The 85-year-old, who died of COVID-19 and had underlying conditions of diabetes and heart disease, is suspected to have caught the infection from his grandson, who returned from the UK on March 12.
Delhi has seen 40 coronavirus cases so far, including two deaths. While 30 people who tested positive came from abroad, the remaining 10 are cases of local transmission.
An Islamic State magazine, al Naba, on Friday published a picture of the suicide attackers identifying one of them as Abu Khalid al-Hindi. The picture has been identified by the parents of Muhsin as that of their son.
Kerala, Vijayan told The Indian Express, hopes that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be “positive enough to understand the gravity” of the situation.
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das Tuesday slashed the policy rate, flushed the financial system with liquidity using multiple instruments, and used conventional as well as unconventional tools to support the economy.
There are fears that widespread job losses and destruction of demand because of the lockdown and the pandemic’s effect on the economy, will set off unprecedented economic distress across all sectors and levels.
Army Chief General M M Naravane has said that the Army is undertaking its operational tasks and there is no effect of the coronavirus outbreak on its operational preparedness.
“He reached the hospital around 9 pm along with four other passengers. The incident took place within 30-35 minutes. His sample was collected and the report came back negative, a few days after the incident,” said a senior doctor from the hospital.
“The men are primarily construction workers returning from Hyderabad to different parts of Rajasthan,” Rajkumar said, adding that police were probing how they had managed to get that far from Hyderabad without being intercepted.
"We have asked state governments to arrange food and shelter for migrant workers. We are sensitising everyone that wherever they are, they should remain there," said Punya Salila Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs.
In four days and 200 km of walking, Pravin Kumar, 46, was stopped at every checkpoint. Police checked whether he and 11 others with him had their Aadhaar cards and then waved them on, with an instruction to maintain “social distancing”.
While Sitharaman pegged the cost of the package at Rs 1.70 lakh crore, a scrutiny of the measures shows that around Rs 70,000 crore could already be accounted for in existing schemes and funds.
Tanya, and her mother, Surpal Kaur (40), were among those killed. Tanya's father Harinder also lost his father, Nirmal Singh Soni (60), who was the head granthi of the gurdwara, father-in-law Bhagat Singh (75) and nephew Kulwinder Singh Khalsa (35). His mother, Rawail Kaur, was injured in the attack.
Maharashtra's first positive cases, they finally got the second result confirming them negative and ending their 14-day isolation, at 5.30 am Wednesday.
India’s unorganised workers make up 82.7 per cent or 39.14 crore of the total 47.41 crore estimated employed persons, according to last NSSO Employment and Unemployment Survey, 2011-12.
While the government may use money available with certain labour welfare funds, a limited fiscal space would be its biggest constraint.
Left stranded by a nationwide lockdown, which has halted all public transport, hundreds of labourers devoid of work have started leaving big cities on foot.
While some authorities including Delhi Police, Gurugram Police, Noida Police and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation instituted mechanisms for allowing home deliveries, many raised concerns over non-adherence of Union Ministry of Home Affairs orders in different states.
Shrivastava said: “This lockdown is unprecedented. Never in the past has it happened that the entire country is locked down. Because it has happened so suddenly, it is taking some time for things to settle down."
About 6,000-10,000 foreign nationals are expected to be evacuated on special flights, as all international flights have been cancelled.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the attack, and New Delhi said “such cowardly attacks” at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic is reflective of the “diabolical mindset” of the perpetrators and their backers.
Floyd Cardoz, who grew up in Bandra, Mumbai, is widely credited with bringing the diversity and complexity of Indian cuisine to the world’s notice.
Furthermore, in order to provide cooked food to homeless poor and destitute, a separate dedicated helpline 9463775070 has been set up.
Eleven people — seven from Agra, two from Ghaziabad, one from Noida and one from Lucknow — have recovered from the infection, and have been discharged from hospitals.
Nine protesters, including six women, were detained after they refused to leave, said DCP (southeast) R P Meena.



