Day: April 24, 2020

Maharashtra allows free intra-state bus travel from May 11

BEST converts buses into ambulances

9:17 pm April 24, 2020

Mumbai: As the city is grappling with the rising number of coronavirus cases, Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking, the civic transport service, has converted seven of its AC mini-buses into ambulances. These `semi-ambulances’ will be used to ferry suspected coronavirus patients, or those who have only mild infection, to COVID-19 Care Centres, a […]

Record jump in COVID-19 cases; toll rises over 9K

India sees highest one-day spike, govt says outbreak under control

9:08 pm April 24, 2020

New Delhi Nationwide cases of confirmed coronavirus infections rose on Friday by over 1,750 — the maximum for a day — to nearly 23,500 with several states including Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat detecting new patients, even as the government said the outbreak is under control and the tally could have reached one lakh by now […]

Post selfies wearing masks on social media: Vijayakanth

8:21 pm April 24, 2020

Chennai: With the lockdown being enforced for nearly a month and increase in Coronavirus cases, Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) founder president Vijayakanth has urged the people and his party workers to join together in the battle against COVID-19, by posting their selfies wearing masks, on the social media. “With the lockdown in force since […]

70 new COVID-19 cases in Thane city, tally rises to 913

COVID-19: Goa govt makes wearing of masks compulsory

8:15 pm April 24, 2020

Panaji: The Goa government on Friday made it compulsory for all people in the state to wear masks while stepping out of their houses as a preventive measure against coronavirus. In a statement issued here, the government said that action will be taken against those who violate the order. “Wearing masks is compulsory at public […]

Men have 30 pc higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women: Study

Anxiety and angst as Indians mark one month of lockdown

8:09 pm April 24, 2020

New Delhi: It has been a month. Of life slowing to a crawl, of going back to the basics, of recalibration equations with family, friends and colleagues and waking up, as if from a dream, to the vast inequalities and commonalities that underlie Indian society. On the evening of March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]