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The exercise to update the National Population Register (NPR) and the first phase of the Census-2021 have also been deferred indefinitely due to the 21-day lockdown. The two exercises were supposed to be carried out from April 1 to September 30.
Here is the latest on coronavirus:
THE COUNT SO FAR
– 1 person tests positive in Patna; Bihar tally now 4
– First 2 cases of Maharashtra now negative, case count rises to 116
– 54-yr-old patient dies in Tamil Nadu
– 5 people in Indore test positive
– 3 new cases reported in Telangana, total now 39
– 3 new cases reported in Gujarat; total cases 38
– Samples of 2 patients hospitalised in Noida negative
– 2 patients recover completely in Jammu
– 1 tests positive in Mizoram
– 4 new cases reported in Rajasthan
– A journalist – present during the recent floor test in MP – tests positive in Bhopal
– One more tests positive for in UP, count rises to 38
HEALTHCARE
– Private hospitals to treat Covid—19 from tomorrow
– Bengal converts state-run hospital into isolation, treatment facility
– Key medical glove factories cutting staff 50 per cent amid virus
– Paswan donates Rs 1 cr from MPLAD fund for patients in Bihar
– Vivo India donates over one lakh masks to healthcare workers in Maha
– MG Motor to donate Rs 2 cr to health authorities
– Doctors from Goa to undergo training for virus testing
– TN receives approval from Centre to set up 8th testing lab
– 32 CAPF hospitals with 1,900 beds earmarked for COVID-19 patients
– Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) designates 285 beds for isolation wards
– Cricket Association of Bengal, its president pledge contribution of Rs 30 lakh to combat Covid-19
LIFE UNDER LOCKDOWN
– Government to provide rice at Rs 2 instead of Rs 27, for the coming months
– Delhi temples follow lockdown as Navratri begins
– Sabarimala Temple festival cancelled
– All states and UTs to set up a 24*7 control rooms/offices to address grievances
– Essential commodities shops to remain open from 7 am to 10 am in Uttarakhand
– Chhattisgarh govt to provide rice in April, May to poor families for free
– MHA asks private security agencies not to lay off or cut salaries of guards
– Puducherry cancels the examinations for the Class I to IX & declare the students as “All Pass”
– Vaishno Devi Temple shuts for devotee
– Kerala government shuts liquor vendors
– No newspaper delivery in Mumbai till March 31
– Election Commission allows use of indelible ink to mark persons on home quarantine
– Mumbai Cricket Association postpones all matches amid lockdown
– Odisha Mining Corporation donates Rs 500 crore to CM’s relief fund
– All ration card holding families in Bihar to get Rs 1,000 each
SHUTTERS DOWN
– Foxconn and Wistron suspend iPhone production
– Flipkart temporarily suspends its services
– Bigbasket suspends operations
– Tata Chemicals shuts operations in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
– MRF, Maxxis India suspend production till April 14
– Godfrey Phillips India shuts three factories temporarily
BUSINESS & MARKETS
– Sensex, Nifty post biggest 1-day gain in 11 yrs
– Experts peg India’s cost of lockdown at $120 bn
– G20 extraordinary virtual leaders’ summit to be held tomorrow to advance coordinated global response
– OYO offers free stays to doctors in US
– India bans export of anti-malaria drug seen as a possible Covid counter
– Pay cut for all GoAir staff in March
– MakeMyTrip’s Deep Kalra, Rajesh Magow to draw ‘zero salary’
– YouTube pauses HD streaming in India
– Real estate developers in West Bengal seek relief for 6 months
– Thyssenkrupp to scrap 3,000 steel jobs
AROUND THE WORLD
– Prince Charles tests positive
– Alibaba, Jack Ma send Russia medical equipment to fight virus outbrea
– Bangladesh releases Khaleda Zia from jail
– Spain surpasses China toll, with 3,434 deaths
– Pakistan’s tally nears 1000; 7 dead
– U.S. lifts ban on Malaysian medical glove maker amid shortage
– US Senate, White House agree on a $2 trillion rescue plan
– Hubei lifts restrictions
– China reports 47 new COVID-19 cases, 0 in Wuhan
– 2020 Tokyo Olympics postponed to summer of 2021
– Bangladesh shuts down public transport, educational institutions, offices
– Quarantine dodgers in Russia could face up to 7 years in prison
– UK extends visas for foreigners hit by COVID-19 travel ban
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