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The Supreme Court on Friday asked states to consider non-direct contact or online sales and home delivery of liquor during the lockdown period

Has the Congress put itself in a spot of bother as it offers to pay for migrants despite railways saying that the Centre and states would bear the costs on May 2 itself? 

Union health secretary Preeti Sudan has written to chief secretaries of all states and union territories designating them under categories of red, orange and green zones
 

India has slammed US government's body United States Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for its "biased and tendentious" comments against India in relation to religious freedom

United States President Donald Trump has wondered if Democrats would go after mosques in the same way they did against churches during Easter

The data analysis of districts across India by the health ministry shows that as of today, 47 districts in 23 states have remained free of new cases for 14 days

PM Modi will address the nation at 10am on Tuesday (April 14) as he is expected to talk to the nation on extension on lockdown 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi set an example by wearing a homemade face mask as he met chief ministers of different states

As elaborated in his speech on March 24, PM Modi’s government has approved the 15,000 crore pkg for states and Union territories. 

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

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

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.

The Union home ministry has written to the states that violators of lockdown must be sent to jail under different section of the IPC.  Instead of lending unconditional support to PM Modi during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, AICC chief Sonia Gandhi hit out at the centre saying its lockdown formula is flawed.

It would be a great endeavour if states take a leaf out of Kerala’s book and promulgate an ordinance in dealing with issues like the present pandemic.

The movement of essential commodity – fresh fruits and vegetables - by organized supply chains, has been hit due to lack of clarity of information with officials manning the borders between the five South Indian States.