Coronavirus |New lockdown guidelines — Industries operating outside city limits allowed to reopen from April 20
According to a new set of lockdown directives issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, wearing of face covers and masks is compulsory in public and work places. Spitting is a punishable offence and sale of liquor, gutkha and tobacco should be strictly prohibited. | What is allowed and what is not after April 20?
Coronavirus |Tablighi Jamaat leader booked for culpable homicide after attendees die of coronavirus, say Delhi Police
IPC Section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) has been added to the FIR that was registered against the chief of the Delhi-based Tablighi Jamaat centre Maulana Muhammad Saad Khandalvi and six other office-bearers of the centre, after people who attended the religious gathering in Nizamuddin, died due to COVID-19 . | 46 foreign Tablighi Jamaatis jailed in Bihar for violation of visa norms
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Coronavirus |Bandra migrant workers protest: Navi Mumbai resident, journalist arrested
Navi Mumbai resident Vinay Dubey was arrested after he was questioned about a video that he put up on his Facebook page, asking migrants from other States to gather. Later in the day, ABP Majha journalist Rahul Kulkarni was placed under arrest over a story that was aired on the channel claiming that special train services were being run for other State residents stuck in Maharashtra due to the lockdown. | NDRF launches 24/7 helpline to provide assistance to people during lockdown
Coronavirus |Reports say COVID-19 patients segregated on basis of religion at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital
The State Health Department has rebutted the claims, stating that patients are kept in different wards based on their medical conditions. | Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani isolates self after MLA he met tests positive for COVID-19
Coronavirus |Thrissur Pooram cancelled for first time
Only the main rituals will be held in respective temples, with the presence of maximum five persons, says Kerala Agriculture Minister V.S. Sunil Kumar. | Hindi album for inspiring confidence among migrant community in Kerala
Coronavirus |Provided protective kits to sanitation workers and followed WHO guidelines, Centre tells Supreme Court
The court was hearing a plea seeking directions to the authorities to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to sanitation workers amid the COVID-19 outbreak. | What is PPE?
Coronavirus |South Korea voting precautions highlight challenges of reopening
When and how to reopen battered economies has been a matter of intense debate, especially in the United States, where governors have begun sketching out plans to do so in a slow and methodical process to prevent the coronavirus from rebounding. | China shuts down largest makeshift hospital in Wuhan
Coronavirus |Finland ends blockade on capital, retains other restrictions
The Finnish government says it will end the blockade of a key southern region that includes the Nordic nation’s capital, Helsinki, in the first move of easing COVID-19 -related restrictions. | ‘Misinfo-demic’ about COVID-19 proliferating falsehoods, putting more lives at risk: U.N. chief
Coronavirus |Analysis: How pandemics have changed the world
Pandemics have triggered the collapse of empires, weakened pre-eminent powers and institutions, created social upheaval and brought down wars. | Watch: A history of pandemics since the 20th century
Coronavirus |Gadkari holds talks with MSME industry members
The MSME Minister held separate meetings via video conferencing with the members of the All India Plastic Manufacturers Association (AIPMA), and the PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, from his residence in Nagpur. | How corporates can care during the lockdown
Coronavirus | Fight against COVID-19 is mother of all World Cups: Shastri
India’s head cricket coach shared a video message on his twitter account, urging people to apply lessons from sports to fight the pandemic . | ‘For now, it looks like I’m stuck here’: Viswanathan Anand reflects on life in the German town of Bad Soden
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