Day: March 27, 2020

With three new cases, coronavirus count in Gujarat at 47

10:56 pm March 27, 2020

Ahmedabad: With three new cases coming to light on Friday, the number of coronavirus patients in Gujarat reached 47, a senior health department official said. All the three cases were reported from Rajkot. One of them is a 37-year-old man who had returned from China in January, while other two, a 39-year-old man and 33-year-old […]

Maharashtra lockdown: Ambulance, others caught ferrying people

10:52 pm March 27, 2020

Mumbai: Several vehicles meant for essential service and emergency use were intercepted in neighbouring Navi Mumbai carrying people leaving for their hometowns despite a ban on such travel under lockdown norms in place for the novel coronavirus outbreak, police said on Friday. These vehicles were intercepted on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, an official said. “A Kalamboli […]

COVID-19 cases in Andaman and Nicobar Islands rise to 6

10:48 pm March 27, 2020

Port Blair: Five persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Friday, taking the total number of such cases in the Union Territory to six, a senior official said. All the patients are part of the same group that returned to Port Blair on March 24, Chief Secretary Chetan Sanghi said. […]

Gujarat: Congress, BJP spar over Dhaman-1 ventilators

Sikkim announces Rs 3,000 incentive for staff engaged in fighting COVID-19

10:43 pm March 27, 2020

Gangtok: The Sikkim government on Friday announced a one-time incentive of Rs 3,000 to the employees of police, health and family welfare, transport and urban development departments, who are engaged in containing the COVID-19 outbreak in the state. Sikkim police personnel engaged in screening people and maintaining law and order and those health and family […]

WhatsApp treating Indian users differently from Europeans matter of concern: Centre to HC

Software engineer held in Karnataka for “call” to spread coronavirus

10:39 pm March 27, 2020

Bengaluru: A software engineer has been arrested for giving a “call” to the people to sneeze in the open and spread coronavirus, police said on Friday. The person identified as Mujeeb Mohammad had made this call in a Facebook post. “Let’s join hands, go out and sneeze with open mouth in public. Spread the virus,” […]