Kollam/IBNS: The Kerala state Human Rights Commission (HRC) has taken a suo moto cognizance of reports stating a middle aged man was forced to carry his 65-year-old ailing father in arms and had to walk nearly a kilometre on Wednesday after his auto-rickshaw was allegedly stopped by police due to the ongoing Coronavirus lockdown.
India denies Covid-19 segregation in Gujarat hospitals on religious lines, slams USCIRF
New Delhi/IBNS: India has slammed the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for its tweet quoting media reports that in Gujarat hospitals there are separate wards for treatment of Hindus and Muslims suffering from Covid-19.
Doctors, cops attacked in UP's Moradabad while trying to quarantine possible COVID-19 patients
Moradabad/IBNS: A team of doctors and medical staffers were attacked in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad town when they were visiting the area to escort the primary contacts of a COVID-19 positive patient, who died, to a quarantine facility on Wednesday.
COVID-19 cases touch 300 in J&K as 22 more people test positive
Srinagar/UNI: The number of Coronavirus cases swelled to 300 in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir as 22 persons, including 18 from Kashmir and four from Jammu, tested positive for the infection on Wednesday.
Govt rejects article that claimed PM Modi extended lockdown without consulting COVID-19 task force
New Delhi/IBNS: The government has rejected a media report that claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi had decided on the lockdown extension without consulting COVID-19 task force formed to deal with the pandemic.
Mumbai/IBNS: A self-proclaimed labour activist, named as Vinay Dubey, has been arrested for allegedly inciting hundreds of suffering migrant workers to protest at the Bandra railway station amid the nationwide lockdown which has been called by the Centre to stem the spread of COVID-19, media reports said.
India agrees to sell hydroxychloroquine to Malaysia: Report
New Delhi/IBNS: India will export hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets to Malaysia for the treatment of COVID-19, a Malaysian minister has told Reuters on Wednesday, adding that the country will receive 89,100 tablets in the first order.
Centre notifies extension of countrywide COVID-19 lockdown till May 3
New Delh/UNI: The Centre on Wednesday notified the extension of 21-day nationwide lockdown in wake of COVID 19 outbreak till May 3.
Indian govt issues revised guidelines for Coronavirus lockdown
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian government on Wednesday issued revised guidelines to be followed in the country till May 3 as the nation entered its second phase of the extended lockdown to combat COVID-19.
Chennai/IBNS: After thousands gathered in Bandra station in Mumbai on Tuesday, reportedly to protest against the extension of the lockdown, actor-turned politician Kamal Haasan slammed the Centre, terming it a "balcony government" ignorant of the situation on the ground.
Wife of a COVID-19 patient tests positive in Assam, state tally surges to 32
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam reported one more positive case of COVID-19 on Tuesday, after a woman from Dhubri district tested positive for the infection, taking the state tally to 32.
New Delhi/IBNS: The food ministry has decided to withdraw the controversial order that threatened the officers and staff, who were "unwilling" to get back to work amid coronavirus scare, with sacking, Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Tuesday, said a media report.
Opposition accuses PM Modi of ignoring concerns of the poor amid extended COVID-19 lockdown
New Delhi/IBNS: Minutes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of lockdown till May 3, veteran Congress leader P Chidambaram accused the government of not heeding the advice of top economists in addressing the concerns of the poor and the unorganised sector.
We are nowhere in the game: Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over handling COVID-19 outbreak
Mumbai/IBNS: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the Centre over the issue of handling COVID-19 and said India delayed the purchase of testing kits and now the stock is 'critically short'.
Indian government extends lockdown till May 3, PM Modi announces during address to nationÂ
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian government on Tuesday extended the lockdown to combat COVID-19 outbreak till May 3.