巴拉特

  • As India completed 26 days of the nationwide lockdown on Sunday, the coronavirus tally in the country stood at 17,615, while the Covid-19 death toll climbed to 519.
  • Hundreds of migrant workers—jobless, homeless and almost without cash and food—gathered outside a Bandra railway station in Mumbai following rumours that train services would resume on April 15.
  • A broad consensus has emerged that the national lockdown should be extended by at least two weeks after a meeting between the prime minister and state chief ministers on Saturday
  • In the wake of spurt in cases of coronavirus in India, the ICMR has taken into account the need to expeditiously expand Covid-19 testing facilities in all parts of the country and has initiated a proactive search of potential laboratories which could be enabled for coronavirus testing
  • A motorist rides past an awareness graffiti reading ‘Stay home be safe’, during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Chennai.
  • A deserted view of the Yamuna motorway that connects Delhi with Agra during a 21-day nationwide lockdown
  • The Union Home Ministry said approximately 2,100 foreigners visited India for ‘tablighi’ activities this year, including those from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Kyrgyzstan
  • The Union Health Ministry lamented that the number of hotspots has risen due to “lack of people’s support and delay in timely detection” of the cases.