are reported to have recovered. The death toll in India nears 200 and the number of cases is likely to cross 6,000-mark. Get the latest updates on coronavirus here. Indiatvnews.com brings to you breaking news, latest photos, and videos from across the world on April 10, 2020.
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