Indian police barricaded parts of one of Asia's biggest slums Friday after two coronavirus deaths, as under-pressure Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to dispel "darkness and uncertainty" with a national light show.

India so far has largely escaped the pandemic with 2,300 infections and 56 deaths, according to official figures, but two fatalities and a third infection in the Dharavi neighbourhood of Mumbai have set alarm bells ringing.

Authorities have set up eight "containment zones" in the area, home to as many as a million people living and working in cramped tin-roofed shanties, flats and small factories - made famous by the 2008 film "Slumdog Millionaire". "We have home-quarantined people from these buildings and cordoned off the

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President, PM take 30% pay cut, Centre suspends MPLAD fund for two years

NEW DELHI : The Union cabinet Monday decided to suspend the Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) fund for two years and channelize the earmarked grant worth ₹7900 crore to the consolidated fund of India, stepping up the financial aid to fight coronavirus pandemic.

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'Go Corona Go' slogan has become world-famous, claims minister

NEW DELHI : Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Monday claimed that the Go Corona Go slogan he coined has now become famous all over the world. The minister said questions were raised earlier if such a slogan would help but its widespread use has proved the efficacy of the slogan.

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Modi says defeating covid-19 India's sole aim but battle to be long drawn out

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India's sole mission would be to win the war against coronavirus, but that it will be a long battle against the pandemic.

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India's March services activity contracts amid coronavirus disruptions

India's dominant services sector, the lifeblood for economic growth and jobs, contracted in March as new business and export demand fell sharply as the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc globally, a private survey showed.

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Mahavir Jayanti: Jain temple in Delhi closed due to coronavirus lockdown

A Jain monk at the temple said: 'The temple is closed in view of the coronavirus outbreak as 'rashtra dharm' comes first'

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Foreign embassies in India join the 9-minute-lights-off call appeal by PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Chinese ambassador Sun Weidong was one of the many among them diplomatic community in India to heed prime minister Narendra Modi’s call to light a candle or an earthen lamp to show togetherness in the fight against the novel coronavirus.

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Modi's Covid-19 call for Sunday lights up Twitter India with multiple trends

#9baje9minute, #9MinutesForIndia, Diwali, #IndiaFightsCoronavirus were some of the trends on Twitter while India displayed its resolve against the virus on Sunday

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Fighting coronavirus pandemic, India lights a lamp

New Delhi: India on Sunday heeded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for switching off lights for 9 minutes at 9 pm, with the national power grid managing the unprecedented ramp down and build up of electricity load in a short time duration successfully.

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An unknown person in Gujarat had put out an online advertisement to 'sell' the statue to 'meet' government's 'requirement for money' for hospitals and medical infrastructure to fight Covid-19

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PM Modi speaks to Sonia, Manmohan, other leaders about Covid-19 crisis

Modi also called up called up former Presidents Pranab Mukherjee and Pratibha Patil

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India restricts diagnostic testing kit exports as coronavirus cases rise

India is restricting the export of most diagnostic testing kits, as coronavirus cases in the South Asian nation topped 3,350 on Sunday despite a three-week nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the respiratory disease.

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Govt curbs diagnostic testing kit exports as corona spreads

India, which in recent weeks already banned the export of certain drugs, along with ventilators, masks and other protective gear needed by both patients and medical staff, issued the latest directive on Saturda.

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Corona lockdown to be lifted on 15 April, need plans to ensure no crowding: UP CM

LUCKNOW : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday the lockdown to contain coronavirus spread will be lifted on April 15 and called for a mechanism to ensure crowding doesn't take place, else all efforts will go in vain.

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Trump urges Modi to lift ban on hydroxychloroquine export

NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump late Saturday said he has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to supply hydroxychloroquine tablets that can be used to treat covid-19 patients in his country, which now has the highest number of cases in the world.

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President Trump requests PM Modi to release Hydroxychloroquine ordered by US

The US has emerged as the worst sufferers of the deadly coronavirus diseases to which there has been no cure

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Lockdown makes Ganga water significantly cleaner

'1/10th of the pollution in Ganga river comes from industries. As industries are shut due to lockdown, situation has become better. We have seen 40-50% improvement in the Ganga,' says a BHU professor

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PM Modi, Donald Trump discuss joint action against coronavirus outbreak

The conversation comes as the US has topped the list of countries with the most number of covid-19 infections in the world with almost 280,000 infections and a spiralling death toll

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Modi, Trump agree to deploy full strength of India-US partnership to fight Covid-19

The US has so far confirmed more than 7,100 deaths while India has reported 75 deaths so far

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PM Modi to hold video interaction with political party floor leaders on 8 April

The video interaction will be held at 11 AM on 8 April

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Lifting of lockdown after 14 April depends on how people comply with norms: Uddhav

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday said that lifting of lockdown in the state after April 14 will depend upon the compliance by people to the government directives, two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi hinted at a "staggered exit" from the curbs.

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PM Modi tweets video of Vajpayee's poetry to remind people to lit diyas tomorrow

A day after appealing people to lit candles in their balconies in a bid to unite the people in the battle against coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today shared a video of late Atal Bihari Vajpayee reciting his poem "aao, phir se diya jalaein".

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In times of covid-19 lockdown, Ramayan netting younger viewers as well

NEW DELHI: Astha Dhal didn’t have much to do after her 10th board exams ended last month. The Delhi-based 16-year old who had been engrossed in studies the past few months was robbed of all avenues of entertainment once the exams ended as Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day nation-wide lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. With nowhere to go and not much to watch on television since all production activities had come to a halt, Dhal was in for a pleasant surprise when her parents introduced her to the re-runs of Ramanand Sagar’s legendary epic Ramayana that state broadcaster Doordarshan started airing last weekend.

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PM Modi calls for solidarity in fight against covid-19’s rapid spread

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking on the ninth day of a nationwide lockout, asked Indians to switch off their lights for nine minutes at 9pm on Sunday and hold up a light in a symbolic act to “challenge the darkness spread by the corona crisis".

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Modi, Netanyahu discuss ways to deal with coronavirus crisis

The leaders discussed ways to increase technological cooperation and steps to tackle the growing number of infections due to the novel coronavirus

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Air India shuts bookings for domestic and international flights till 30 April

'We are awaiting a decision post 14 April,' the airline spokesperson said referring to the end of 21-day nationwide lockdown

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₹11,092 cr to states to deal with Covid-19: MHA

The Centre has released in advance its share of the first installment of SDRMF for 2020-21with a view to augment funds available with the state governments

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PM Modi's address to the nation on coronavirus: Full text

NEW DELHI : Amid a 21-day nationwide lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed the nation with a video message and asked people to show up on their balconies and gates once again, without breaching social distancing, to display India's collective strength in the fight against coronavirus. PM Modi urged all Indians to switch off all other lights and stand at doors or balconies to light candles or diyas, torches or mobile flashlights for 9 minutes this Sunday.

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PM Modi calls for 9-minute blackout on Sunday, urges citizens to light lamps

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday appealed to everyone to voluntarily adopt a blackout at 9 pm on Sunday and light a lamp, candle or shine a mobile flashlight for nine minutes.

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PM Modi LIVE: Switch off lights for 9 minutes at 9 pm this Sunday

NEW DELHI : Amid a nationwide lockdown for 21 days to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now sharing a video message with citizens.

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Markets likely to be volatile; Asian stocks slightly higher

Indian equity markets are likely to be volatile on Friday as investors will watch out for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at 9 am. This is will Modi's third such address to general public at a time when the country battles against the deadly novel coronavirus.

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PM to share message with people on Coronavirus pandemic on Friday

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to share a message with people on Friday as central and state authorities are working on a war footing to contain the spread of Coronavirus and to give relief to those who lost their livelihood.

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Covid-19: PM Modi to share video message on Friday

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share a video message with Indians on Friday as central and state authorities work on a war footing to contain the spread of covid-19 and give relief to those who lost their livelihood.

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PM Narendra Modi plans staggered exit from vast coronavirus

NEW DELHI : India will pull out of a three-week lockdown in phases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, as officials battle to contain the country's biggest cluster of coronavirus infections in the capital, New Delhi.

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PM Modi to share video message with public tomorrow at 9 am

'At 9 am tomorrow morning, I’ll share a small video message with my fellow Indians,' PM Modi tweeted in English and Hindi

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Govt launches 'Aarogya Setu', a coronavirus tracker app: All you need to know

In order to spread awareness among the citizens on the novel coronavirus outbreak in India, prime minister Narendra Modi-led government has launched a new app that will help people track Covid-19 infections more accurately and effectively. The app has been developed by the National Informatics Centre that comes under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

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WHO lauds PM Modi govt's relief package to help poor during lockdown

World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today praised steps taken by PM Narendra Modi to help poor during the 21-day nation-wide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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PM-CARES Fund: What to know about tax benefit offered to individuals, corporates

In order to encourage contributions for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the Centre has decided to make all donations towards the newly established PM-CARES Fund eligible for 100 per cent tax deduction. The fund was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week and it invites individual contributions, no matter how small they are.

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1.3 billion people. A 21-day lockdown. Can India curb the coronavirus?

New Delhi police officers provide hand sanitizer to a homeless man on the third day of India’s national lockdown.

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Opinion | Three big questions after a week’s lockdown

The shutdown seems more reactive than proactive and requires us to rethink several assumptions

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Opinion | Disparity in the era of coronavirus: The disposables divide

A GDP contraction of a few percentage points, or even halving of the stock market, doesn’t capture the impact on those living hand-to-mouth

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Covid-19: What is your social distancing score? This Android app will tell you

In the face of the coronavirus outbreak, social distancing seems to be the only cure that is working. On 24 March, Prime Minister Narendra Modi couldn’t have stressed enough on the term and requested citizens of India to observe a lockdown for 21 days. Organizations and individuals have faced hardships following the imposition of the necessary evil. Interestingly, some brands have managed to promote social distancing in their own unique way. DROR is one such app that is available on Android.

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'This is wonderful': Ivanka Trump lauds PM Modi's Yoga Nidra video

The United States President Donald Trump's daughter and senior advisor to her father, Ivanka Trump lauded the recently shared 'Yoga Nidra' video by prime minister Narendra Modi. As India is currently under a 21-day lockdown since 25 March due to novel coronavirus spread in the country, Modi today shared a video of a yoga asana which he practices at least twice a week.

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SpiceJet to cut salary of all employees in March amid coronavirus lockdown

Mumbai: Budget carrier SpiceJet has decided to cut 10-30% salary of all its employees in March, with Chairman Ajay Singh opting for highest 30% trimming in compensation, the airline said in an e-mail communication to the staff on Tuesday.

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PM mobilizes Indian envoys in war on coronavirus outbreak

NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged Indian Missions abroad to take note and identify innovations and scientific breakthroughs besides medical equipment that could help India in its fight against the coronavirus, a statement from the Indian foreign ministry said.

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Publicise PM-CARES Fund to mobilise donations from abroad: Modi asks Indian missions

'Unity, alertness of all Indians would help safeguard country's future,' said PM Modi on fighting Covid-19 pandemic

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India marshals more resources to stop coronavirus, but gaps remain

NEW DELHI : India is adding more resources to tackle its increase in coronavirus cases by announcing that private hospitals may be requisitioned to help treat virus patients, and turning railway cars and a motor racing circuit into makeshift quarantine facilities.

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Army rejects fake messages on social media about Emergency in India

NEW DELHI: The Indian Army on Monday rejected fake messages and rumours being propagated on social media about the likely declaration of emergency in India in the wake of coronavirus crisis.

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Covid-19: PM Modi to address Indian envoys on Monday via video link

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address Indian envoys via video link later Monday on coronavirus outbreak and India’s internal and external response to the crisis, a person familiar with the development said.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Indian police cordon off parts of Asia's biggest slum after coronavirus deaths

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