Kerala will impose a 14-day quarantine on all air travelers except those who are coming for “one or two days” for “business requirements”, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. The statement brings some clarity on the question of what happens to quarantine rules when domestic air travel is restarted on Monday. “The same rules that apply […]
Uttar Pradesh, the state with the highest number of returning migrant workers in India, has reported the sharpest increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases yet. A total of 360 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Thursday. The earlier record was set on Tuesday, when 315 new cases were reported. The number of COVID-19 […]
A new study report by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) finds that almost 70 per cent of India’s coal-fired power plants will not meet revised emission standards that come into effect in two years. The norms were set in December 2015 by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC). “Even after seven […]
Avnish Awasthi, additional secretary with department of home affairs in Uttar Pradesh government, today said that no migrant workers are walking on Uttar Pradesh’s roads as of today. His comments come in the wake of widespread outrage over media reports showing families, including small children, walking on the highways of Uttar Pradesh and adjacent states […]
The number of new COVID-19 cases in India crossed the 6,000 mark for the first time, as four states — Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan and Karnataka –reported their highest number of new cases in a single day. The breaching of the 6,000/day mark comes two days after India crossed the 5,000 mark for the first […]
17 migrant laborers tried to cycle to their hometowns in Odisha, Kerala Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, but were sent back to their camps by state police. “They have been assured that as soon as trains start running again [to Odisha], they will be sent back,” said the Chief Minister. Odisha has so far taken […]
Kerala has published new rules under lockdown 4.0, bringing the overall regulations more in line with the new regulations published by the central government. However, the state continues to prohibit certain activities that are allowed by the center in its guidelines yesterday. Most notably, these include restrictions on travel. While the center had allowed by-road […]
Karnataka has announced rules for Lockdown 4 under which public transport will be allowed to ply. There will be restrictions on the entry of people from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Almost all the relaxations allowed by the central government will be implemented in Karnataka. Parks will be opened twice a day. Trains running within […]
With more than 83,000 cases, India has today overtaken China, the source of Coronavirus, in the total number of COVID-19 cases, and become the 11th country to do so. As the daily addition of new patients hovers around the 4,000 mark, India has also emerged as home to the fifth fastest growing COVID-19 patient population […]
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to railway minister Piyush Goyal requesting the Indian Railways not to bypass the state’s COVID-19 containment and control plan. The state, one of the few places in the world to nearly eliminate Coronavirus through social distancing, has an elaborate system to monitor, control and contain the influx of […]
States ruled by BJP-led National Democratic Alliance have taken back nearly four times as many migrant workers compared to states ruled by opposition parties, according to the data given by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today. A total of 806 trains have so far been run by the Indian railways for migrant workers. Out of these, […]
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vjayan today said that the state was not in favor of restarting regular services of inter-state trains yet, and warned that any railway passenger who arrives without pre-registering on the state COVID portal will be put in institutional quarantine for 14 days. At the same time, Vijayan said he was not […]
States seem to be scrambling to put in place a policy to deal with incoming travelers from COVID-19 affected red zone states after the Indian Railways unexpectedly announced that it was restarting some long distance trains from tomorrow. Most states currently limit interstate travel by issuing special passes, so that the number of incoming travelers […]
Sunday saw a record addition in the number of new COVID-19 patients in India, with the ‘hot four’ states contributing nearly 80% of the total cases during the day. A total of 4,296 new cases were reported in India by various states on Sunday. With this the total number of cases has risen to 67,161. […]
At least one passenger on each of the two flights operated on Day 1 of Vande Bharat rescue mission have tested positive on arrival, raising some concern about the safety of the passengers on these flights. Day 1 of the operation had seen around 340 passengers touch down in two separate flights at Kochi and […]
India has transported a total 2.5 lakh internal migrant workers via 222 special trains to their home towns in the last 5 days, even as 604 Indians have been brought back from foreign countries by air, the ministry of home affairs said at 4 PM today. The spokesperson also said five more flights will land […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today called for the central government to transfer an amount of around Rs 65,000 cr ($8.6 billion) as immediate financial relief to half of Indian households as a stimulus measure to restart consumption. He said this can be sent as a direct cash transfer of Rs 7,500 to each family. His […]
The sudden increase in the number of people watching TV news has led to massive changes in the ranking tables of English news channels in India, with ‘centrist’ channels like India Today and CNN-News18 making strong gains. Latest data from rating agency BARC India shows strong gains for India Today Television, which has beaten long-time […]
The National Disaster Relief Force or NDRF is holding a briefing on the leak of styrene gas from a plastic factor in Vizag in Andhra Pradesh. The video of the live briefing is below. You can also see the major bullet points summarizing the statements given by the NDRF and the NDMA in the briefing […]
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today termed as risky and unfortunate the centre’s decision to not screen for Coronavirus infection before allowing passengers to board rescue flights that have started from today. Vijayan said the decision to potentially mix asymptomatic COVID-19 patients with healthy passengers in these flights from abroads would have serious consequences for […]
