These Are Corona-Free Districts in India – Check List

These Are Corona-Free Districts in India – Check List New Delhi: In what could be said a positive trend, several districts have been declared corona-free in the past few weeks. How does a district can be called corona-free? When there is not even a single case for 14 days, it is safe to declare the district…

From Iron Man to Lockdown Model

From Iron Man to Lockdown Model For the second time in successive crises, Union home minister Amit Shah has made himself conspicuous by his absence. The home minister was rarely sighted at the controls during February’s carnage in northeast Delhi; and he has spent nearly all of the coronavirus lockdown period so removed from the…

No new case detected in Mohali district

No new case detected in Mohali district ALL TESTS conducted by the health department using Rapid Testing Kits (RTKs) to detect COVID-19 in Mohali have turned out negative. No fresh case was reported on Saturday from the district. A total of 58 cases, including two deaths, have been reported in the district so far. Civil…

Lockdown extension by PM Modi ‘inevitable’, says Kerala CM

Lockdown extension by PM Modi ‘inevitable’, says Kerala CM Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the lockdown extension till May 3 announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was inevitable considering the situation in India, as it requires stringent measures to contain COVID-19. “It goes without saying that the extension of the lockdown to…

Karnataka govt creates unified portal for COVID-19 information

Karnataka govt creates unified portal for COVID-19 information Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday directed to consolidate COVID-19 related instructions and statistics of all departments on a redesigned “Unified COVID 19 Portal” for the State.Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Saturday directed to consolidate COVID-19 related instructions and statistics of all departments on a redesigned “Unified…

Sex workers are starving – would you help them ?

Sex workers are starving – would you help them ? Chennai: ‘I have had no income since the lockdown began and I have no money left. I have absolutely no idea as to how I will survive this,’ said Neelavathi. As coronavirus victim tales go, this narrative is not entirely a unique one. Neelavathi’s trade, like…