Prime Minister Narendra Modi

PM Modi to interact with CMs on Thursday over COVID situation, vaccination drive

Humanity will overcome pandemic, says PM as he hails ministries for helping people in lockdown

3:48 pm April 18, 2020

New Delhi: Humanity will surely overcome the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as he hailed the efforts put in by various ministries to help people during the lockdown, and in the fight against COVID-19. “The world is fighting COVID-19 together. Humanity will surely overcome this pandemic,” Modi wrote on Twitter while […]

J&K govt declares entire Kashmir except Bandipora 'red zone' amid rising COVID-19 cases

Coronavirus: 80 containment zones declared in Kashmir

3:24 pm April 17, 2020

Srinagar: Restrictions on the movement of people in Kashmir to contain the spread of coronavirus completed one month on Friday, even as the number of red zone areas in the valley has risen to 80, officials said. They said the security forces have sealed off main roads in most places in the valley and erected […]

PM says RBI measures will enhance liquidity

2:23 pm April 17, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the announcements made by the Reserve Bank of India will greatly enhance liquidity and improve credit supply. “These steps would help our small businesses, MSMEs, farmers and the poor. It will also help all states by increasing WMA limits,” he said on Twitter. RBI Governor Shaktikanta […]

5 crore families who depend on roadside vending awaiting ‘financial epidemic’, says hawkers’ body

2:27 pm April 16, 2020

Kolkata: The 40-day country-wide lockdown may prevent the spread of coronavirus, but the measure would bring a “financial epidemic” on five crore families of hawkers and those who supply them with products, an official of the national hawkers’ body said. The lockdown was imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 25 to break the […]

Aarogya Setu App users cross 2 cr mark in Uttar Pradesh

Aarogya Setu becomes world fastest app to reach 50 mn download: Niti Aayog CEO

8:00 pm April 15, 2020

New Delhi: Government’s mobile app Aarogya Setu, developed for tracking coronavirus patients, has become the world’s fastest app to reach 50 million downloads in just 13 days, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation on April 14 appealed to people to download the app. […]