WATCH: WHO IS #NODEEPKAUR ? Why is she under arrest with no bail? Find out more about the Nodeep Kaur, a 24 year old Dalit labour rights activist and member of Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan (MAS), raising her voice with the farmers in the protest against privatization and #Modi BJP government’s agriculture laws.
She has been imprisoned for over 2 weeks. Her arrest took place at the Singhu border on January 12th and her bail application was rejected on February 2nd.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday termed the 21-day nationwide lockdown announced by the Prime Minister as necessary to save millions of lives from the deadly COVID-19,
"India led the world in eradicating two pandemics, small-pox and polio so India has a tremendous capacity," WHO executive director Michael J Ryan said
From the corridors of power in New Delhi to the bylanes of Hyderabad to a village in Nagaland, the entire country shuts down starting 12 a.m. on the intervening night of March 24 and 25.
An astounding 84 per cent of people in India believe that the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is handling the unprecedented coronavirus outbreak well.
A day after being denied permission to land in India, a KLM flight with 113 Indians who were stranded in Amsterdam landed in New Delhi on Sunday evening.
GOM also asked state governments to enforce work from home by private employers expect where employees are engaged in emergency services.