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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
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Topic: Coronavirus

Janata curfew will strengthen fight against COVID-19, PM Modi tweets before it begins

The ‘janata curfew’ announced by PM Modi in his TV address Thursday is being observed from 7am to 9pm today, and everything except essential services is shut.

What the word ‘curfew’ means & how janata curfew isn’t literally one

PM appealed to the public to stay home and take part in a ‘Janata Curfew’ on 22nd March in view of the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus scare sparks clash in Kolkata jail, many inmates and prison staff injured

Angry undertrials, whose bail applications are not being heard as courts are closed, also set a portion of the Kolkata jail premises on fire.

Leh cab driver, who tested ‘negative’ for COVID-19 twice, tests positive after third test

Officials in Ladakh told ThePrint this happened because of a miscommunication between authorities in Leh and the testing facility in New Delhi.

Amsterdam-Delhi flight, which wasn’t allowed to land, ‘took off without permission’

Civil Aviation authorities have, however, now permitted the plane to land at IGI airport Sunday in 'larger public interest'.

Modi’s coronavirus excuse for economic crisis & hoarding of MLAs amid a pandemic

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

57-year-old from West Bengal with no travel history tests positive for coronavirus

The resident of Dumdum in North 24 Parganas district was admitted to a private hospital on Monday with fever and dry cough.

After Nepal, Bhutan, now Afghanistan & Maldives pledge support to SAARC COVID-19 fund

Afghanistan has pledged $1 million, while Maldives said it would contribute $2,00,000 to the fund, which was proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

PM Modi’s call for ‘Janta’ curfew need of the hour: Amit Shah

Home Minister Amit Shah asked citizens to join the #IndiaFightsCorona movement & thanked those working tirelessly to keep the country safe from COVID-19.

Country will not bow down to this painful crisis, said Sonia Gandhi on coronavirus outbreak

In a statement, Gandhi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government to increase the number of testing facilities across the country.

On Camera

Read the Kashmir verdict. It’s time to stop treating it like a national security crisis

Election after election has seen Kashmir’s people demonstrate that, like other Indians, they seek a future shaped by democratic rights and norms

RBI’s policy-setting body keeps rates unchanged for 10th straight time, changes stance to ‘neutral’

Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.

US approves sale of lightweight torpedoes to arm Indian Navy’s Romeos

India had requested to buy 53 MK 54 MOD 0 Lightweight Torpedo all up rounds, says Defense Security Cooperation Agency. A large part of it will be bought directly from US Navy stock.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?