Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India: Full medical check-up points set up at Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) at Petrapole and Agartala.
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COVID-19 Scare in India | MHA Sets Up Full medical Check-up Points at Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) at Petrapole and Agartala: Live Breaking News Headlines & Updates, March 4, 2020
The World Bank Group is providing up to $12 billion in immediate support for countries coping with the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. This package will include emergency financing, policy advice, and technical assistance.
05 Mar, 00:04 (IST)
Kolkata: Local leaders of the West Bengal unit of BJP distributed masks among people, with 'Save from Coronavirus infection Modi ji' printed on them, in the city earlier today.
04 Mar, 23:16 (IST)
Army Sources: Medical sample of the Indian Army Major who returned recently from Iran has been tested negative for COVID19. The officer is currently in Mhow, Madhya Pradesh.
04 Mar, 22:32 (IST)
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India issues advisory for schools in view of CoronaVirus.
04 Mar, 22:08 (IST)
USA: Mike Bloomberg withdraws from Presidential race, endorses Joe Biden.
04 Mar, 22:07 (IST)
German Airline Lufthansa to ground 150 aircraft due to the coronavirus, says Reuters
04 Mar, 21:11 (IST)
Delhi Police: 531 cases have been registered so far, including 47 cases under the Arms Act. 1,647 people have also been either arrested or detained.
04 Mar, 21:00 (IST)
Union Minister for Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday the Lok Sabha that Jammu and Kashmir government had received 44 Expressions of Interest for investment amounting to Rs 13,120 crores have been received from August 5, 2019 to December 31, 2019. Adding more, the minister said that all the proposals are under scrutiny by respective departments.
Here's the ANI tweet:
04 Mar, 19:00 (IST)
Italy is closing all schools and universities from Thursday until mid-March to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, Ansa and other Italian news agencies cited government sources as saying.
04 Mar, 18:43 (IST)
Meghalaya Police: Curfew in Shillong to continue till 6 am tomorrow. Curfew in Sohra and Shella areas till 8 am tomorrow. Situation in state is normal.
04 Mar, 18:28 (IST)
A special court for MPs/MLAs sentenced former Sriperumbudur AIADMK MP KN Ramachandran and two others guilty in a bribe case by the Central Bureau of Investigation for defrauding the Central Bank of India to the tune of Rs 20 crore.
04 Mar, 18:16 (IST)
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy meets Tamil Nadu Ministers SP Velumani and D Jayakumar in Amaravati, to discuss over interlinking of rivers.
04 Mar, 16:49 (IST)
Delhi: Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders leave for violence-affected areas of North East Delhi.
04 Mar, 16:21 (IST)
Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath: BJP with the help of mafias has been unsuccessfully trying to destabilize the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh. We have a full majority in the assembly which we have proved during the passage of budget & election of Speaker & Deputy Speaker.
04 Mar, 15:59 (IST)
Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Narottam Mishra in Delhi: MLAs do keep in touch with me, Congress MLAs are not able to get their work done, it increases discontentment as they are answerable to the people. 15-20 MLAs are in our contact.
04 Mar, 15:43 (IST)
Expelled AAP Councillor Tahir Hussain named in two more FIR bodies (not in the accused column), one in Dayalpur police station, other in Khazoori Khas police station.
04 Mar, 15:31 (IST)
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar: Regarding the strategic sale of Air India, now Non-resident Indians (NRIs) can acquire 100% of stake in the airlines. Earlier it was 49%.
04 Mar, 15:28 (IST)
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO): The launch of GISAT-1 onboard GSLV-F10, planned for March 05, 2020, is postponed due to technical reasons. The revised launch date will be informed in due course.
04 Mar, 15:02 (IST)
Central Board of Secondary Education: The Class X Science Exam was conducted successfully today by CBSE. 97.8% students appeared from 95 centres in North East parts of Delhi.
04 Mar, 14:47 (IST)
Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury: A delegation of our party leaders led by Rahul Gandhi Ji today will visit the violence-affected parts of North East Delhi.
Mumbai, March 4: The scare around coronavirus has grown manifold as the deadly virus has spread its tentacles in India. Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) sprayed disinfectant in the area in Hyderabad city, where the person who was tested positive for coronavirus resided. This was done as a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the area.
On the other hand, the Italian national, who landed in Jaipur on February 29, was confirmed to be suffering from the deadly virus after his samples were sent for testing for the third time. In the initial testing, he was found safe, but in the second testing, his sample was found to be positive for novel coronavirus.
The death toll due to coronavirus stands at 27, including 9 deaths, in Washington state. The World Bank Group is providing up to $12 billion in immediate support for countries coping with the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. This package will include emergency financing, policy advice, and technical assistance.
PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday had an extensive review regarding the preparedness on how to tackle COVID-19 which has been a major reason for scare and panic among people in the nation. In a tweet, he assured that different ministries and states are working together, from screening people arriving in India to providing prompt medical attention and therefore there is no reason to panic.
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