Government and Policy

In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs asked the USCIRF to stop adding "religious colour" to the Indian government's efforts in fighting the Chinese pandemic.

Cinema halls, malls, shopping/sports complexes, educational institutes, gyms, swimming pool etc. will remain non-functional for the entire period of lockdown till May 3

Recently, Mamata Banerjee had claimed that the centre has sent very few testing kits t Bengal. Her claim was dismissed by Dr Shanta Dutta, director of NICED-ICMR in Kolkata.

Government is promoting the concept of behavioural changes in terms of social distancing to break the chain of transmission, informed Luv Agarwal.

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli had gone on a live chat session on April 1 on Instagram with Kevin Pieterson about UK and India's Coronavirus response

All officials working in these control rooms have been instructed to treat the workers in a humane manner and provide immediate relief.

Quick cash transfers to help the poor and needy are possible only because of the Jan-Dhan-Aadhar-Mobile (JAM) trinity promoted and established by PM Narendra Modi despite huge resistance in the last 6 years.

The benefits of the 21-day lockdown announced by PM Modi have gradually started to come out as 25 districts across 15 states have registered no new coronavirus cases

Aarogya Setu app also contains a list of helpline numbers for every State in India. A chatbot within the app helps resolve user queries and educate about the symptoms of the Chinese virus.

The PM-CARES Fund will also receive exemptions from the operation of all provisions of the FCRA Act and can now accept donations from individuals and organisations based in foreign countries through foreign credit/debit cards and through wire transfer/SWIFT. Receipts can be downloaded directly from the portal.