Air India has sealed its headquarters in Delhi for two days to conduct a thorough sanitisation of the building after an employee tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said on Tuesday. “Airlines House has been sealed for Tuesday and Wednesday,” an official said. The employee posted at the Gurudwara Rakabganj Road building tested positive on […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation today at 8 pm, amid speculations about lockdown 4.0. PM Modi’s address comes a day after his meeting with chief ministers over the Covid-19-induced lockdown. Taking to Twitter, the prime minister’s office said, “PM Modi will be addressing the nation at 8 PM this evening.” PMO India […]
India’s skies are empty. Where once massive jetliners flew, flocks of birds dart around. Meanwhile, on the ground, travelers worry about when and how they will fly again. Air travel in the pre-coronavirus times had become so affordable and convenient that hawaii chappal wale bhi hawaii jahaj par chal rahe the. Unfortunately, during the lockdown, all this […]
The Delhi government has sought suggestions from different stakeholders including students, teachers and principals about the roadmap for reopening schools post COVID-19 lockdown. An online suggestion form has been put up on the website of the Directorate of Education, where students, their teachers, principals and parents can give their inputs, an official statement said. “Respondents […]
NEW DELHI : India is set to announce measures to further open up its economy based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with chief ministers on Monday as the 54-day national lockdown nears its end on 17 May. Balancing efforts to contain covid-19 with the need to help revive the economy, the government will further ease […]
Any user whose demographic data is stored with the government through the Aarogya Setu app can now request for its deletion, the Centre said on Monday as it issued a set of protocols to regulate the definition, collection, processing and storage of data by the contact-tracing app. Data about the user’s name, mobile number, age, […]
New Delhi: The chief ministers of several states, including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to restart train services as planned from Tuesday, owing to continuing fears over the spread of Covid-19. The fifth video conference meeting between PM Modi and the CMs since the lockdown […]
Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi has been admitted to a private hospital in Raipur after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home on Saturday. His condition remains critical and is on ventilator support. “Former chief minister Ajit Jogi was admitted to the hospital at around 12:30 pm, following a cardiac arrest. His condition is critical and […]
Four Maoists including two women and a sub-inspector of police were among killed during a gunfight in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district on Friday night. According to Hindustan Times, the gunfight took place at around 10.30pm in the jungles near Pardhoni village under Manpur police station when the police team was out on an anti-Maoist operation. “We […]
The Indian government perceives Pakistan’s efforts to raise the Kashmir issue at a virtual summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on the Covid-19 pandemic as a “propaganda exercise”, people familiar with developments said on Tuesday. Pakistan President Arif Alvi, who represented the country at the NAM Summit via video conference on Monday, used the occasion […]