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*Samyukta Kisan Morcha Press Release*

312th day, 04th October 2021

*Protests organised all over India as citizens express their anger at BJP leaders' impunity and violence, after the massacre of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh yesterday - Memorandum addressed to President of India submitted - An independent journalist also killed in Lakhimpur Kheri's incidents yesterday - SKM appeals to all citizens to maintain peace and order*

*Agreement reached between protesting farmers and the administration, which paved the way for final rites of martyred farmers - Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh's BJP government puts in place numerous undemocratic and authoritarian measures to prevent swelling support to the protesting farmers, and to protect the culprits - SKM condemns the undemocratic behaviour of Yogi government strongly*

*Samyukt Kisan Morcha clarifies once again that it has never approached Supreme Court or other Courts on matters related to the current agitation or the 3 farm laws - SKM believes that the matter with regard to the 3 laws is that of Constitutionality but also about ramifications on farm livelihoods which is in the ambit of the Union Government to resolve*

*PM Modi attacking Opposition political parties will not resolve the farmers' agitation - SKM reminds Mr Narendra Modi and BJP of their stand in the past, and asks for fulfillment of farmers' rightful demands without any further delay*

On Samyukt Kisan Morcha's call last night, asking for protests from 10am to 1pm today all over the country to press for four key demands, protests have been organised at DC/DM offices and other locations in many places. Reports have come in from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal and other states about these protests. There was also a silent protest march organised at Singhu Border also. Citizens who participated in these protests questioned the impunity and violence with which BJP leaders are operating, and their anti-farmer attitude and behaviour. They demanded immediate dismissal of the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, immediate arrest of the Minister's son and his accomplices, a probe by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court, and also the resignation of Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar. Reports indicate that FIRs have been lodged against Ashish Mishra Teni and 15 others. However, no arrests have been made. SKM has appealed to all citizens to maintain peace and non-violence, as is the norm of the farmers' struggle, and asked protestors not to fall into the trap being laid by BJP to derail the movement by violence and communal politics being brought in.

There were spontaneous protests in response to the unfortunate developments in Lakhimpur Kheri from last night itself when candlelight marches and rallies were taken out in some locations like Ambala, Kurukshetra, Chandigarh and other places. In Puranpur and other locations, highways were jammed by protesting farmers. Thousands of farmers poured into Tikunia today, at the site of the violent incidents, where the bodies of the martyrs were kept, and negotiations held with the administration.

Today, an agreement was reached between SKM leaders along with local protesting farmers and families of the deceased, and the state administration, which paved the way for the final rites to be performed of the martyred farmers, after postmortem is performed. The bodies of the four farmers had been kept in an overnight vigil by hundreds of farmers and their families in Tikunia's college ground. The Government will give 45 lakh rupees each and a government job each to the families of the farmers who were killed yesterday. The injured will be given 10 lakh rupees each. FIR has been registered against Ashish Mishra Teni and 15 others under Sections 302, 120B and other charges, and the government said that it will arrest all the accused within a week. A case has been registered against Minister Ajay Mishra Teni also, under Sections like 120B. The Government has also agreed to get a retired High Court judge to probe the matter. The demand with regard to Ajay Mishra Teni's dismissal from the Union Government is pending, of course.

Eye witness accounts reveal how the murderous attack seems to be pre-planned, facilitated by the UP police. It is reported that Police removed barricades to allow the vehicles of the Minister's son, who himself was driving the Thar vehicle, to mow down protestors indiscriminately, and the farmers retaliated thereafter. The Police protected Ashish Mishra Teni in escaping from the scene, and it is reported that he fired as he escaped. The specific targeting of SKM leader Tajinder Singh Virk was narrated in eye witness accounts.

Reports through the day indicated that the Uttar Pradesh government tried numerous undemocratic ways of preventing various people going to Lakhimpur Kheri, whether it was social activists, or political leaders. Sec.144 was imposed, and internet services were suspended. UP Government went to the extent of disallowing certain people from arriving into, and leaving from particular airports, and had also written to Punjab government, asking that no person from Punjab should be allowed to enter Lakhimpur Kheri. At the time of release of this press note, reports indicate SKM leaders like Gurnam Singh Chaduni and Buta Singh Burjgill were being prevented from reaching Lakhimpur Kheri by the UP Police. In fact, it is reported that Gurnam Singh Chaduni has been arrested in Meerut. The prevention of leaders of the Opposition, including the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and two sitting Chief Ministers (of Punjab and Chattisgarh), and disallowing the landing of a Deputy Chief Minister clearly shows that the UP Government has something to hide, and is protecting the culprits. Such draconian measures are unprecedented and raise numerous valid questions. SKM condemns all these undemocratic measures of Uttar Pradesh BJP government.

Samyukt Kisan Morcha clarifies once again that it has never approached the Supreme Court or any other Court for resolution of the core issues of the farmers' agitation - about the 3 anti-farmer central laws or MSP statutory guarantee. SKM has always believed that the three central laws which reflect the anti-farmer policy directions adopted by the Union Government have to be repealed by the government itself. Towards this, SKM has also written to the President and the Prime Minister asking for dialogue to be resumed and demands to be fulfilled. SKM did not approach the Court even on the constitutionality matter - while it is important that state government's constitutional authority over agriculture has to be restored and strengthened, it is equally important to realise that the issues with the farm laws are not just about constitutionality, or lack thereof. It is about the implications of the farm laws on farmers and the death blow to their fragile livelihoods. While the laws might have been suspended from implementation for now, SKM realises that the Stay can be lifted any day. Therefore, the movement has insisted on a full repeal of the laws. When it came to organising a Kisan Sansad at Jantar Mantar too, SKM did not have to knock on the doors of any court, and fulfilled fully the conditions with which it obtained Delhi Police's permission and cooperation for organising the same. Therefore, there is no question of the farmers' movement entering the Courts and seeking justice, and protesting at the same time. The petitioner in this case has got nothing to do with SKM. On the matter of blocking the highways, it is reported that the Supreme Court has issued notice to 43 leaders. Samyukt Kisan Morcha has always maintained that farmers did not put up any barricades or blockades on the roads. It was the Haryana, UP and Delhi Police which did so. Farmers have in fact kept the roads clear for traffic on both sides at the morcha sites. Public inconvenience if any is being caused by the police which has barricaded the highways. Farmers have also maintained that the agitation can be resolved, if the Union Government does not behave in this egoistic, adamant and unjustifiable manner. The resolution is clearly in the hands of the Modi Government which has not been able to give any convincing evidence as to why it will not repeal the anti-farmer laws, or why it will not enact a legislation for guaranteeing remunerative MSP for all produce and farmers.

Reports indicate that Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi criticised opposition political parties sharply in an interview, alleging that the opposition parties are indulging in political deceit and moral dishonesty when they oppose the farm laws. He has reportedly said that parties who promised certain reforms in their election promises and even their manifestos, have taken a u-turn later on and did not have the boldness to carry through their promises. Samyukt Kisan Morcha would like to remind the Prime Minister that these so-called "reforms" are not beneficial for farmers, irrespective of which party is proposing these. These "reforms" are meant to facilitate the business of agri-corporations at the expenses of millions of farmers in the country. Farmers did not ask for such reforms. Moreover, SKM would like to remind Mr Modi and BJP that what the farmers are demanding today is very much in line with promises made by the BJP itself, and perspectives supported by Mr Modi and BJP in the past. It was in 2011 when Mr Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat and as the Chairperson of a Working Group that he recommended that MSP enforcement should be mandated through statutory provisions, in the "Report of the Working Group on Consumer Affairs" of the Government of India. Further, earlier to this, it was in 2002 that the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government obtained a report of its "High Level Committee on Long Term Grain Policy" that recommended that CACP should go strictly on the basis of C2 cost of production. The Committee also recommended that MSP should have statutory status. This Committee was asked to set out principles and guidelines for long term grain policy by the then BJP government. It is also well known that Mr Narendra Modi and BJP canvassed for the party's election campaign in 2014 on the MSP plank, promising improvements for farmers. In 2018, the Modi government in fact made a commitment on the floor of the Parliament that MSP will be made a reality for all farmers. None of this materialised. It is high time that BJP looked into its own political dishonesty in making direct promises to farmers and reneging on them. More importantly, it is important that farmers demands be met in the current agitation, since the implications of not doing so are a matter of life and death of millions of anna daatas of the country.

The Champaran-Varanasi Lokneeti Satyagraha Padayatra that started in Champaran on Gandhi Jayanti, is on its third day of journey. After spending the night at Kotwa last night, the yatra will reach Rampur Khajuriya tonight, after passing through Belwa. The yatra is receiving a very positive response throughout its route with locals extending their support and hospitality.

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Bharat Bandh updates | Delhi Police tightens security at border points

Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the umbrella body of over 40 farm unions spearheading the farmers’ agitation, has called for an all-India Bharat Bandh. “As this historic struggle completes 10 months, SKM has called Monday [September 27] to be observed as Bharat Bandh against the anti-farmer Modi government,” the SKM had said in a statement. The bandh will be held from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. during which all government and private offices, educational and other institutions, shops, industries and commercial establishments as well as public events and functions will be closed throughout the country, it said.

Here are the latest developments:

Madhya Pradesh | 4.10 pm

No major impact of Bharat Bandh in Madhya Pradesh

The Bharat Bandh had no major impact in Madhya Pradesh on Monday as day-to-day and commercial activities went on as usual.

Eyewitnesses said road traffic was normal in the state capital Bhopal and commercial hub Indore.

However, talking to PTI, Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh national president Shivkumar Kakkaji claimed, “The bandh called by farmers against the three laws and for demanding guaranteed MSP for crops has been successful.” He further claimed that the outfit had given relaxation from the shutdown to Bhopal as most of its residents are (private and government sector) employees and not farmers, but the protest was successful in the farming community-dominated small towns of Nimar region, Shahdol, Umaria, Raisen and Silwani. Kakkaji said he was sitting in the “control room” in Bhopal and was getting reports that the shutdown call was “successful”, and added that no untoward incident was reported from anywhere.

Peaceful protests were also seen in districts like Vidisha and Satna. — PTI

Indore, M.P. | 4.07 pm

Indore unaffected

The Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Mahasangh’s Indore unit president Rajkumar Patidar said they had planned to stage protests at the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) campuses and other places, but the district administration did not give them permission for it.

The RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) did not support the bandh.

Its Indore-Ujjain unit president Kamal Singh Aanjna said,”We want the issues related to farmers to be resolved through discussions with the government in a peaceful manner.” — PTI

Kerala | 3.00 pm

Strike almost complete in Kollam

The dawn-to-dusk strike called by Samyukta Kisan Morcha was almost complete in Kollam with nearly all business establishments remaining closed and vehicles keeping off the road. While some private vehicles, including those transporting patients, were seen, few KSRTC buses, taxi services and autorickshaws operated on Monday.

All shops, restaurants and other business outlets, including those functioning in interior regions, downed their shutters. Though stray incidents of protesters blocking the vehicles were reported, the strike was generally peaceful in the district. While vehicles and employees of the health department on duty were not affected, most offices registered very low attendance.

Trade unions from fishing, cashew and plantation sectors took out marches and conducted dharnas in different parts. — Navamy Sudhish

New Delhi | 2.55 pm

Farmers’ demands legitimate, Centre should consider them: Kejriwal

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal requested the Centre to consider the demands of farmers protesting against the three farm laws, saying it will not be “bowing down” before anyone if it does so.

“We are celebrating the birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh. He made the supreme sacrifice for the freedom of the nation. He did not fight for freedom for a day when farmers have to sit on the streets and protest for a year to get their demands considered,” he said on the sidelines of an event to launch a tourism app for Delhi at the secretariat.

“The [central] government should consider their demands. Considering farmers’ demands will not be like bowing down in front of anyone as farmers are also people of our country,” Mr. Kejriwal said. — PTI

Arunachal Pradesh | 2.50 pm

Bharat bandh fails to evoke any response in Arunachal Pradesh

Bharat Bandh failed to evoke any response in Arunachal Pradesh, a senior police officer said in Itanagar.

All services, including public transport, banks and commercial establishments, were operating normally in the frontier State, he said.

There have been no protests and life remained normal in the state capital, Itanagar Capital Region (ICR) Superintendent of Police (SP) Jimmy Chiram said.

There was no impact of the bandh in other parts of the State as well, a senior government official said, adding, the State government has taken enough precautions to prevent any untoward incident during the day.

Government offices, private establishments, educational institutions remained open, while banks, post offices worked normally, the SP said. — PTI

Assam | 2.40 pm

Bharat Bandh fails to evoke response in Assam

Assam remained unaffected by the Bharat Bandh as public transport operated as usual, markets were open and offices registered usual attendance.

The Opposition Congress, which supported the bandh, did not organise any protest programme in the State.

In Guwahati, members of the SUCI (Communist) took out a protest rally in the morning, raising slogans against the three farm laws. They were detained by the police near the Ulubari point.

There were no reports of any other protest or demonstration from across the State.

Congress State president Bhupen Bora urged the people to come out on the streets in support of the bandh, but party workers were missing.

The Raijor Dal and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) also extended their support to the bandh. — PTI

Andhra Pradesh | 2.25 pm

YSR Congress, TDP’s support to bandh exposes their double standards: BJP MP

BJP MP G.V.L. Narasimha Rao tweeted on Monday that the support extended by YSR Congress (YSRC) and TDP to the Bharat bandh called in protest against the three farm laws, which they endorsed in the Parliament, exposed their double-standards.

He pointed out that the YSRCP and TDP backed the farm laws wherein a slew of reforms were envisaged to improve the lot of farmers. Now, they threw their weight behind the farmers’ unions agitating against the said laws, as part of their opportunistic political agenda, the MP observed. – V. Raghavendra

Jharkhand | 2:10 pm

Markets shut, roads blocked as Bharat Bandh affects life in Jharkhand

Vehicular movement was disrupted in several parts of Jharkhand on Monday as supporters of the Bharat Bandh blocked roads and highways.

Shops were shut in state capital Ranchi, while government offices and banks functioned as usual.

In Ramgarh district, protesters blocked the Ranch-Patna highway and Ramgarh-Bokaro highway for some time, disrupting traffic, Superintendent of Police Prabhat Kumar told PTI. – PTI

Goa | 2:05 pm

Bharat Bandh fails to evoke response in Goa

All services, including the public transport, banks, trains and commercial establishments, were operating normally in the coastal state, a senior police official said.

“There have been no protests. Life remained normal,” he said.

There was no impact of the bandh in the State, he said, adding that enough precautions were taken to prevent any untoward incident during the day. – PTI

Rajasthan | 1:50 pm

Farmers take out rallies, hold meetings in many districts of Rajasthan

Farmers took out rallies on the major roads and held meetings. The effect of the shutdown was visible in many districts of the state, including Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Bikaner, Sikar and Nagaur. Mandis and markets were partially closed in the cities and towns of these districts. The agitating farmers blocked the major roads and held meetings.

The bandh also affected train services in the border districts.

In Jaipur, farmers led by the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) took out a rally on tractor-trolleys. – PTI

Uttar Pradesh | 1:30 pm

Farmers’ call for Bharat Bandh has full support of SP: Akhilesh

Expressing his support to Bharat Bandh, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said the ruling BJP, which is not giving respect to farmers, has lost the moral right to remain in power.

He also claimed that the farmers’ movement has started becoming a cause of disintegration within the BJP “Samyukta Kisan Morcha’s ‘Bharat Bandh’ has full support of the SP. The arrogant BJP, which is not giving respect to the ‘annadata’ [farmers] of the country, has lost the moral right to remain in power. The farmers’ movement has started becoming a cause of disintegration within the BJP,” the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said in a tweet in Hindi with the hashtag #BJP_Khatam (BJP finished). – PTI

संयुक्त किसान मोर्चा के ‘भारत बंद’ को सपा का पूर्ण समर्थन है।

देश के अन्नदाता का मान न करनेवाली दंभी भाजपा सत्ता में बने रहने का नैतिक अधिकार खो चुकी है।

किसान आंदोलन भाजपा के अंदर टूटन का कारण बनने लगा है।#भाजपा_ख़त्म

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) September 27, 2021

Bihar | 1:22 pm

RJD, Cong workers block highways, rail in Bihar

Highways, roads and railway tracks were blocked in several places across Bihar on Monday as Bharat Bandh evoked a mixed response in the state.

RJD and Congress workers blocked roads in Patna, Bhojpur, Lakhisarai, Jahanabad, East Champaran, Begusarai, Madhepura and Nalanda districts, affecting the movement of the traffic.

In Patna, RJD workers blocked the road near Buddha Smriti Park, burning tyres in protest against the three farm laws. – PTI

Odisha | 1:00 pm

Markets shut, public transport off the roads in Odisha

Markets were shut and public transport stayed off the roads as the Bharat Bandh hit normal life in Odisha on Monday.

Supporters of the shutdown, including members of Congress and the Left parties, picketed at important junctions across the state amid rains, demanding repeal of the three farm laws.

Roads were blocked at different places in Bhubaneswar, Balasore, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Bolangir, Rayagada and Subarnapur, among others.

The protesters also blocked the railway lines at Bhubaneswar station, affecting train services in the State capital. PTI

West Bengal | 12:59 pm

Left activists block roads, rail in Bengal

Left activists blocked roads and railway tracks across West Bengal on Monday in support of the Bharat Bandh, while normal life remained largely unaffected in the state.

Markets and shops were opened as usual, while public transport operated almost normally, except for a few hitches.

Government and private offices registered usual attendance. Educational institutions are shut in state the due to the COVID-related restrictions. – PTI

Kerala | 12:55 pm

Hartal peaceful, total in Malappuram, Palakkad

All public transport vehicles, including autorickshaws, stayed off the road in most towns in Palakkad and Malappuram. However, private vehicles like cars and bikes were seen crisscrossing. The rains that lashed Malappuram and Palakkad after 10 a.m. forced people remain indoors.

When attendance in government offices was minimal or almost nil in both districts, educational institutions, business establishments and shops remained largely closed. However, some small grocery shops were open in village areas. – Abdul Latheef Naha

Private vehicles on roadin Kozhikode on the hartal day. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh

Puducherry | 12:53 pm

AITUC members stage road roko in Puducherry

Members of the AITUC staging a road roko, Shops and establishments remained closed and Police personnel on patrol at the new bus stand, during the nation wide Bharat bandh called by Farmers organisations in Puducherry on Monday, September 27, 2021. – S.S. Kumar

Tamil Nadu | 12:41 pm

Farmer bodies stage protests in Tamil Nadu

In solidarity with the nationwide strike demanding repeal of Centre’s farm laws, farmer bodies and Left parties on Monday staged protests in several parts of Tamil Nadu.

In a protest held here, State Secretaries of the CPI and CPI(M), R. Mutharasan and K. Balakrishnan respectively, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi chief Thol. Thirumavalavan and functionaries of the ruling DMK affiliated Labour Progressive Federation participated.

They raised slogans demanding the Central government to repeal the three contentious farm laws and not privatise public sector enterprises. – PTI

Maharashtra | 12:35 pm

No impact in Mumbai; shops, transport operating as usual

Commercial establishments and local transport were operating as usual in Mumbai on Monday and the city police also did not deploy an extra security force at key junctions and roads in the wake of the Bharat Bandh called by farmer unions against the Centre’s three agri laws, officials said.

Congress workers, holding placards, assembled at some places like Andheri and Jogeshwari and shouted slogans against the farm bills, but other than that there was no impact of the bandh in the city so far. –PTI

Telangana | 12:30 pm

Bharat Bandh calls evokes mixed response in Telangana

TSRTC buses, cab services, auto-rickshaw and other transport services were plying on the road as usual. However, the movement of people was curtailed largely due to incessant downpour due to the Gulab cyclone in the Bay of Bengal.

Despite calls given by various trade unions in the city and across the State, all commercial establishments and business houses were operating normally. Political parties and farmers unions who supported the bandh call were also not to be seen enforcing strict compliance with the call. Thanks to the inclement weather, the police also did not deploy much force anticipating a lacklustre turnout. However, several teams deployed around the Assembly in view of the ongoing monsoon session. “We anticipated there won’t be much response to the call in the State, so did not deploy forces,” a senior officer said. – Abhinay Deshpande

Kerala | 12:20 pm

Harthal near total in Thrissur

Various political parties and organisations taking out protest rallies and dharna in Thrissur on Monday in support of ongoing farmers agitation. – K.K.Najeeb

Punjab | 12:05 pm

Farmers block highways at many places in Punjab

Farmers on Monday blocked highways and other roads at many places in Punjab, where the ruling Congress said it firmly stands by the farm unions’ call for Bharat Bandh against the Centre’s three agri laws.

In neighbouring Haryana too, there were reports of protesters blocking some highways, including in Sirsa, Fatehabad and Kurukshetra.

There were also reports of farmers squatting on rail tracks at a few places in the two states.

In Punjab, a complete shutdown was observed at several places, including Moga, where farmers blocked the Moga-Ferozepur and Moga-Ludhiana National Highways. – PTI

Members of Bhartya Kisan Union Ugrahan block the railway tracks during farmers’ Bharat Bandh strike, at Dhablaan village near Patiala, Monday, September 27, 2021. | Photo Credit: PTI

Kerala | 12:00 pm

Normal life affected in Wayanad

Normal life in the district was affected by the dawn to dusk hartal called by the Joint Committee of Trade Unions on Monday in the state to express solidarity with the farmers on agitation against the agricultural reforms introduced by the BJP-led government at the Centre.

Attendance was very low in government offices and financial institutions. Only nine out of the 138 employees turned up for the duty at the Collectorate here, Additional District Magistrate, N.I. Shaju said.

While the KSRTC and private buses as well as taxis were stayed off the road , people were seen riding two wheelers , private vehicles.

The shops and business establishments were closed the district as the merchants associations have also expressed solidarity with the protest. – E.M. Manoj

Andhra Pradesh | 11:57 am

Heavy rain in A.P. dampens ‘Bharat Bandh’

Heavy to very heavy rain since the wee hours of Monday dampened the ‘Bharat Bandh’ in Andhra Pradesh. Many non-NDA parties have extended support to the nationwide 10-hour strike on Monday called by farmers protesting against the three agri laws under the aegis of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM).

In AP, the YSR Congress government lent support to the bandh and suspended RTC bus services and declared holiday for schools on Monday.

The main opposition Telugu Desam also supported the bandh, along with the Congress and the Left parties. However, some places in the State did witness rallies supporting the bandh. Communist Party of India and CPI(M) cadres took out a rally on the streets of streets in front of closed shops in response to Bharat Bandh call on Monday, September 27, 2021. – PTI

Communist Party of India and CPI(M) cadres took out a rally on the streets of streets in front of closed shops in response to Bharat Bandh call on Monday, September 27, 2021 | Photo Credit: R.V.S. Prasad

Delhi | 11:52 am

Parts of Delhi witness traffic snarls due to road closures, diversions

Parts of the national capital witnessed traffic snarls on Monday morning as police closed some key roads to prevent any untoward incident during the Bharat Bandh called by farm unions against the Centre’s three farm laws.

The Delhi Police has increased security checks at its border points which led to the slowing down of traffic and it informed commuters about road closures and traffic snarls on Twitter.

According to police, roads around the historic Red Fort as well as the dual carriageway at Ghazipur border were closed for traffic. – PTI

Kerala | 11:37 am

Hartal near total in Kochi

The dawn-to-dusk “bandh’ on Monday in support of the all-India lockdown under the aegis of the farmers’ collective against the Union govermnets’ farm laws, backed by various political parties, labour and trade unions, found its echo in Kerala with public transport coming to a standstill even as heavy rains lashed the district from early hours on Monday.

Schools and colleges are closed and no public transport vehicles are visible on highways. There are a few private vehicles on the roads, mostly two-wheelers. Hotels and business establishments are closed. The district has also seen about six to eight mms of rain per hour throughout the day on Monday, causing a big barrier to movement of people and vehicles.

Kerala State Transport Corporation schedules have been cancelled in the district. Sources in KSRTC Aluva depot, one of the busiest in the state, said none of the 37 schedules operated on Monday on account of the lockdown. – K.A. Martin

Kerala | 11:34 am

Hartal near total in Kottayam and Pathanamathitta

The nation-wide general strike called by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha has brought normal life to a halt in both Kotttayam and Pathanamathitta districts.

The public transport system has come to a complete standstill since the morning while the shops, commercial institutions and government offices too remain closed. The Mahatma Gandhi university, Kottayam, has postponed all examinations scheduled for the day.

Meanwhile, a few private vehicles could be spotted on the road. The long-haul services run by the Kerala State Road Transport corporation wound up operation by Sunday midnight. Braving the heavy rains that has lashed the region since Sunday midnight, members of various trade unions took out processions in support of the strike. – U. Hiran

Andhra Pradesh | 11:26 am

Cadres of Left parties stage protests braving rain in Telangana

Braving intermittent rain, scores of activists of the Left and other Opposition parties came out on the streets in Khammam and elsewhere in the district this morning in support of Bharat Bandh, buttressing farmers’ demand for scrapping of the Centre’s three farm laws.

Members of a host of unions and mass organisations representing farmers, labourers and people from various walks of life joined the protest organised by the Left parties in front of the new bus stand in the district headquarters town on Monday morning. Senior leaders of the CPI (M), the Congress, the CPI and the CPI (ML-New Democracy), the Telangana Rythu Sangham, the CITU, the DYFI, the PYL and a clutch of other mass organisations led the protest demonstrations in the town. – P.Sridhar

Left parties stage protests in front of a bus stand during the Bharat Bandh. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao

Kerala | 11:20 am

Hartal near-total in Thiruvananthapuram

The dawn-to-dusk hartal backed by Left Democratic Front (LDF) and United Democratic Front (UDF) has been near-total in Thiruvananthapuram during the early hours of September 27.

The hartal that was announced in response to a call for a nationwide bandh by Samyukt Kisan Morcha has remained peaceful with no untoward incident being reported from any part of the district thus far.

While public transport vehicles remained off the roads, few taxis, auto-rickshaws and private vehicles could be seen in various parts of the capital city. There have been no reports of their movement being obstructed by hartal supporters. Commercial establishments have remained closed. – Sarath Babu George

Delhi | 11:17 am

Auto, taxis operate normally in Delhi; shops open

Autorickshaws and taxis plied normally and shops were open in the national capital on Monday, with their unions and associations extending only “in-principle support” to the Bharat Bandh called by farmers but deciding not to join the strike.

The auto, taxi unions and traders bodies said their livelihood has already been hit hard due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown so they were not joining any strike. – PTI

Karnataka | 11:15 am

No Bharat Bandh in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi

There was no response to the Bharat Bandh in the coastal Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on Monday.

Normal life was as usual with the public transport system operating as usual. The government and private offices, educational institutions and all commercial establishments remained opened.

Meanwhile, Raita, Dalita, Karmika Janapara Chaluvaligala Okkuta has said that it will block the National Highway 75 (Bengaluru-Mangaluru highway) at B C Road for some time in the noon. – K. Raviprasad

Karnataka | 11:13 am

Members of farmers associations and Congress workers held protests in Belgavi

Response to the Bharat Bundh called by farmers organisations was lukewarm in Belagavi district. However, members of farmers associations and Congress workers held protests in several places.

Most government and private offices and shops and eateries were open in the morning. NWKRTC buses and private vehicles were running as usual. Schools and colleges remained open. Similar scenes were witnessed in Chikkodi, Gokak, Saundatti, Athani and other towns.

Farmers tried to stop buses from leaving the NWKRTC bus stand in Belagavi in the morning. This delayed departure of some buses. However, police dispersed them after some time. – Rishikesh Bahadur Desai

Delhi | 11:10 am

Operations of trains under Northern Railways impacted

Operations of atleast 25 trains under Northern Railways impacted till now. “More than 20 locations are being blocked in Delhi, Ambala and Firozpur divisions. About 25 trains affected,” Northern Railways said. – Yuthika Bhargava

Kerala | 10:48 am

LDF and UDF extend support to Bharat Bandh

The hartal called by trade union affiliated to LDF & UDF – led LDF and the opposition Congress – led UDF to extend support to the nationwide Bharat Bandh of protesting farmers has paralysed regular life in Kozhikode district .

Government and private offices, shops and commercial establishments , banks are remaining closed. Medical stores and milk booths are functioning.

Buses and autorickshaws are off the road. Only a few private vehicles especially two wheelers could be seen on city roads and on national highway.

The hartal which is being observed from 6 a.m. will end at 6 p.m. – Biju Govind

Karnataka | 10:43 am

Bharat Bandh has little impact in Bengaluru

Bharat Bandh call given by Samyukta Kisan Morcha, seems to have had little impact on normal life in Bengaluru.

All businesses were open and public transport services, including autorickshaws and cabs, are functioning as usual. Most traders’ bodies and transport associations announced moral support to the bandh call, but refused to close businesses citing losses they have already incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Farmers and Kannada organisations have begun rallies from multiple points around Bengaluru – K.R. Puram, Mysuru Road, Maurya Circle – and are all set to converge at Town Hall by 11 a.m. from where they will proceed to a protest rally at Freedom Park. Police have detained farmer leaders and protestors at different points in Bengaluru, drawing the ire of farmers. – K.V. Aditya Bharadwaj

Various organisation lend support to Bharat Bandh at Town Hall in Bengaluru, September 27, 2021 | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar

Karnataka | 10:37 am

More support for Bharat Bandh from Dharwad, Hubballi

The call for Bharat Bandh opposing and seeking repeal of farm laws has received support from various organisations in Dharwad and Hubballi. These have voluntarily come forward to extend support to the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which is leading farmers’ agitation at New Delhi borders for over nine months now.

Addressing presspersons in Dharwad on Saturday, S.R. Hiremath, convenor, Samyukta Horata, Karnataka, a group of various organisations, said that farmers, businessmen, the general public and youth had extended their voluntary support.

Delhi | 10:34 am

Delhi Police tightens security at border points

The Delhi Police has beefed up security in border areas of the national capital in view of the Bharat Bandh called by farmer unions against the Centre’s three agri laws on Monday. A senior police officer said adequate security arrangements have been made to maintain the law an order situation and prevent any untoward incident in the national capital during the bandh.

Patrolling has been intensified, extra personnel have been deployed at the pickets especially across the border areas and every vehicle entering the national capital is being thoroughly checked, according to the police. – PTI

‘Bharat bandh’ today will be historic, says Bharatiya Kisan Union

The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) has described the increase in purchase price of sugarcane by the Uttar Pradesh government as a “cruel joke” and said Monday’s ‘Bharat bandh’ would be “historic”. “Yet another promise of the BJP government proved to be just a ‘jumla’,” said BKU national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait.

Describing the ₹25 per quintal hike as a strike “on the interests of farmers”, Mr. Tikait said farmers of western Uttar Pradesh would participate in the bandh called by Samyukta Kisan Morcha with renewed vigour and it would be a “historic” event.

New Delhi | 10:27 am

Rahul Gandhi voices support for farmers, slams govt as ‘exploitative’

Expressing support for protesting farmers, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the farmers’ non-violent ‘satyagraha’ is still resolute but the “exploitative” government does not like this and that is why a ‘Bharat Bandh’ has been called.

The Congress has asked its workers, state unit chiefs and heads of frontal organisations to take part in the ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by farmer unions to protest against the Centre’s three agri laws.

Posting rhyming lines in Hindi on Twitter, Mr. Gandhi said, “Kisano ka ahimsak satyagraha aaj bhi akhand hai, lekin shoshankar sarkar ko ye nahi pasand hai, isliye aaj Bharat Bandh hai (Farmers’ non-violent satyagraha is resolute even today, but the exploitative government does not like this and that’s why it is Bharat Bandh today).” – PTI

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Congress writes to Facebook CEO again

The Congress’ letter to Zuckerberg came over an article in Time magazine, which the opposition party claimed “revealed” more information and “evidence of biases and a quid pro quo relationship” of Facebook India with the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Tour De France to go ahead, despite COVID-19 concerns

The number of daily cases in France has been rising steadily in recent weeks, casting a menacing shadow over the three-week event which is starting nine weeks later than originally scheduled.

Single voter list for LS, assembly, local body polls?

At present, the Election Commission prepares the electoral roll or voter list for Lok Sabha and assembly polls. The state election commissions, which are altogether separate bodies as per constitutional provisions, hold elections for local bodies such as municipalities and panchayats in their respective states based on their own voter lists.

An update from the Health Minister:

Only 0.29% of COVID-19 patients are on ventilators, 1.93% on ICU & 2.88% of cases are on oxygen support. More than 9 lakh samples were tested in the last 24 hours.

BSF finds Pakistani tunnel

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UP Rajya Sabha polls: Nomination papers of BJP leader Syed Zafar filed

CM Yediyurappa to flag off first RORO train from Bengaluru to Solapur tomorrow

New e-market platform launched to bridge gap between Indian farmers and UAE food industry

The UAE has launched Agriota, a new technology-driven agri-commodity trading and sourcing e-market platform that will bridge the gap between millions of rural farmers in India and the Gulf nation’s food industry.

Upon landing in the UAE, all IPL participants have followed a mandatory testing & quarantine programme. Total of 1,988 RT-PCR COVID tests were carried out between August 20th – 28th. 13 personnel have tested positive of which 2 are players

– Board of Control for Cricket in India

A protest will be lodged with Pakistani authorities, asking to take action against the guilty

– Jammu BSF IG NS Jamwal on the recovery of a tunnel in Samba area of Jammu and Kashmir

We were getting input about the existence of a tunnel in Samba area (of Jammu & Kashmir). A special team found the tunnel yesterday

– Jammu BSF IG NS Jamwal

Meghalaya’s COVID-19 tally rises to 2,248

Affordable rental housing complexes included in list of infrastructure sub sectors

The Centre has included affordable rental housing complexes in the harmonized list of infrastructure sub-sectors.

The department of economic affairs under the ministry of finance issued a notification earlier this week to this effect.

877 newborns,61 pregnant women die in Meghalaya in last four months: Official

At least 61 pregnant women and 877 newborns have died in Meghalaya in the four months starting from April for want of admission to hospitals and also due to lack of medical attention because of diversion of the health machinery to fight COVID-19 pandemic, a senior health department official said.

Puducherry MLA files plea in SC to stall NEET

On behalf of Puducherry government, we filed a writ petition in SC to stall NEET exam. The case has been filed in my name. The petition will be heard by next week. We hope for a good ruling from the SC which will safeguard the student community: R K R Anantharaman, Puducherry MLA

UAE formally ends Israel boycott amid US-brokered deal

The ruler of the United Arab Emirates has issued a decree formally ending the country’s boycott of Israel amid a US-brokered deal to normalize relations between the two countries.

The state-run WAM news agency reported the decree on Saturday, saying it was on the orders of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi and the Emirates’ leader.

Sushant case: Rhea arrives for CBI questioning for second day

Actress Rhea Chakraborty, who is accused of abetting the suicide of film star Sushant Singh Rajput, reached the DRDO guest house here for the second consecutive day on Saturday for questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), an official said.

Modern technology is helping deal with the challenges related to agriculture. One example of it was how the government used technology to minimize damage caused by locust attack in about 10 States recently

– PM Modi

Financial experts express mixed feelings on RBI’s restructuring package

The loan restructuring package announced by the Reserve Bank of India evoked mixed reactions from experts in the financial sector, as some found it helpful for the tourism industry, while others described the guidelines of the scheme as “restrictive” to the NBFCs.

Tourism Finance Corporation of India MD and CEO Anirban Chakraborty said hotels and the hospitality sector are under the MSME segment in the loan restructuring framework of RBI.

The emergency credit line extended to the borrowers is a good measure to help the sector sustain for the next two years, he said at a webinar organised by Enqube Collaborations on Friday.

Govt implementing several projects to ensure availability of water in drought-prone Bundelkhand region: PM Modi

Jharkhand allows public transport within state; hotels, lodges to reopen in view of JEE/NEET exams

India has controlled spread of locust swarms using modern technologies including drones

– PM Narendra Modi

When we talk about self-reliance in agriculture then it is not limited to self-sufficiency in food grains but encompasses self-reliance of the entire economy of the village

– PM Narendra Modi

West Bengal govt writes to Railway Board, says metro, local train services can be resumed

IIT Kharagpur researchers develop microneedle to administer drug in a painless way

Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a microneedle which is capable of administering large drug molecules in a painless way, a statement issued by the institute said on Saturday.

The Institute’s Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering has not only reduced the diameter size of the microneedles but also increased the strength so that they do not break while penetrating the skin, it said.

The microneedle can be used even in COVID-19 vaccination in future, besides for insulin delivery, the statement said.

Pak set to reopen educational institutions from mid-September as COVID-19 situation improves

DERC’s power tariff for 2020-21 will add to financial challenges of discoms: TPDDL

The new power tariff announced by the DERC for 2020-21, without any hike in the existing rates, will “substantially increase” the financial “challenges” and “ability” to ensure round-the-clock electricity supply by the discoms in Delhi, a spokesperson of the TPDDL said on Saturday.

The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) announced the new tariff on Friday, saying no hike was considered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Considering the COVID-19 pandemic, the DERC has maintained the tariff at the existing level. However, for the discoms, this tariff order will substantially increase the financial challenges and hence, the ability to ensure 24×7 power supply,” the spokesperson of the Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (TPDDL) said.

PM inaugurates Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the College and Administration Buildings of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agric… https://t.co/MJfT4xfKk3

— ANI (@ANI) 1598685644000

Flood-like situation in 4 C’garh districts, thousands shifted

Heavy rains battered several parts of Chhattisgarh over the last two days, creating a flood-like situation in some areas of at least four districts and causing rivers, including the Mahanadi, to flow above the danger mark, officials said.

Nearly 12,000 houses in various districts of the state were partially or completely damaged due to the incessant rainfall and thousands of people were shifted to relief camps, they said.

Chinese, Indians constitute 48% of foreign students in US in 2019: Report

Chinese and Indians accounted for 48 per cent of all active foreign students in the US in 2019, according to an official report.

A report on immigration students in US, released on Friday by the Student and Exchange Visitor Programme (SEVP) — a part of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — said there were 1.52 million active records in SEVIS for F-1 and M-1 students during calendar year 2019, a 1.7 per cent decrease from 2018.

Jammu-Srinagar NH cleared for stranded vehicles after four days closure

Govt making numerous efforts to popularise sports and support sporting talent

– PM Modi

August receives 25 pc more rainfall; highest in 44 years: IMD

Mumbai police will provide protection to Rhea Chakraborty on CBI’s request

Mumbai police will provide protection to Rhea Chakraborty whenever she commutes from her residence to DRDO guest house. This is being done on the request of Central Bureau of Investigation: Mumbai Police official

Odisha floods: 1.5 lakh people affected across 543 villages

Flood situation continues in several parts of Bhadrak district. Additional District Magistrate, Bhadrak says, “1.5 lakh people are affected across 543 villages in the district that are facing flood situation. Over 3,000 people have been evacuated so far.”

Pranab Mukherjee health update

Former President Pranab Mukherjee is being treated for lung infection. His renal parameters have improved. He continues to be in deep coma and on ventilator support. He remains haemodynamically stable: Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi Cantonment

Suresh Raina pulls out of upcoming IPL, says CSK

Suresh Raina returns to India from UAE 'for personal reasons' and will be unavailable for the remainder of the IPL… https://t.co/Au8yee9GtM

— ANI (@ANI) 1598680595000

President Kovind virtually confers the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2020

President Ram Nath Kovind virtually confers the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2020. https://t.co/f0VZoDoz9y

— ANI (@ANI) 1598680174000

Kiren Rijiju defends govt’s decision to confer Sports Awards to record 74 winners

J-K: Seven terrorists neutralised, one surrendered in last 24 hours

Acting on a specific police input, an operation was launched in Zadoora area of Pulwama district by security forces at 1 am on Saturday in which three terrorists were neutralised. A soldier, who was critically injured in the encounter succumbed to his injuries, according to a Public Relations Officer of Defence, Srinagar. Incrimination materials including arms and ammunition were seized from the encounter site.

Malaysia extends ban on foreign tourists

Malaysia has extended its pandemic movement restrictions including a ban on foreign tourists until the end of the year.

Hockey veterans to attend the National Sports Award Ceremony

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardee Rani Rampal, who is also Captain of Indian Women’s Hockey Team & Arjuna Awardee, Hockey player Akashdeep Singh leave for Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centre in Bengaluru to attend the National Sports Award Ceremony that is being held virtually.

Trump to head to Louisiana as Hurricane Laura cleanup starts

The U.S. toll from the Category 4 hurricane stood at 14 deaths, with more than half of those killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from the unsafe operation of generators. President Donald Trump plans on Saturday to tour the damage in Louisiana and neighbouring Texas.

Pandemic reinforced need to be physically fit, mentally strong

– M Venkaiah Naidu on National Sports Day

Kamala Harris pledges to rejoin the Paris Climate agreement and re-enter Iran nuke deal if voted to power

Uttarakhand BJP Chief Bansidhar Bhagat tests positive for COVID19

UP Congress leader demands expulsion of Ghulam Nabi Azad from party

Congress leader Naseeb Pathan in Uttar Pradesh on Friday said the party should expel Ghulam Nabi Azad who is among 23 signatories to a letter which called for an overhaul of the organisation.

Indian heritage WWII spy Noor Inayat Khan gets honoured with blue plaque in London

Telangana reports 2.7K Covid-19 cases, recovery still lower than national average

Will FM answer how to describe mismanagement of economy before pandemic

– P Chidambaram

Single-day spike of 76,472 infections, 1,021 fatalities push India’s COVID-19 caseload to 34,63,972, death toll to 62,550: Health Ministry

Party election to pick PM Abe’s successor around Sept. 15, media say

Today, on National Sports Day, we pay tributes to Major Dhyan Chand, whose magic with the hockey stick can never be forgotten. This is also a day to laud the outstanding support given by the families, coaches and support staff towards the success of our talented athletes

– PM Narendra Modi

The water level of Yamuna River recorded at Delhi’s Old Yamuna Bridge was 204.26 metres at 8 am today

Three militants, one soldier killed in encounter in J-K’s Pulwama

Prize money on sports awards to be increased: Kiren Rijiju

We’ve taken a decision to increase prize money for sports & adventure awards. Prize money for sports awards has already been increased. Prize money for Arjuna Award & Khel Ratna Award has been increased to Rs 15 lakhs & Rs 25 lakhs respectively: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju

Odisha: Examination cities to remain free from lockdown

There will be no lockdown or shutdown in force in the examination cities in Odisha from 30th August and 7th September and from 12th September and 14th September: State Government

Pulwama encounter update:

One soldier who was critically injured has succumbed to his injuries in an encounter that started last night in Zadoora area of Pulwama. Joint operation in progress: PRO Defence, Srinagar

Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman dies of cancer at 43

China’s Wuhan says all schools to reopen on Tuesday

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Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Satyendar Jain's health improving but fever remains, says Delhi govt; global COVID-19 toll crosses 4.5 lakh

23:40 (IST)

Coronavirus in US Latest Updates

New York guv considers quarantine for people arriving in the state

New York governor Andrew Cuomo reportedly said the district administration was "considering a possible quarantine on people entering New York state as the virus continues to spread," CNN reported.

"Reminding reporters about other states, including Florida, which issued a mandatory quarantine on New Yorkers coming to their states approximately 100 days ago, Cuomo acknowledged that experts have advised him to issue a quarantine for people coming to the state and he is considering it now," the report added.

23:21 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

Satyendar Jain's health is improving, says Delhi govt

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, who is in hospital for COVID-19 treatment, showed some improvement on Thursday but his fever has not yet subsided, senior officials said.

The 55-year-old minister is getting oxygen support on and off as per requirement, they said.

Jain had tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) here after running high-grade fever and suffering sudden drop in oxygen levels.

"His fever is down a bit today. He was kept on oxygen supply for longer time today. But, his overall condition is improving," a senior official of the hospital said.

(PTI)

23:06 (IST)

Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu Latest Updates

Chennai Police instructed to 'strictly' implement 12-day lockdown, says report

"With the 12-day lockdown set to begin in Chennai from Friday, the Greater Chennai Police issued a series of instructions for the city residents to follow during the period. Barring hospitals, labs, ambulances, pharmacies, and funeral hearses, there are restrictions on other activities. Auto rickshaws, taxi cabs will not be allowed to run in the city except in case of emergency," The Indian Express reported.

22:51 (IST)

Coronavirus in Jharkhand Latest Updates

Jharkhand reports 23 new COVID-19 cases

23 more COVID-19 cases, 47 recoveries and 1 death were reported in Jharkhand on Thursday. Total number of cases in the state is now at 1,919, including 710 active cases, 1,198 recovered/discharged and 11 deaths, the state health department said.

22:48 (IST)

Coronavirus in US Latest Updates

1.5 million more laid-off workers seek unemployment benefits

About 1.5 million laid-off workers applied for U.S. unemployment benefits last week, a historically high number, even as the economy increasingly reopens and employers bring some people back to work.

The latest figure released Thursday marked the 11th straight weekly decline in applications since they peaked at nearly 7 million in March as the coronavirus shut down much of the economy and caused tens of millions of layoffs. The decline was much smaller, though, than in recent weeks, falling just 58,000.

The total number of people receiving unemployment aid also fell slightly, reflecting the return of many to their old jobs.

Still, analysts had expected a sharper decline in weekly applications, and some expressed disappointment that so many people are still seeking unemployment benefits even as restaurants, gyms and many categories of retail shops are reopening across the country.

(AP)

22:34 (IST)

Coronavirus in Chhattisgarh Latest Updates

82 new COVID-19 cases in Chhattisgarh today

The number of COVID-19 cases in Chhattisgarh rose to 1,946 after 82 new cases were reported on Thursday. "As many as 46 patients were discharged during the day from hospitals across the state following recovery," News18 reported.

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Coronavirus Pandemic Latest Updates

Race for virus vaccine could leave some countries behind

As the race intensifies for a vaccine against the new coronavirus, rich countries are rushing to place advance orders for the inevitably limited supply to guarantee their citizens get immunized first — leaving significant questions about whether developing countries will get any vaccines in time to save lives before the pandemic ends.

Earlier this month, the United Nations, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent, and others said it was a “moral imperative” that everyone have access to a “people’s vaccine.” But such grand declarations are unenforceable, and without a detailed strategy, the allocation of vaccines could be inequitable and extremely messy, said health experts.

“We have this beautiful picture of everyone getting the vaccine, but there is no road map on how to do it,” said Yuan Qiong Hu, a senior legal and policy adviser at Doctors Without Borders in Geneva. Few measures have been taken to resolve numerous problems for achieve fair distribution, she said.

(AP)

22:12 (IST)

Coronavirus Pandemic Latest Updates

Global COVID-19 toll crosses 4.5 lakh

The global toll due to coronavirus on Thursday crossed 4,50,000, according to a tally compiled by AFP.

21:59 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

Railway Board chairperson visits isolation coaches in Delhi

Railway Board chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav on Thursday visited Anand Vihar terminal where around 300 COVID care isolation coaches have been set up, in view of the rise in #COVID19 cases.

Delhi: Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav today visited Anand Vihar terminal where around 300 COVID care isolation coaches have been set up, in view of the rise in #COVID19 cases. pic.twitter.com/twVwekdEJL

— ANI (@ANI) June 18, 2020

21:50 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

Manish Sisodia says rapid antigen tests conducted at 193 centres

Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said that the rapid antigen testing was conducted at 193 centres on Thursday.

"A total of 7040 people were tested for #COVID19, of which 456 tested positive. People who live in containment zones are being tested in the initial stage," he said.

21:43 (IST)

Coronavirus in Haryana Latest Updates

Haryana district admin imposes two-day curfew during solar eclipse, says report

"The Kurukshetra administration has decided to impose a two-day curfew from Friday to prevent people's gathering at the city's holy pools during the solar eclipse on June 21. District Magistrate Dhirendra Khadgata said the step is being taken to ensure that no one takes a dip at the city's Brahma Sarovar and Sannehit Sarovar during the solar eclipse in view of coronavirus outbreak," News18 reported.

21:32 (IST)

Coronavirus in Karnataka Latest Updates

COVID-19 cases in Karnataka rise to 7,944

Karnataka reported 210 new cases of coronavirus and 12 deaths. The total number of COVID-19 cases rose to 7,944, and the toll stood at 114.

21:24 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

Mumbai reports 1,298 new COVID-19 cases

1298 COVID-19 cases, 518 recoveries and 67 deaths were reported in Mumbai on Thursday, the BMC said. Total number of cases in the city is now at 62,799, including 31,856 recovered/discharged, 27,634 active cases, and 3,309 deaths.

21:15 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

Delhi HC says Kejriwal govt not using testing facilities optimally

The Delhi High Court on Thursday said that the AAP government "was not using testing facilities of private labs to their optimum capacity", News18 reported.

"A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad arrived at the conclusion after comparing testing data on Delhi government's website and the figures given in its affidavit placed before the court," the report said.

21:02 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

3,752 new COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra today

Maharashtra records highest single-day spike with 3,752 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, total number of cases stands at 1,20,504. Death toll rises to 5,751 after 100 deaths were reported today. 60,838 patients have been discharged so far including 1672.

20:53 (IST)

Coronavirus in Manipur Latest Updates

Manipur reports 54 new COVID-19 cases

Manipur on Thursday reported 54 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the state's tally to 606. "All the 54 people who tested positive for COVID-19 had returned from other states," News18 reported.

20:41 (IST)

Coronavirus in Rajasthan Latest Updates

35 new COVID-19 cases in Rajasthan today

315 more COVID-19 cases, 17 deaths and 275 recovered in Rajasthan on Thursday. Total number of cases in the state is now at 13,857, including 2,785 active cases, 10,742 recovered and 330 deaths.

20:27 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Centre lifts ban on hydroxychloroquine

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on Thursday lifted the export ban on hydroxychloroquine API and its formulations.

"This comes after a WHO scientist said that it has been proven doesn't work in stopping deaths among people hospitalized with the new coronavirus. The US FDA also revoked its emergency use after concluding that they may not be effective to cure the virus infections," News18 reported.

20:13 (IST)

Coronavirus in Punjab Latest Updates

118 new COVID-19 cases in Punjab today

118 fresh COVID-19 cases and five deaths have been reported in Punjab on Thursday. Total number of cases stands at 3615 and toll is at 83, the state department of information and public relations said.

20:03 (IST)

Coronavirus in Gujarat Latest Updates

COVID-19 cases in Gujarat rise to 25,660

510 new COVID-19 cases and 31 deaths have been reported in Gujarat in the last 24 hours. State tally rises to 25,660 including 17,829 cured/discharged and 1592 deaths, the state health department said.

19:57 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

Dharavi reports 28 new COVID-19 cases

The BMC on Thursday said that 28 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Dharavi area of Mumbai, taking the total number of cases to 2134. A total of 78 people have succumbed to the disease in the area so far.

19:46 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

Delhi govt starts antigen tests for COVID-19

The Delhi government on Thursday commenced COVID-19 testing through the rapid antigen methodology at 169 centres in and around containment zones of the city. A total of 341 teams are involved in the rapid-antigen testing which makes results available within 30 minutes.

(PTI)

19:31 (IST)

Coronavirus in Kerala Latest Updates

Kerala CM says discussions on over making COVID-19 tests available to expats

In those Middle East countries where expats don't have facility for rapid testing,discussions are underway to make Truenat Rapid Test kits available to them:Kerala CM on state govt's decision to make COVID-19 negative certificate mandatory for all passengers returning from abroad

Discussion regarding it is taking place with airlines and will need permission from respective Indian Embassies: Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan

19:16 (IST)

Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu Latest Updates

2,141 new COVID-19 cases in Tamil Nadu today

The Tamil Nadu health department said that 2,141 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the state on Thursday, taking the total number of cases to 52,334. The toll is at 625 after 49 deaths were also reported.

19:05 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

MHA says UP, Haryana govts can lower price of COVID-19 test after internal consultations

The MHA on Thursday said, "Home Minister Amit Shah, while chairing a meeting to review preparations for COVID-19 management, said that Expert Committee has fixed a price of Rs 2,400 for tests and if the price for such tests is higher in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, they could decide to lower their prices after internal consultations."

18:46 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Modi says Yoga will become more popular in post COVID-19 world

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed the nation on Yoga Day this year and said, "In the post COVID-19 era, the focus on preventive healthcare will get stronger and that is why I am confident that yoga will become even more popular."

18:38 (IST)

Coronavitus in Delhi Latest Updates

Delhi authorities need to work on common strategy against COVID-19, says Amit Shah

Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said, "Keeping in view the structure of Delhi-NCR region, all the concerned bodies need to unite and work on a common strategy against coronavirus. In this context, I met Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, senior officials of Center and Delhi-NCR today to discuss a strategy."

18:32 (IST)

Coronavirus in Kerala Latest Updates

97 new COVID-19 cases in Kerala today

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that 97 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the state on Thursday.

The toll rose to 21 after one death was also reported. Total cases in the state stand at 2,794 cases, of which 1358 are active cases.

18:20 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

Over 15,000 migrant workers are returning to Maharashtra, says govt

Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh said that over 15,000 migrant workers are returning to the state after they left the state during the lockdown.

"On average 11,500 workers were returning to Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai daily, while 4,000 to 5,000 labourers were returning to Gondia, Nandurbar, Kolhapur, Nagpur and Pune," he was quoted as saying by News18.

18:14 (IST)

Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu Latest Updates

First Tamil Nadu cop succumbs to COVID-19

Reports said that the first police personnel of the Tamil Nadu force succumbed to coronavirus on Thursday.

"A 47-year-old inspector working at the Mambalam police station in Chennai died due to COVID-19 and will be laid to rest with full honours on Friday," News18 reported.

18:02 (IST)

Coronavirus Pandemic Latest Updates

WHO studying trial data on HIV drugs as COVID-19 treatment

Large multi-country trials of the combination HIV drug lopinavir/ritonavir to treat COVID-19 have recruited thousands of patients and the World Health Organization is now looking at interim data, the UN agency's chief scientist said. Soumya Swaminathan said several thousand patients had been enrolled in the lopinavir/ritonavir arm of the WHO-led Solidarity Trial and in a separate UK-led COVID-19 trial of the drug combination," News18 reported.

17:54 (IST)

Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh Latest Updates

604 new COVID-19 cases in UP today

Uttar Pradesh on Thursday recorded 604 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the state to 15,785.

17:40 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

Kejriwal says Delhiites shouldn't have problem with COVID-19 testing now

दिल्ली में करोना की टेस्टिंग -आज दो महत्वपूर्ण घटनायें हुईं 1. दिल्ली में टेस्टिंग के रेट घटाकर 2400 रुपए किए 2. आज से दिल्ली में रैपिड ऐंटिजेन टेस्टिंग शुरू हुई जिसके नतीजे 15 मिनट में आ जाते हैं उम्मीद करता हूँ कि अब दिल्ली के लोगों को टेस्टिंग की कोई समस्या नहीं होगी

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) June 18, 2020

17:32 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Centre tells states, UTs to ensure payment of salaries to doctors

According to the Supreme Court directions, the Centre on Thursday told state governments and union territories to ensure the timely payment of salaries to doctors and health workers on COVID-19 duty.

Live Law reported that the violation of this order will "be treated as offence under the Disaster Management Act'"

Following SC directions, Centre issues order invoking provisions of Disaster Management Act to direct States and UTs to ensure payment of salaries to doctors and health workers doing COVID19 related duty. Violation to be treated as offence under DMA.@MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/03H00ekq7d

— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) June 18, 2020

17:17 (IST)

Coronavirus in Nepal Latest Updates

Nepal reports 671 new COVID-19 cases

The Nepal health ministry said 671 more COVID-19 cases were reported across the country in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the country to 7848.

17:14 (IST)

Coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh Latest Updates

425 new COVID-19 cases in Andhra Pradesh today

"The COVID-19 surge continued unabated in Andhra Pradesh with a record single day high of 425 new cases being added, taking the overall tally to 7,496. The coronavirus toll also continued its upward trend as two more patients died in Krishna district, making it a total of 92 so far in the state, according to the latest bulletin," News18 reported.

17:08 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Centre to spend Rs 50,000 cr on livelihood scheme for migrant workers

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said within 125 days, for 116 districts, nearly 25 schemes of the government will be brought together under Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan, "we will reach saturation levels for each of those schemes within those 125 days."

She added, "Everyone who needs an assignment in these 116 districts will be given work under Garib KalyanRojgarAbhiyaan, broad estimated expenditure for the scheme is Rs 50,000 crores, the money allotted for this will be front-loaded."

16:55 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

Kejriwal says Delhi, NCR can't be separated

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said, "The discussion with Home Minister Amit Shah was focussed on how we can save the entire NCR unit from COVID-19 because the NCR can't be separated. Delhi, Gurugram, Noida and Faridabad are the same."

16:44 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

Kejriwal, Sisodia visit COVID-19 isolation centre

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia visited Radha Soami Satsang Beas centre, on Thursday. Kejriwal said, "This space is being converted into COVID-19 isolation centre. Around 10,000 beds can be set up here."

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy CM Manish Sisodia visited Radha Soami Satsang Beas centre, today. CM Kejriwal says, "this space is being converted into COVID isolation centre. Around 10,000 beds can be set up here." #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/zhsCeZ36mm

— ANI (@ANI) June 18, 2020

16:34 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Nirmala Sitharaman says Centre 'meticulously mapped' skill sets of migrant workers

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday addressed a press conference ahead of the launch of a livelihood scheme for migrant workers.

"Workers from all over the country wanted to go back to villages a little while after the lockdown began and central and state governments made some arrangements, and they have gone back. We have looked at the districts to which they have largely returned.

"We have found that migrant workers returned in large numbers to 116 districts, spread over six states - Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Rajasthan: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

The central and state governments have meticulously mapped the skill sets of the migrant workers who have returned in large numbers to the 116 districts in 6 states," she said.

16:23 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

Uddhav Thackeray appeals fro 'low-key' Ganesh festival

Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday appealed for a "simple and low-key Ganesh festival" celebration this year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, "and asked Ganesh mandals to undertake social welfare programmes", News18 reported.

"Thackeray said the threat of coronavirus is not yet over and therefore, it will not be possible to celebrate the Ganesh festival with the usual pomp and gaiety. He said there should be no crowding or processions during the festival," the report said.

16:18 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Nirmala Sitharaman addresses presser over Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday addressed a press conference at the launch of Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan (GKRA).

"Faced with the challenge of providing employment to returning migrants in the wake of COVID-19, the Centre had launched the GKRA scheme, under which public works worth Rs 50,000 crore will be carried out," The Indian Express reported.

16:12 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

Centre to give 500 ventilators, 650 ambulances to Delhi

The MHA on Thursday said that the Centre will give 500 ventilators and 650 ambulances to Delhi's hospitals, The Indian Express reported.

16:03 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

Centre to conduct 6 lakh tests in Delhi via rapid antigen method

MHA MoS G Kishan Reddy was quoted by PTI as saying that the Centre will conduct 6 lakh COVID-19 tests in Delhi through the rapid antigen method at 169 new facilities.

15:48 (IST)

Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh Latest Updates

Over 16,000 samples tested for COVID-19 in UP yesterday

The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday said that 16,546 samples were tested for coronavirus in the state on Wednesday.

"A total of 5,15,280 samples have been tested till date," said Principal Health Secretary Amit Mohan Prasad.

He added, "630 new cases reported in the state, in last 24 hours. There are 5659 active cases, 9638 people have been discharged after making full recovery from the disease. A total of 488 people have succumbed to it."

15:33 (IST)

Coronavirus in Assam Latest Updates

82 new COVID-19 cases in Assam today

Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that 82 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the state on Thursday, taking the total number of cases to 4,777. The number of active cases stands at 2,111.

15:18 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Uttarakhand Latest Update

57 new cases reported from Uttarakhand, takes total to 2,079

Uttarakhand on Thursday reported 57 new COVID-19 cases till 2:30 pm today, taking the total number of positive cases to 2,079, according to the lastest update from the state Control Room COVID-19.

15:11 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Odisha Latest Update

Odisha reports 174 new cases of COVID-19, total rises to 4,512

Odisha reported 174 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, taking the total to 4,512 in the state, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 146 were reported from different quarantine centres where people returning from other parts of the country are lodged, they said. The process of contact tracing and follow up action is being taken, a health department official said.

15:04 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in Maharashtra Latest Update

Seven employees of Chinese firm contract COVID-19 in Pune

Seven persons, including a Chinese national, employed at a Chinese firm in Chakan town of Maharashtra's Pune district, have tested positive for coronavirus, a health officer told PTI on Thursday.

Following the detection of these cases, 130 employees, including nine Chinese nationals, have been quarantined, Dr Baliram Gadawe, a health officer from Khed tehsil said. The employees belong to a Chinese firm that manufactures machinery and mining equipment and has a unit in Chakan, he said.

14:54 (IST)

Coronavirus Outbreak in India Latest Update

PM's decision to make energy sector reliant will create over than 2.8 lakh jobs, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that in line with the vision of “Atmanirbhar Bharat” or self-reliant India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has flagged off the process to auction 41 coal mines for commercial mining. “This historic decision will make India self-reliant in the energy sector by introducing competition and boosting coal production,” said Shah, reports ANI.

The home minister says this decision of the Modi-led BJP government will create more than 2.8 lakh jobs, attract capital investment worth Rs 33,000 crore, and generate annual revenue of Rs 20,000 crore for the state governments.

Coronavirus Outbreak LATEST Updates: Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh said that over 15,000 migrant workers are returning to the state after they left the state during the lockdown.

Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Twitter said that a total of 3,820 police personnel tested positive for the coronavirus in the state. Of these, 2,754 have recovered and 45 have died of the infection.

The Supreme Court on Thursday while referring to the Rath Yatra at Puri’s Jagannath Temple in Odisha, said they will not allow it, according to Live Law. Lord Jagannath will not forgive us if we allow this to continue,' Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said.

The Delhi government has decided to fix the price limit of RT-PCR tests for coronavirus at Rs, 2400, PTI quoted Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia as saying on Thursday. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan launches India’s first mobile lab for COVID-19 testing in Delhi, ANI reports.

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the annual Rath Yatra and related activities at Puri's Jagannath Temple in Odisha, scheduled for 23 June this year, in view of the coronavirus outbreak, PTI reported.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said that as per the new testing protocol approved by ICMR, testing for COVID-19 will be done from today onwards as per the new Rapid Antigen methodology. 'This technique will be faster and cheaper, 169 testing centers set up in the National Capital. Priority for the supply of kits will be given to Delhi,' he added.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi while speaking at the launch of the auction of 41 coal mines for commercial mining today said: India will turn this Covid-19 crisis into an opportunity. It has taught India to be self-reliant. India will also reduce its dependence on imports.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to hold a meeting today at 12 pm with senior administrative officers of Delhi-NCR, in view of COVID-19 management and situation in the national capital, reports ANI.

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said as many as 62,49,668 samples have been tested till 17 June. Of these, 1,65,412 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate has further improved to 52.95% with the recoveries/deaths ratio stands now at 94.07%.

India on Thursday reported 12,881 new cases and 334 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the latest update from the Union health ministry. With this, the country’s overall count rises to 3,66,946, including 12,237 fatalities.

Delhi Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia has been given additional charge of the health ministry and other departments allocated to Delhi Minister Satyendar Jain after Jain tested for positive COVID19 yesterday, reports ANI.

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in its large multi-country trial of treatments for COVID-19 patients had been halted after new data and studies showed no benefit, reports Reuters.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asked states to make full use of the expanded COVID-19 testing capacity stating that saving lives is a top priority as India recorded a spike of 2,003 coronavirus deaths after Maharashtra and Delhi added earlier fatalities not attributed to the disease.

Modi also called for fighting the stigma associated with the novel coronavirus and that people should be assured there is no need to panic if somebody has contracted the infection as the number of recovered patients has also been rising. The COVID-19 recovery rate for the country currently stood at around 53 percent.

The prime minister's exhortations came on a day the country registered 2,003 COVID-19 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to the health ministry, pushing the death toll to 11,903. This was after Maharashtra and Delhi added earlier deaths that were not attributed to the disease.

According to the health ministry, India's caseload rose to 3,54,065 with 10,974 new infections being reported in the last 24 hours. The active cases stood at 1,55,227, while 1,86,934 people have recovered, the ministry added.

Administrative measures

As COVID-19 cases spike, some states came out with new strategies to check the spread of the disease.

In a first, Tamil Nadu tested as many as 25,463 samples in a single day while 2,174 people tested positive for the coronavirus, the state's highest increase in a 24-hour period, propelling its tally to over 50,000.

The Maharashtra government has been testing samples aggressively and tracing new cases under "chase the virus" strategy, and has also ramped up health infrastructure, according to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

With this strategy, the virus spread has been significantly contained in Dharavi, the biggest and thickly-populated slum sprawl in Mumbai, an official release quoted Thackeray as having told the prime minister during a video conference.

Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally stood at 1,16,752, according to a state health bulletin.

The Karnataka government has decided to conduct random testing on slum dwellers, vendors and bill collectors at markets, delivery and courier boys among others, aimed at effective surveillance, an official circular said. On Wednesday, the state's toll reached 102, while the number of cases rose to 7,734 with 204 patients testing positive.

In Delhi, health surveys were conducted for 1.78 lakh people in 242 containment zones between 15 and 16 June in a bid to improve contact mapping in the National Capital, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs, days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah stepped in and announced a slew of measures to fight the pandemic.

Saving lives should be top priority: Modi

Saving lives should be the top priority, Modi told the chief ministers, as he called for expanding the health infrastructure of the states, according to an official statement.

Wednesday's interaction virtual meeting was the second and final segment of Modi’s sixth round of consultations with chief ministers of states and L-Gs of Union Territories in the last three months on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Referring to the rise in number of infections, Modi underscored the need for testing, tracking, tracing and isolating COVID-19 patients to deal with the pandemic.

Noting that the spread of COVID-19 is more in a few big states and cities, he asked the states to make full use of their existing testing capacity and also work to augment the health infrastructure.

India has stepped up testing capacity significantly to three lakh samples per day with a network of 924 laboratories including 674 in the government sector.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 60,84,256 samples have been analysed for coronavirus in the country till 16 June with 1,63,187 tested on Tuesday.

The prime minister said big crowds, lack of physical-distancing, daily movement of large number of people and small houses in some cities have made the battle against the coronavirus "more challenging".

State-wise figures

Of the 2,003 new deaths, Maharashtra accounted for the highest 1,409 fatalities taking its COVID-19 death tally to 5,537, while coronavirus deaths in Delhi surged by 437 taking its toll to 1,837, according to the Health Ministry data updated at 8 am.

Besides, Tamil Nadu has reported 49 deaths followed by Gujarat at 28, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana at 18 each, Madhya Pradesh 11, West Bengal 10, Rajasthan 7, Karnataka 5 and Telangana 4. Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Punjab, Puducherry and Uttarakhand have reported one fatality each in the last 24 hours.

Of the total 11,903 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 5,537 fatalities followed by Delhi with 1,837 deaths, Gujarat with 1,533, Tamil Nadu with 528, West Bengal with 495, Madhya Pradesh with 476, Uttar Pradesh with 417, Rajasthan with 308 and Telangana with 191 deaths.

The COVID-19 toll reached 118 in Haryana, 94 in Karnataka, 88 in Andhra Pradesh, 72 in Punjab, 63 in Jammu and Kashmir, 41 in Bihar, 25 in Uttarakhand, 20 in Kerala and 11 in Odisha.

Maharashtra has reported maximum number of cases at 1,13,445 followed by Tamil Nadu at 48,019, Delhi at 44,688, Gujarat at 24,577, Uttar Pradesh at 14,091, Rajasthan at 13,216 and West Bengal at 11,909, according to the Health Ministry's data.

The number of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 11,083 in Madhya Pradesh, 8,272 in Haryana, 7,530 in Karnataka and 6,778 in Bihar. It has risen to 6,841 in Andhra Pradesh, 5,406 in Telangana, 5,298 in Jammu and Kashmir, 4,319 in Assam and 4,163 in Odisha.

Punjab has reported 3,371 novel coronavirus cases so far, while Kerala has 2,622 cases. A total of 1,942 people have been infected by the virus in Uttarakhand, 1,839 in Jharkhand, 1,781 in Chhattisgarh, 1,092 in Tripura, 649 in Ladakh, 629 in Goa, 560 in Himachal Pradesh and 500 in Manipur.

Chandigarh has registered 358 COVID-19 cases, Puducherry has 216 cases, Nagaland has 179, Mizoram has 121, Arunachal Pradesh has 95, Sikkim has 70, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu together have reported 45 COVID-19 cases. Meghalaya and Andaman and Nicobar Islands have registered 44 infections so far.

Ensure payment of salaries to doctors, says SC

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court asked the Centre to issue directions to states for payment of salaries and providing necessary quarantine facilities to doctors and healthcare workers engaged in treating COVID-19 patients.

The government told the court it would issue the necessary directions.

A bench of justices Ashok Bhushan, SK Kaul and MR Shah said that doctors and healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients should not be denied quarantine facilities.

The top court asked the Centre to file a compliance report within four weeks on payment of salaries and quarantine facilities to doctors and healthcare workers and warned that non-compliance would be viewed seriously.

The bench was hearing a plea filed by a private doctor raising questions on the Centre's 15 May decision that 14-day quarantine was not mandatory for doctors.

Doctor Arushi Jain, in her petition filed through advocates Mithu Jain and Arjun Syal, had alleged that front line healthcare workers engaged in the fight against COVID-19 are not being paid salaries or their wages are being cut or delayed.

During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre said that government would issue the directions to states and Union territories within 24 hours to ensure timely payment of salaries to doctors and health care workers.

With inputs from PTI

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MHA creates joint force of various state police to eliminate cybercrime from Mewat region

The Ministry of Home Affairs has established a Joint Cyber Crime Coordination Team (JCCT) under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center Scheme, in view of the increasing cases of cybercrime in the country. With the initiative of this ministry, the police of Delhi and other states will be able to share all kinds of data related to cybercrime, coordinate in working in different ways, and coordinate details of financial cybercriminals.

DCP Cyber Cell Prashant P. Gautam explained that based on the analysis of people's complaints on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP), a Joint Cyber Crime Coordination Team has also been formed for Mewat. Not only this, but the police of Haryana, UP, and Rajasthan, in addition to Delhi and central states, have also been asked to join. In addition, the Delhi Police has been appointed as the nodal agency of JCCT. In view of this, a one-day conference of Joint Cyber Crime Coordination Teams was organized. It should be noted that due to being the nodal agency of JCCT in coordination with the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center, a conference was recently organized by the IFSO Unit Dwarka of Delhi Police on Wednesday.

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In this conference, several top police officers including Sanjay Arora, the Police Commissioner, Rajesh Kumar, CEO of AIC, and Special Cell HGS Dhalival from the police participated. Not only that, many senior officers of different ranks from various states also attended the conference. Along with this, representatives of five JCCT teams from Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, and Jharkhand presented their latest trends, methods of dealing with cybercrime, limits, and solutions to the stakeholders with better coordination to crackdown on cybercrime.

During this conference, several high-ranking police officers, including Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora, CEO of AIC Rajesh Kumar, and Special Cell HGS Dhalival, along with many other senior police officials, participated. Not only that, but representatives of 51 senior officials from various states were also present at the event. In addition, representatives from the JCCT Teams of Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, and Jharkhand shared their latest trends, approaches to dealing with cybercrime, and presentations on how to better coordinate with stakeholders and find solutions to curb cybercrime.

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During the participation, the states involved shared different approaches and techniques observed during investigations with everyone, so that the methods could be replicated by other states and union territories. Hotspot was extensively discussed on this occasion, and a special plan was also discussed to reduce the dangers posed by cybercrime. All the input shared by the states has been collected and will be acted upon. Sanjay Arora praised all the participants for sharing their input during the conference, and emphasized the need for collaboration and the development of a joint strategy to deal with the growing threat of cybercrime.

The creation of this joint force is a significant step towards combating cybercrime in the Mewat region. It is expected to have a positive impact on the overall cybersecurity of the region and improve public safety. The MHA has urged the public to cooperate with the joint force and report any suspicious online activity to the authorities.

In conclusion, the joint force created by the MHA to eliminate cybercrime from the Mewat region is a crucial initiative towards improving cybersecurity in the area. The public's cooperation and support are essential in the fight against cybercrime, and it is everyone's responsibility to stay vigilant and report any suspicious online activity to the authorities.

Source: https://www.the420.in/mha-creates-joint-force-of-various-state-police-to-eliminate-cyber-crime-from-mewat-region/

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Indian state government leaks thousands of Aadhaar numbers – TechCrunch

A lapse in security has led to the leaking of over a hundred thousand Aadhaar numbers, TechCrunch can reveal.

One of the web systems used to record attendance of government workers for the Indian state of Jharkhand was left exposed and without a password as far back as 2014, allowing anyone access to names, job titles, and partial phone numbers on 166,000 workers as of the time of writing.

But the photo on each record page used the file name as that worker’s Aadhaar number, a confidential 12-digit number assigned to each Indian citizen as part of the country’s national identity and biometric database.

The data leak isn’t a direct breach of the central database run by Aadhaar’s regulator, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), but represents another lapse in responsibility from the authority charged with protecting its data.

Aadhaar numbers aren’t strictly secret but are treated similarly to Social Security numbers. Anyone of the 1.23 billion Indian citizens enrolled in Aadhaar — more than 90 percent of the population — can use their unique number or their thumbprint to verify their identity in order to enroll in state services, like voting, welfare or financial assistance. Aadhaar users can even use their Aadhaar identity to open a bank account, get a SIM card, call an Uber, buy something on Amazon, or rent an Airbnb.

But the system has been plagued with problems that have led to starvation in cases, and the illicit trade of citizen data on the underground market.

It’s unclear why the Jharkhand government site was accessible to anyone who knew where to look, but little effort had been put in to ensure the security of the system — or even hide it from the outside world. The site was easily found on a subdomain of the state government’s website, but for long enough that it was indexed by Google, which cached copies of not only the site itself, but also its attendance record pages that still contain Aadhaar numbers in each worker’s photo.

TechCrunch asked Baptiste Robert, a French security researcher who goes by the online handle Elliot Alderson, to take a look at the site. Robert has prior experience in revealing Aadhaar-related data leaks. Using less than a hundred lines of Python code, Robert demonstrated that it was easy for anyone to scrape the entire site in batches to download their photos and corresponding Aadhaar numbers.

TechCrunch verified a small selection of Aadhaar numbers from the site using UIDAI’s own verification tool on its website. (We used a VPN in Bangalore as the page was unavailable in the U.S.). Each record came back as a positive match.

After confirming our findings, we reached out to both the Jharkhand government and UIDAI.

Jharkhand’s attendance site leaking worker data. (Image: TechCrunch)

At the time of publication, neither had responded, but the website had been pulled offline.

The exposure may represent a fraction of the billion-plus users registered with Aadhaar, but uncovers yet another inadvertent disclosure of citizen data from a system that UIDAI claims is impenetrable. Instead of learning from mistakes and mishaps, UIDAI instead has shown a long history of rebuffing evidence of security incidents or breaches with mockery and declaring findings as “fake news,” by claiming to refute evidence without presenting any of its own.

The leak of Aadhaar numbers may not be seen as sensitive compared to leaked biometric data. Former attorney general Mukul Rohtagi once called a separate leak of Aadhaar numbers “much ado about nothing.” But it’s raises fears that obtaining and misusing someone’s number could lead to identity theft and fraud — which reportedly peaked last year.

Others have expressed concern that the system puts privacy at risk by recording information on a person’s life, which authorities can use to conduct surveillance on ordinary citizens.

But the exposure alone contradicts the Indian government’s claims that the Aadhaar system as a whole is secure.

In recent years, several security lapses involving data relating to Aadhaar have reignited fresh concerns about the centralized database — including several issues found by Robert. Last year, security researcher Karan Saini, a New Delhi-based security researcher, found a poorly-secured web address used by state-owned utility company Indane that had direct access to the Aadhaar database, allowing him to query results from the system. UIDAI rubbished the reports, baselessly claiming that there was “no truth to this story” in a series of tweets from its official Twitter account, despite evidence to the contrary. In the same year, India’s Tribune newspaper reported that some were selling direct access to the Aadhaar database. UIDAI responded by filing a complaint against the reporter with police.

Despite the security concerns, India’s Supreme Court ruled the database constitutional in September after a long-running court battle.

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Actor, Writer, Theater Personality Girish Karnad Turning Up To Protest Against Lynchings Despite Being Unwell

People across the nation and even some parts of the world are turning up in large numbers against public lynchings of people across the nation especially of Muslims and Dalits over alleged eating and storing of beef, killing or transporting of cows, or at places just because you belong to a certain community.

The trigger to protest has been the stabbing to death of 15-year-old Junaid Khan on a moving train barely a week ago. But there were scores of others before. Pehlu Khan, a dairy farmer was beaten to death for transporting cattle, Mohammad Akhlaq who was lynched in Dadri over suspicion of storing beef, before him, there was the murder of Mohsin Sheikh. And in between, there were scores of others. Recently DSP Ayyub Pandith was beaten to death in Kashmir. In between Farrukh was killed for being an atheist. Make no mistake, it isn’t just Muslims that are killed mobs have ‘mistakenly’ killed Hindus as well. There was flogging of Dalits in Una which resulted in widespread protests over dead cows. The Recent killing of four in Jharkhand over rumors of child kidnapping. The list is long, names a plenty but in all, it’s the mob that rises over rumor and suspicion, and murders people while they beg to be heard, they fold their hands and plead the crowd to stop but the crowd cares none. They go ahead and kill their prey like savages.

People have written on lengths about the injustice meted out to certain communities over their food habits or just because they practice a certain religion different from perpetrators. There have been enough columns against mob violence and lynchings. There is no doubt, such acts are wrong. Forget innocents, even if someone is criminal, you or mob have no rights to murder him/her. You can’t lynch, fog or beat to death someone on suspicion, or for any reason. Your job is to inform the police. Let them investigate and let courts punish. India is a democratic nation which is governed by rules and regulations. And lynchings are illegal by law, so far at least. If you believe otherwise, if you believe mob-violence or lynchings have a place in a democratic, law-abiding society, then please consider not reading any further. The rest who believe mob-violence shouldn’t be the norm (agree with not agree with protests), you can continue.

There was a considerable crowd in the protests. But that is not to say, all supported the protests. Some pointed out few anomalies.

Lynchings have occurred before Modi too

Yes, they have. There are two aspects to this. One, their numbers have increased considerably after 2014. As IndiaSpend piece pointed out, 86% Dead In Cow-Related Violence Since 2010 Are Muslim; 97% Attacks After 2014. Second, what if there has been violence before? “Whataboutery” is fine. It serves the purpose of bringing out the hypocrisy of people. Did you, the reader, knew about lynchings and mob violence before 2014? You might have, you might have not. If you did, did you cringe? If you didn’t know about it, it was probably because of media not covering it. There must be stimuli to react to anything. Without that stimuli, how and to what would one react? Without the knowledge of injustice, what would you protest against? ‘It had happened before too’ can’t be the reason why it should happen again now. Mob violence and lynchings are wrong, then, now or in future, it doesn’t matter when. So come out of that shell and go shout “Not In My Name”.

This Is Political.

Of course, it is. Anything that has to do with public affairs is political. This too is. Saba Dewan, Delhi-based filmmaker, whose Facebook post paved way for these protests, told Huffington Post in an interview,

Over the past few years, as one was watching and witnessing the systemic violence that is being unleashed on Dalit, Muslims and minorities, there was a rising sense of disquiet about what the hell was happening. There was discomfort that the government has chosen to stay quiet about the attacks on Muslims. In some ways, you become complicit in this violence by keeping quiet. I didn’t want to be complicit in this. I wasn’t a part of this. I am an ordinary citizen. I have never done street-level protests. Yet, the tipping point came with the lynching of Junaid. The first lynching in 2015 shook us up. Over the last two-and-a-half years, lynchings were getting normalised and that was frightening. But Junaid was just a child. He was 15 and got killed by a mob near Delhi, my city. It was shattering. I was upset that evening and kept wondering why someone wasn’t starting an organised protest so that I could join it. We wait for an eternity for someone to protest, but we are the citizens of the country and we have a stake in it. We had no idea how this would grow and pan out. I just asked some people on Facebook if we can do this protest. The response was very encouraging.Then someone suggested we make an event page. The next morning we realised that this was going viral.

I don’t know if protests were orchestrated by any political party or not but they happened. And of course, the opposition parties supported them and voiced their opinions in as many similar ways as BJP did with Anna Movement against then government of Manmohan Singh. Ruling party had then called Team Anna as B-Team of Congress. Ruling dispensation always tries to discredit the protesters. Don’t fall into their trap.

Why not protest on farm suicides or other issues?

You are right. They should. People should come out in large numbers when farmers protest. Many do. But hold on, why does a protest require its participants to first participate into another? Can that not follow after this as well? In any case, even if they don’t, how does that matter. You feel strongly about something and then you come and support that cause. Simple. This isn’t algebra where Y can come only after X. Don’t mix up different issues.

Anyway, people have every right to discredit the protesters, call hypocrisy of those who are attending, throw data at them of past murders, but do you support what is happening in the name of religion? Do you support people being killed over bovines? Do you support mob violence? If not, then go on. Do we want the mob violence to continue or do we want it to end? If we wish it to end then we need to ask for its end. And that time is now.

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese Proverb

To plant or to protest and ask for change, the best time always is, now, at this very moment.

It is failure of law and order, not BJP

R Jagannathan wrote a piece in Swarajya Magazine titled, Roots Of Mob Violence Lie In Lack Of Police Reform, Not In BJP’s Rise To Power. He is right. But partially. Yes, police are responsible for this violence as law and order are their domain. In fact, at few places police has stood guard while thugs burned property, beaten people and at few times, they themselves have shot people dead. But government at large is responsible too. One, it controls the police. The other question is, who is emboldening these religious fanatics? Why has the violence increased after Modi took power? Has government taken action against the police for not acting? Who will bring out the police reforms? Why have they not?

Difference between the past and present violence

In past when any such killings occurred, anyone from government condemned such violence outright without any ifs and buts. But now, people from the government are looking ways to not Condemn it. They are pointing to lapses here and there, asking to investigate whether meat in a refrigerator was beef or not, etc. What if the meat was beef? Does that justify public lynching? Lynchings or mob-violence in past were stray incidents but today they have been normalized. We have heard so many of them that we have become numb towards human suffering. Don’t forget, the body of Akhlaq’s murderer was draped in tricolor and the function was attended by a government minister. If this isn’t institutionalizing violence then what is?

Primarily, the government is not speaking of these violent acts. Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is otherwise so vocal and active on Twitter hardly finds time to respond to such violence. Ministers or spokespersons who do, go into technicalities, into investigating meat etc. This attitude sends wrong signs to people at large. It shows government supports these acts albeit covertly. And that’s worrying.

There are also people who are going into nitty gritty’s and pointing out how they forgot to mention a particular his and her killing. Fair point. But go make a placard, write down the names they forgot and the one’s you remember, go out and show it to the world. We are all humans, flawed in our own ways, no one is complete nor anyone perfect. We need each one to complete each another. But we all agree on some common questions. Like here, we agree on fatality of mob violence and lynchings. No sane society can support such inhumane acts. So forget politics, and lend your support.

Call their hypocrisy, shout their omissions but first, let’s be loud and clear on one thing that we all agree —Enough Is Enough — No More Murders — Not In My Name.

Some Photos from the protests across the world (courtesy: Twitter and Internet at large)

Lynchings Have Occurred In India Before As Well But Do We Want Them To Continue Or Stop? People across the nation and even some parts of the world are turning up in large numbers against public lynchings of people across the nation especially of Muslims and Dalits over alleged eating and storing of beef, killing or transporting of cows, or at places just because you belong to a certain community.

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This is a developing area for understanding, said the health ministry when asked about post-recovery symptoms observed in some patients. 16:23 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates New cases, deaths decreasing over past five days, says health ministry Trend of decreasing number of active cases in the past five days however in the context of a pandemic, five days is too less to draw conclusions. However, this shows the results of the efforts taken by the state and central governments, said the health ministry. There is also a downward trend in number of deaths from 1007 on 13 August , 996 on 14 Aug, 944 on 15 Aug, 941 on 16, 876 on the17 August. However, there is no need to slacken in testing and other efforts, the ministry cautioned. NITI Aayog member VK Paul said the positivity rate had also come down and that the developments were reasurring but the challenge was far from over. 16:17 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates One vaccine candidate set to enter phase three trial, says health ministry Three vaccine candidates being developed in India and one vaccine set to enter phase three trial in a day or two, said the health ministry. The progress has been happening in a reassuring manner, the health ministry representative said. 15:55 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates Record 57,584 recoveries in 24 hrs, says health ministry India recorded the highest single-day recoveries of 57,584 in the last 24 hours, which is more than the number of new cases (55,079) reported during the same period, said the health ministry in a statement. With more patients recovering and being discharged, the total recoveries have crossed 19 lakh (19,77,779) and the gap between the recovered patients and the active cases has crossed 13 lakh today (13,04,613), it further stated. Continuous increase in average daily recoveries has led to the recovery rate touching 73.18percent while the case fatality rate is down to 1,92 percent. "As a result of collaborative and focussed efforts by the Centre and State/UT governments built on effective implementation of the "TEST, TRACK, TREAT" strategy of the Union Government, 30 States/UTs are reporting lower CFR than the national average," the ministry claimed. 15:47 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates India conducts nearly nine lakh COVID-19 tests in single day With nearly nine lakh (8,99,864) tests conducted in a single day, India has set another record in COVID-19 tests, said the health ministry. With this, the cumulative tests in the country have reached 3,09,41,264. However, the positivity has remained low i.e. 8.81percent compared to the weekly national average of. 8.84 percent, it said. 15:25 (IST) Coronavirus in Nagaland LATEST Updates Nagaland reports 64 new cases today Nagaland Health Minister S Pangnyu Phom said that the government tested 577 more samples on Tuesday, of which, 65 have tested positive for the coronavirus. “Necessary contact tracing has been activated and all primary contacts under self-isolation,” he adds. Update! 65 new +ve cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed out of 503 samples tested. 41 in Kohima, 23 in Dimapur & 1 in Mon. Necessary contact tracing have been activated and all primary contacts are under self isolation. — S Pangnyu Phom (@pangnyu) August 18, 2020 15:23 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates 8 teams of researchers from India, US selected for COVID-19 research Eight binational teams of researchers from India and the US have been selected for pursuing cutting-edge research in pathogenesis and disease management of COVID-19, according to an official statement. The teams will pursue research in areas such as antiviral coatings, immune modulation, tracking SARS CoV-2 in wastewater, disease detection mechanisms, reverse genetics strategies and drug repurposing. 14:17 (IST) Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh LATEST Updates UP minister tests COVID-19 positive Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Atul Garg tests positive for Covid-19. 15 अगस्त को मेरा RTPCR टेस्ट हुआ जो -ve आया था पर कल रात 9 बजे रेपिट टेस्ट में पॉजिटिव आया हूँ 16 से 18 अगस्त के बीच जो भी मुझसे मिले है उन्हे सावधानी रखते हुए टेस्ट कराना उचित रहेगा।किसी भी प्रकार के सहयोग हेतु मुझसे या मेरे सहयोगी राजेन्द्र जी,अजय राजूपत से भी बात कर सकते है ! pic.twitter.com/IHGJMNJ8jN — Atul Garg (@AtulGargBJP) August 18, 2020 12:51 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates Parliamentary Committee for Home to meet tomorrow The Parliamentary Committee for Home is expected to meet tomorrow to discuss the COVID19 situation in the country. AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria will also be present in the meeting along with Health Ministry officials, reports ANI. 12:46 (IST) Coronavirus in Telangana LATEST Updates Telangana records eight COVID-19 deaths, 1,682 new cases Telangana reported 1,682 fresh coronavirus cases and 8 deaths, pushing the state's tally of positive cases to 93,937. With eight more fatalities the toll rose to 711, a state government bulletin said on Tuesday, providing data as of 8 pm on 17 August. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corpoation (GHMC), the COVID-19 hotspot in the state, continued to witness low number of infections with only 235 cases being reported. 12:38 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates India's recovery rate rises to 73.18%; case fatality at 1.92% A spike of 55,079 cases took India's COVID-19 tally past 27 lakh on Tuesday just a day after it crossed the 26-lakh mark, while 19.77 lakh people have so far recuperated from the disease pushing the recovery rate to 73.18 percent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The COVID-19 caseload stood at 27,02,742, while the death toll climbed to 51,797 with 876 people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am showed. Case fatality rate stands at 1.92 percent. 12:26 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates No change in Pranab Mukherjee's health condition: Hospital There is no change in the condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee who continues to be on ventilator support, the Army's Research and Referral hospital said on Tuesday. Doctors attending on him said his vital parameters are stable. The 84-year-old former president was admitted to the hospital in Delhi Cantonment on 10 August. He was operated for removal of a clot in the brain and has been in a coma ever since. He also tested positive for COVID-19. 12:19 (IST) Coronavirus in Maharashtra LATEST Updates Maharashtra Police registers over 12,000 cases; toll at 128 The number of coronavirus cases in the Maharashtra police rises to 12,495 as 112 personnel test positive for the infection in the last 24 hours, ANI reports. Two more deaths push the police force’s toll to 128. 11:57 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates SC dismisses plea to transfer money from PM CARE Fund to national disaster relief fund The Supreme Court rules that money from the PM CARES Fund, set up in March in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic by the prime minister’s office, cannot be transferred to the National Disaster Relief Fund. 11:14 (IST) Coronavirus in Maharashtra LATEST Updates Pune's first seroprevalence finds 51.5% have antibodies against COVID-19 Pune's first serosurvey has found that 51.5 percent of the 1644 respondents from five highly- affected wards in the city have seroprevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19 infection. A serological survey is done to detect the presence of specific antibodies, and is used to assess the prevalence of a disease in the population. Data from the Pune sero survey was released on Monday. The survey had 1,664 respondents (all above 18 years) from the city's five wards whose population is 3.66 lakh. 10:48 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates Amit Shah admitted to AIIMS for post COVID-19 care Home Minister Amit Shah has been admitted to AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) for post-COVID-19 care. He is comfortable and is continuing his work from hospital, according to a statement from AIIMS, Delhi, reports ANI. He was discharged from Medanta Hospital,Gurugram on 14 August, after testing negative for COVID19. Some reports say he is suffering from respiratory problems Home Minister Amit Shah has been admitted to AIIMS(All India Institute of Medical Sciences) for post COVID care. He is comfortable & is continuing his work from hospital: AIIMS, Delhi He was discharged from Medanta Hospital,Gurugram on 14 Aug, after testing negative for #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/Im85xpAii9 — ANI (@ANI) August 18, 2020 10:28 (IST) Coronavirus in Punjab LATEST Updates Punjab to impose additional restrictions in Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala from today Punjab government has decided to impose additional restrictions in Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala from 18 August, till further orders. Movement of individuals for non-essential activities to remain prohibited between 9 pm to 5 am. Restaurants, hotels and other hospitality units to remain open till 8.30 pm. Shops and shopping malls would remain open till 8 pm. Restaurants/hotels situated within shopping malls and liquor vends would remain open till 8.30 pm, according to the state Information and Public Relations Department. 09:44 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates India reports over 55,000 new cases; toll now at 51,797 The number of coronavirus cases in the country have risen by 55,079 to 27,02,742, the Ministry of Health says. The toll is at 51,797, after 826 more people died of the virus in the last 24 hours. 09:30 (IST) Coronavirus in Goa LATEST Updates Flight movement at Goa Airport increases 12 times since last month Despite the rising number of COVID-19 cases, flight movements at the Goa airport increased almost 12 times last month as compared to April this year, according to the Airports Authority of India. It said this is a sign of normalcy returning at the Goa airport, located at the INS Hansa base in Vasco town, reports PTI. 08:18 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates Record 8.9 lakh tests done in past 24 hours, says Centre The Ministry of Health on Tuesday said that a new peak of 8.97 lakh COVID19 tests done in the last 24 hours. "Even with such a high level of testing, the positivity has remained low, 8.81% compared to the weekly national average, 8.84%," it said in a tweet. Aggressive TESTING leads to early identification and isolation of #COVID19 positive cases. This coupled with efficient clinical treatment brings the Fatality Rate down. — Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) August 18, 2020 08:05 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates 30 states and UTs performed better than national average, says Centre The Ministry of Health on Tuesday said that focused implementation of Centre-led strategies has ensured prompt identification, timely isolation, and effective clinical treatment, leading to reduced Case Fatality Rate. Thirty states and Union Territories performed better than the national average. #IndiaFightsCorona Focused implemention of Centre-led strategies has ensured prompt identification, timely isolation & effective clinical treatment, leading to reduced Case Fatality Rate. 30 States/UTs performed better than the national average. pic.twitter.com/SuldiTAHVv — Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) August 18, 2020 08:02 (IST) Coronavirus in Odisha LATEST Updates Odisha minister among 2,244 new cases Odisha on Monday recorded 2,244 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the state's tally to 62,294, while 10 more people succumbed to the disease pushing the death toll to 353, a health department official said. Rural Development and Labour Minister Susanta Singh tested positive to the COVID-19 and became the first member of Naveen Patnaik's cabinet to contract the illness. 07:59 (IST) Coronavirus in India LATEST Updates Government panel meets representatives of leading domestic manufacturers The national expert group on vaccine administration for COVID-19 met representatives of leading domestic manufactures, including Serum Institute of India, Bharat Biotech and Zydus Cadila, on August 17 to take inputs about the present stage of various candidate vaccines as well as their expectations from the government, the Union Health Ministry said. The meeting was mutually beneficial and productive, the ministry said. "It provided the national expert group with inputs about the present stage of various candidate vaccines being developed by indigenous manufacturers as well as their expectations from the Union government," the statement said. The meeting was chaired by Niti Aayog member VK Paul and co-chaired by Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan. 07:53 (IST) Coronavirus in US LATEST Updates Virus clusters erupt at US universities as semester begins From the dorms at North Carolina to the halls of Notre Dame, officials at universities around the US scrambled on Monday to deal with new COVID-19 clusters at the start of the fall semester, some of them linked to off-campus parties and packed clubs, reports AP. At Oklahoma State in Stillwater, where a widely circulated video over the weekend showed maskless students packed into a nightclub, officials confirmed 23 coronavirus cases at an off-campus sorority house. The university placed the students living there in isolation and prohibited them from leaving. A cluster of COVID-19 cases in a dorm was announced Sunday by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The disclosure marked the fourth such outbreak since the semester began Aug. 10 at the state's flagship public university campus. The three others were at a dorm, private student housing and a fraternity house Coronavirus Updates: Rajasthan recorded 1,347 new cases and 11 deaths, taking overall case count to 63,977 and toll to 898. Meanwhile in Jharkhand, health minister Banna Gupta said he has tested positive and requested all those who came into contact with him to get themselves tested. Two more Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel have died due to coronavirus infection, taking the toll due to the pandemic in the country's largest paramilitary force to 28. A trend of decreasing number of active or new cases has been observed over the past five days, said the health ministry. However in the context of a pandemic, five days is too less to draw conclusions, it said. The number of coronavirus cases in the country has risen by 55,079 to 27,02,742, the Ministry of Health says. The toll is at 51,797, after 826 more people died of the virus in the last 24 hours. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi. Some reports say he is suffering from respiratory problems. The reported active COVID-19 cases in India stand at 6,73,166 and as many as 19,77,779 COVID-19 patients have been cured and discharged so far, the Union Health Ministry has said in its latest update. India's COVID-19 toll crossed 50,000 on Monday, with the country reporting 941 fatalities and 57,981 new cases in 24 hours since 8 am on Sunday. The total caseload rose to 26,47,663 but the number of people who have recovered from the disease also went up to 19,19,842, said the Union health ministry. The number of tests carried out for the detection of COVID-19 also crossed three crore, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data. A total of 3,00,41,400 samples were tested for COVID-19 in the country till 16 August, including 7,31,697 on Sunday, it said. Bihar extended the lockdown till 6 September in view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the state, as per a notification issued by the state government. An MLA tested positive and a minister went into quarantine in Punjab, even as Chief Minister Amarinder Singh warned that he would not hesitate to impose stricter restrictions to arrest the spread of the infection. In Manipur, former world boxing champion L Sarita Devi and her husband Thoiba Singh tested positive but were asymptomatic. Both of them were going to a coronavirus care centre in Imphal, Thoiba said. Toll mounts to 50,921 The countrywide toll due to COVID-19 climbed to 50,921 with 941 people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours but the case fatality rate has declined to 1.92 percent, said the health ministry. Of the 941 fresh deaths, 288 were in Maharashtra, 125 in Tamil Nadu, 116 in Karnataka, 88 in Andhra Pradesh, 56 in Uttar Pradesh, 51 in West Bengal, 41 in Punjab, 20 in Gujarat, 16 in Jharkhand, 15 in Jammu and Kashmir, 14 in Rajasthan, 11 each in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, 10 each in Kerala, Odisha, Haryana and Telangana, eight in Delhi and seven each in Chhattisgarh and Assam. A record 57,584 patients recuperated from the disease within a span of 24 hours, pushing the recovery rate to over 72 percent, said the ministry. The actual caseload of the country now stands at 6,76,900 on date and currently comprises only 25.57 percent of the total positive cases, it said. This difference between the recovered and the active cases continues to expand and now stands at 12,42,942. Over three crore tests conducted so far The health ministry asserted that a new landmark had been achieved as the total number of tests for detection of COVID-19 has crossed the three crore-mark in India. In a testament to the focussed, consistent and coordinated efforts of the Centre, and the State and UT governments, India has set a new landmark of conducting three crore tests, it said in a statement. "With 7,31,697 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, India is on its resolved drive to increase its testing capacity to 10 lakh tests daily," the ministry said. The Tests Per Million (TPM) have seen a sharp increase to 21,769, it further said. "While the cumulative testing rose from 1.2 crore on 14 July to three crore on 16 August, the positivity rate has seen a rise from 7.5 percent to 8.81 percent in the same period", it said in a statement. However, the ministry said that the positivity rate will eventually fall if isolation, tracking accompanied higher testing. "Although higher number of tests will push the positivity rate initially, but as the Delhi experience has amply shown, it will eventually lower when combined with other measures such as prompt isolation, tracking and timely clinical management," the ministry said. Testing numbers dip in Delhi The number of coronavirus tests in Delhi in August as was lower in comparison to tests in July, reported news agency PTI. However, the government attributed the decrease to the fall in COVID-19 infections in the National Capital. The authorities conducted over 2.58 lakh COVID-19 tests in Delhi between 1 and 15 August, whereas the figure stood at over 3.13 lakh in the same period in July. Between 16 and 31 July, over 2.96 lakh tests were conducted in Delhi. "It is wrong to say that the number of tests in Delhi has dipped in the last few days. We are doing sufficient number of tests in Delhi. There can be fluctuations over short time periods, but overall we have been consistently doing 19,000-20,000 tests daily for months now," an official said. The official also said that the number of tests was low on some days in August due to festivals and celebrations such as Rakshabandhan, Janmashtami and Independence Day. The official also said that RT-PCR tests were easily available at all flu clinics, labs and in all hospitals "There has not been a single complaint about anyone being unable to get RTPCR test done. Earlier, when the cases were high more people were visiting these centers to get themselves tested. Now since the number of cases has significantly dipped in Delhi, the number of RTPCR tests has also fallen down accordingly," the official stressed. Delhi conducted 14,988 tests on Monday and 787 more tested positive, taking the overall count to over 1.53 lakh. The toll rose to 4,214 with 18 more fatalities, the Health Department said. Bihar extends lockdown till 6 September The Bihar government extended the statewide lockdown till 6 September. According to a notification issued by the Home Department, restrictions will remain in place in the district headquarters, sub-divisional headquarters, block headquarters and all municipal areas in the state. Strict measures will be enforced in the buffer and containment zones, it said. Restrictions imposed in the state extended till 6th September: Government of Bihar. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/fib9xsgX5H — ANI (@ANI) August 17, 2020 // // ]]> All religious places will remain closed and no congregation will be allowed. Besides, all social and political gatherings will be barred, it said. Parks and gymnasiums will remain closed and night curfew, restricting the movement of people between 10 pm and 5 am, will be in place, it added. Inter-state and inter-district bus services will also remain suspended though transportation of goods will be allowed without any hindrance. The state has so far reported over one lakh cases, a ten-fold rise within a period of a month and a half. West Bengal, Kerala see record spike in new cases Meanwhile, other states and Union Territories (UTs) also reported fresh cases and fatalities. Uttar Pradesh reported its highest single-day spike of 69 fatalities, taking the toll to 2,515, a government bulletin said. A total of 4,186 fresh COVID-19 cases on Monday took the state's infection tally to 1,58,216, it said. The COVID-19 case count in West Bengal rose to 1,19,578 with the highest single-day spike of 3,080 new cases on Monday, while the toll increased to 2,473 as 45 more people died, according to a bulletin issued by the Health Department. Total 2,932 people recovered from the disease during the last 24 hours, improving the discharge rate to 75.02, it added. There are 27,402 active cases in the state at present. Kerala also witnessed its highest single-day surge of 1,725 COVID-19 cases taking the infection count to 46,140 while 13 deaths took the toll to 169. Health minister KK Shailaja said Thiruvananthapuram reported the highest number of 461, followed by Malappuram with 306. Twelve more deaths due to COVID-19 were reported in Haryana on Monday, as the state recorded its highest single-day spike of 887 cases taking the total infections to 48,040, according to the health department's daily bulletin. Not averse to tightening curbs, says Punjab CM Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh said he was not averse to imposing stricter restrictions, as the state reported its highest single-day spike of 1,492 COVID-19 cases and a record 51 deaths due to the disease. The COVID-19 toll mounted to 862 and the infection count reached 32,695. During a review meeting, the chief minister did not rule out a fresh lockdown, especially in areas witnessing a surge in cases, but made it clear that economic activities would not be allowed to suffer. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, who is heading the expert group for reviving the state's economy, also said any measures to check the spread of COVID-19 should not impact economic activities, according to a government release. In his presentation on the COVID-19 situation, health expert KK Talwar said four districts— Ludhiana, Mohali, Jalandhar and Patiala -- were witnessing the maximum surge in infections and deaths and needed stricter preventive measures to control the situation. Deaths per million in the state had gone up to 27.2, and as many as 265 patients were on oxygen and 20 on ventilator support at present, he said. Meanwhile, Punjab MLA Manpreet Singh Ayali said that he had taken a test for COVID-19 after developing mild symptoms of the disease and his report came positive. Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal later announced he was going into self-quarantine after he came into contact with the Bathinda district police chief who has been infected with the virus. "Our SSP from Bathinda has been tested coronavirus positive and I met him on August 15 for the Independence Day function. On medical advice and for the safety of my family and workers, I am going into self-quarantine and as such no public meetings will be held by me during this period," Badal wrote on his Facebook page. Boxer Sarita Devi, Odisha minister test positive Odisha's Rural Development and Labour Minister Susanta Singh on Monday also tested positive for COVID-19. The MLA from Bhatli Assembly constituency is the first minister in Odisha to have been infected with the virus. I have tested positive for Corona and I am stable now. Those who have came in contact with me recently are requested to stay isolated and get tested. — Susanta Singh (@SusantaSingh11) August 17, 2020 In Manipur, boxer L Sarita Devi tested positive for COVID-19 along with her husband Thoiba Singh but both of them are asymptomatic. The couple is based in Imphal and have a son, Tomthin, who has tested negative. "Me and Sarita have tested positive. We are right now moving to a COVID-19 care facility. Both of us have no symptoms at all and I don't see any reason to panic," Thoiba told PTI over phone. "I have no idea how this infection caught us. I think we were taking all precautions. But hopefully, it is going to be all right. We will recover soon. I am just relieved that Tomthin has tested negative," he added. With inputs from PTI

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