Home » Nation » Current Affairs

Current Affairs - Page 2080

A worker collects facemasks before packing them at a facility of personal protective equipments manufacturer Nikshe Multiproducts during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. AFP Photo

In Ahmedabad, wear mask in public or face jail

Those who fail to comply with the order will be fined Rs 5,000 or sentenced to three years in jail, officials said

12 April 2020 3:01 PM IST

Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services personnel sanitise a locality near the Marina Beach. (PTI)

Covid toll goes up to 11 in Tamil Nadu as another death reported

Tamil Nadu has so far recorded 969 positive cases

12 April 2020 2:56 PM IST

Nellore youth studying in US suffers gunshot

Nellore youth studying in US suffers gunshot

The student is on ventilator and is yet to undergo multiple surgeries to remove the bullet

12 April 2020 2:45 PM IST

A medic takes samples for a swab test at Kurla area, identified as a containment zone, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Mumbai. PTI photo

Maharashtra corona tally rises to 1,895 with 134 new cases

Among the new cases, 113 have been reported from Mumbai city and seven from Mira Bhayandar civic area in neighbouring...

12 April 2020 1:53 PM IST

Police personnel stand guard to restrict entry into Sahibabad market, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. PTI photo

Eight held for gathering at gurdwara defying lockdown

A police team on patrol duty found that a group of people was performing religious activities at Gurdwara Sisgang at...

12 April 2020 1:06 PM IST

Quarantine wards set up at Corbett to save wildlife from coronavirus

Sanitisers are being used and the animal enclosures are being regularly cleaned.

12 April 2020 12:47 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wearing a protective mask. (PTI)

Tax exemption only for PM CARES fund, donation to CM relief fund not...

Ex-gratia payment made to employees for fighting and containing Covid-19 shall qualify as CSR expenditure as one-time...

12 April 2020 12:27 PM IST

900 UK nationals to be evacuated from Gujarat

Two aircrafts will arrive here from the Heathrow Airport in London and leave for the UK capital on April 13 and 15

12 April 2020 12:27 PM IST

A police personnel makes announcements using a loudspeaker at the closed Jambli Naka market during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Thane. PTI Photo

Borders of Maharashtra's Thane district sealed till April 15

After Mumbai city, Thane district is affected with the spread of Covid-19 pandemic with a police officer testing...

12 April 2020 11:12 AM IST

Volunteers donate blood at at a camp organised at Lalbagcha Raja Society premises to support coronavirus patients.(PTI Photo)

Plagues, epidemics not new to Hyderabad

Camps would be indispensable in the Nizam's efforts to fight cholera (locally known as gattara) and later the Spanish...

12 April 2020 10:54 AM IST

Doctors wearing protective suits examine a woman in a bid to detect COVID-19 positive cases, at a camp at Sewri slums during the nationwide lockdown, in Mumbai. PTI Photo

Mumbai's BMC resumes door-to-door screening drive in Dharavi

The civic body is screening around 7.5 lakh population in Dharavi, which started on Friday and will continue for around...

12 April 2020 10:53 AM IST

Staf cheer as a formerly COVID-19 positive patient is discharged after being quarantined at the Kilpauk Medical College Hospital in Chennai on Saturday, April 11, 2020. (PTI)

4 lakh rapid test kits bound for Tamil Nadu diverted to USA

To cope, health authorities are now going straight to the confirmatory PCR test

12 April 2020 10:35 AM IST