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BJP national president JP Nadda has thanked the emergency and medical staff who are rendering yeoman service during this coronavirus pandemic crisis and lockdown

The suspense over lockdown extension will come to an end as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take a call on it after he meets chief ministers on April 11

Several states have asked the Centre to continue with the lockdown as they see discontinuation will only have disastrous ramifications as the virus spreads

After finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a financial package of Rs 1.7 lakh crore a few days ago, government sources add that the government may come out with another big package

Congress’s Abhishek Singhvi has batted for an extension of the lockdown as he feels discontinuation of the same can be disastrous to the society 

Karnataka and Kerala have arrived at a truce in relation to non-Covid patients being let into Mangaluru. A Tablighi attendee who had misbehaved with a nurse at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh has been sent to jail

The government finds itself in a quandary as continuation or discontinuation of lockdown will have their own plusses and minuses. 

There are reports that several state governments are asking the centre to continue with the lockdown 

Union home minister Amit Shah and defence minister Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting with empowered group of ministers on the available options post April 14, the day on which lockdown ends 

 The PM has asked his ministers to prepare 10 priority areas once lockdown ends, work out business continuity plan.
The government is taking extra measures to keep the supply of medical oxygen uninterrupted throughout the country.  A letter in this regard has been dispatched.

Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has asked states and UTs to prepare a containment plan keeping in view the situation in their respective regions so that effective measures are taken in time to fight COVID-19.

On today's episode of The Good Fight on MyNation, we bring the Bengaluru housewives doing their best to keep people positive and stress free during the 21-day lockdown

We tell you why lighting lamps, candles, torches or mobile flashlights on April 5 to fight the darkness of COVID-19 can be good

 

Maharashtra’s housing minister Jitendra Awhad has slammed the PM over his call to the nation to hold torches or candles for 9 minutes at 9 pm on April 5. 

PM Narendra Modi praised the sportspersons for bringing glory to the nation through stellar performances on the field. Now they have a very important role to play in boosting the morale of the nation as well as spreading the message of social distancing along with asking people to continuously follow advisories given during lockdown, he said