Ruling party's resolve
Relief Package is the ruling party's resolve that nobody is left hungry: BJP president J P Nadda.
1.7 Lakh Cr Economic Package; Shops Selling Essentials to Open 24*7 in Delhi, Maha
The number of confirmed coronavirus infected cases in the country crossed 700 on Thursday. The death toll reached 17.
Two days into the lockdown, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a 1.7-lakh-crore economic relief package to alleviate the hardship caused by the coronavirus induced 21–day nationwide lockdown.
The announcements, which proved nothing but half-measures by the Modi government at a time when the country is hit hard by a pandemic, include increase of MGNREGA wages from Rs.182 to Rs.202 per day, transfer of Rs.500 per month (for three months) to every woman accountholder under the Jan Dhan Yojana, and free gas cylinders to all Ujjwala beneficiaries, among others.
Meanwhile, to stop the panic buying problem among the 1.3 billion population, the Chief Ministers of Delhi and Maharashtra announced on Thursday that shops selling essential items including groceries, vegetables will be allowed to function round the clock, according to news agency PTI.
The number of confirmed coronavirus infected cases in the country crossed 700 on Thursday. The death toll reached 17.
Briefing the media on Thursday evening, Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health & Family Welfare Ministry, however, said that the rate of increase of cases “appears to be relatively stabilizing.”
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No Hard Evidence of Community Transmission in India: Health Ministry
Dismissing that community transmission of fast spreading coronavirus exists in India, Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health & Family Welfare Ministry, said on Thursday that "there is still no hard evidence" to say so, PTI reported.
Release Full Salaries for March: Goa Govt
The Goa government to ask private sector companies to release full salaries for March to enable staff to buy essentials during the lockdown: Minister
Nine Quarantine Facility Set Up by Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force has set up 9 quarantine facilities of 200-300 personnel capacity each, at nodal IAF bases across the country, according to ANI. The IAF also informed on Thursday that aircraft are continuing to fly in medical supplies and doctors to Leh and fly out blood samples for COVID-19 testing to Chandigarh and Delhi.
Defer meeting
India has requested Pakistan to defer the meeting between of the Indus Commissioners in the wake of Coronavirus.
Missed migrant workers
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) said on Thursday that the Rs 1.75-lakh-crore stimulus missed out on crucial issue of migrant workers returning to their states.
Test positive in Kashmir
Two more people have tested positive for Coronavirus in Kashmir. The number of cases has risen to 13 in the union territory, according to officials.
Latest confirmed cases touch 695
Chhattisgarh Govt Rescinds Order to Take Over All Private Nursing Homes and Hospitals
The Chhattisgarh state government withdrew an order issued earlier than it was taking over control of all the private nursing homes and hospitals in the state, according to media reports. The fresh statement said that it was a "clerical error".
The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in the state rose to six as on Thursday.
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Chhattisgarh government takes over one private hospital on March 25.Then takes over all private hospitals on March 26.
Hours later, however, it rescinds the order. pic.twitter.com/alv8hxsI9x
— Supriya Sharma (@sharmasupriya) March 26, 2020
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