Breaking News April 21

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Madan Mitra tests positive for COVID-19.

Maharashtra has announced stricter Covid curbs starting April 22. Wedding guests limited to 25, 15% attendance in offices. The state logged 67,468 new Covid cases in 24 hours.

France will impose new entry restrictions on travellers from India to fight a contagious coronavirus variant spreading in that country, an official said on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak on the opening day of a two-day virtual summit to be hosted by US President Joe Biden on the climate crisis on April 22-23.

The US president has invited 40 world leaders, including Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, to the summit.
 

The Income Tax Department on Wednesday said it has issued refunds of over Rs 5,649 crore to 7.39 lakh taxpayers during April 1-19, 2021-22.
 

 Indonesia's military says a navy submarine is missing near the resort island of Bali with 53 people on board.

At 5PM today, Dr Randeep Guleria Director AIIMS Delhi, Dr Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Health and Dr Naresh Trehan, Chairman, Medanta will together address issues related to COVID-19 in the country. 

10 tons of oxygen was supplied to LNJP Hospital last night. This supply is sufficient for the current situation, says LNJP hospital officials, Delhi 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the nation on Ram Navami on Wednesday and asked people to follow the COVID-19 guidelines, saying the message of Lord Ram to all of us is that they should follow the appropriate behaviour.
 
May Lord Shri Ram's boundless compassion always remain on the countrymen, he tweeted. The festival is celebrated to mark the birth of Lord Ram.

Modi asked people to follow all the protocols in place to avoid getting the infection and keep the mantra of "dawai bhi, kadai bhi" (have medicine and follow guidelines) in mind.

Going a step ahead of 'No Mask-No Entry', the Rajasthan government will run a 'No Mask-No Movement' campaign across the state to break the infection chain. Chief minister Ashok Gehlot said the campaign will be run with strictness so that the spread of the virus could be contained.

In a video conference with mayors, deputy mayors, chairpersons, vice chairpersons, executive officers and commissioners of urban local bodies on COVID-19 and Chiranjeevi health insurance scheme, Gehlot said the second wave of the infection is very dangerous and the situation can be handled by strictly following guidelines like wearing face mask and maintaining social distancing.

"The situation created by the coronavirus can only be conquered by following the COVID-19 protocols such as wearing face masks, social distancing.
For this, the government will run a 'No Mask, No Movement' campaign to make sure that people do not move without wearing face masks," he said.