Delhi issues fresh guidelines: Passengers from Maharashtra will have to show negative RT-PCR report not older than 72 hours while entering Delhi

According to CAIT leaders, night curfew, lockdown and other restrictions during the last week have been futile in bringing down the number of COVID-19 cases

Speaking to reporters, Javadekar said apart from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajashtan are the two other states that have received more than 1 crore doses. He also said over 1,100 ventilators will be made available for Maharashtra

The prime minister said the vaccination criteria in India is not different from that in rich countries of the world.

States impose night curfew: Mostly, Twitterati seems to be wondering how will night curfew help in curbing the spread, when most people go about their business during the day hours

Coronavirus update in India: India on Sunday registered 1.03 lakh cases, 1.07 lakh cases on Tuesday; and 1.15 lakh cases on Wednesday. Overall, India has registered a total of 1,29,28,574 cases of coronavirus until April 8

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According to data by the union health ministry, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Rajasthan contributed 54 per cent of the total cases and 65 per cent of the total deaths in the country

Pace at which second wave is spreading shows how new strains of coronavirus are making it difficult to contain spread, especially in Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, and Karnataka. Covid-19 spike comes even as India carries out world's biggest vaccination programme

The RBI had said two months ago that urban demand and demand for contact-intensive services are expected to strengthen with the substantial fall in COVID-19 cases but things have changed since then. Here's what the central bank will have to factor in while announcing GDP and inflation projections

Senior NITI Aayog Member Vinod Kumar Paul recently said that \"if the cases are more, they will eventually overwhelm the system\". Maharashtra CM said government is devising a plan to put in place curbs \"similar to a lockdown\"

The RBI is trying its best to keep the interest rates low to support the economic recovery and also facilitate government's huge borrowing plan in 2021-22

India reported about 62,258 new infections on Friday, 36,902, or 60 per cent, were in Maharashtra, followed by Punjab and Gujarat. Maharatra is experiencing a continuous rise in Covid cases, which has necessitated night curfew from March 28

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the entire population of the state can be vaccinated in 3 months against COVID-19 if the Centre relaxes the eligibility criteria for vaccination; Former CEO of Jet Airways and GoAir, Vinay Dube, plans to launch a new airline in the country in 2021; Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to reduce Goods and Service Tax (GST) on passenger vehicles. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Social media must remove content offensive to women's dignity within 24 hours: Ravi Shankar Prasad

Entire Delhi population can be vaccinated in 3 months if eligibility criteria relaxed: Kejriwal Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the entire population of the state can be vaccinated in 3 months against COVID-19 if the Centre relaxes the eligibility criteria for vaccination. He appealed to Centre to decentralise the vaccination process and let the states take it up on war footing in a way they deem fit. COVID-19 in Punjab: Night curfew extended by 2 hours in 9 district...

The night curfew will now be in place from 9 pm to 5 am, instead of 11 pm to 5 am in these districts

As per the union health ministry data, 83.91 per cent of the new cases are from Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, and Kerala

Additionally, the Gujarat Cricket Association has ordered that the next three T20 matches between India and England will be played without any spectators at the Narendra Modi Stadium in view of rising cases of coronavirus

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, to tackle the rising coronavirus infections in the state, ordered hotels and restaurants to adhere to Covid-19 protocols and not force the state to enforce drastic measures