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Media used a ‘not a doctor’ to fear monger about Lockdown, now furthers a contradictory report by him as that by John Hopkins University

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A report by IANS says that CDDEP and John Hopkins University prepared a report arguing against Coronavirus Lockdown, but JHU has denied involvement in it
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Sri Lanka returned man ‘mentally disturned’ about being on home quarantine runs out of house naked, bites old woman to death

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34-year-old man quarantined to arrest spread of Coronavirus ran out naked from his house and killed a 90-year-old woman by biting her throat
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Indian Railways converts train coaches into ‘Isolation Wards’ to shore up country’s fight against Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic

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Indian Railway has decided to convert its coaches into quarantine wards for the treatment of Coronavirus patients.
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Over 300 dead in Iran because of fake news claiming a ​novel cure for Coronavirus: Here are the details

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Earlier this month, 44 people in Iran had died due to consumption of bootleg alcohol under the belief that it can cure coronavirus infection.
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After Spain and Czech Republic, now Turkey discards faulty Chinese Coronavirus testing kits over inaccurate results

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Turkish government has discarded Chinese-made coronavirus rapid testing kits after finding out that they gave inaccurate results.
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Kerala man commits suicide after failing to get alcohol during the nation-wide coronavirus lockdown

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Sanoj, a native of Thuvanoor in Kunnamkulam, had turned violent on Thursday night as he could not get alcohol
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Kerala Congress leader diagnosed with Wuhan Coronavirus had escaped quarantine, could be a ‘Super Spreader’

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Idukki Collector H Dhineshan, has now directed people who have come in contact with the Congress leader tested positive for Coronavirus to self-quarantine at home.
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News Reports

The Quint transforms an engineer to a doctor, peddles fake news saying India is already in the middle of community transmission of Coronavirus

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Dr Girdhar Gyani is not even a 'doctor' as claimed by 'journalist' Poonam Agarwal of the Quint. He is an Engineer with a PhD degree.
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News Reports

Italy: 101-year-old man born during the Spanish Flu pandemic now recovers from the Wuhan​ Coronavirus

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An Italian man, aged 101, identified as Mr P has successfully recovered after being diagnosed with the deadly Wuhan Coronavirus in the city of Rimini in Italy
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Ramayana in the digital​ age: The first​ episode crashes Doordarshan website, top searched in India on Google

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As the first episode of Ramayan went live, Ramanand Sagar's Ramayana on Doordarshan become the top search on Google in India
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On 45th anniversary of Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention coming into force, India invokes the Wuhan Coronavirus, calls for strengthening WHO

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The Biological Weapons Convention came into effect in 1975 and 183 countries are parties to it. The convention calls for prohibition to development, production and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons.
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Uttar Pradesh: Suspected COVID-19 patient flees from isolation ward, police in search

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Vineet was kept in isolation after he had come in contact of a Dubai returned friend who tested positive for Coronavirus
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Jan Ki Baat Coronavirus Survey: Over 80% support lockdown and approve of government’s actions, at least 47% suspect Chinese conspiracy

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Jan Ki Baat conducted a survey of over 2,000 people across 20 states and UTs through phone on the Coronavirus pandemic
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Kerala IAS officer who violated home quarantine suspended, says ‘mistook home quarantine as permission to go home’

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Kerala IAS officer Anupam Mishra, had jumped quarantine and left for Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh during the nation-wide lockdown,
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News Reports

British PM Boris Johnson who tested positive for COVID-19 had confirmed shaking hands with coronavirus patients in a hospital

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‘I shook hands with everyone including Coronavirus patients and I continue do so,’ British PM Boris Johnson had said
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Infosys employee Mujeeb Mohammad arrested for asking people to ‘spread the virus’ by sneezing in public, fired by the company

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Although earlier Infosys said that it could be a case of mistaken identity, later they admitted he was their employee & fired him
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In a first, India to begin antibody test to check previous exposure to the Wuhan Coronavirus

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The antibody test will allow doctors to confirm if previously the patient had the Coronavirus virus present in their body
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Odisha CM Navin Patnaik announces relief package of Rs 2200 crore for the poor in the fight against COVID-19 epidemic

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Odisha government will be giving four months advance allowance to other 48 lac beneficiaries under different social welfare schemes
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Supreme Court seeks response from Centre​ on plea to evacuate 850 Indian Shia pilgrims stranded in the Iranian city of Qom

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850 Indian Shia pilgrims who were on a religious pilgrimage are stranded in the city of Qom, the Iranian epicentre of coronavirus outbreak
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Wuhan Coronavirus: The United Nations lauds India’s 21-day comprehensive lockdown

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On March 24, UN resident Dessallien and WHO representative Dr Bekedam met Dr Harsh Vardhan and lauded the Government for its robust response.
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Coronavirus fight: Indian Railways readies more than 1 lac wagons of essential supplies in 4 days

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Earlier, the Indian Railways had offered its coaches to be used as isolation wards for the patients who are tested positive for Wuhan Coronavirus
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Mamata Banerjee now blames centre for not providing enough Covid-19 test kits, union health minister says Bengal has used just 10% of tests available

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Dr Harsh Vardhan’s letter dated March 25 reportedly said that Bengal has four testing centres, the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) and Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER) in Kolkata, Midnapore Medical College and the North Bengal Medical College.
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WHO chief who shielded China in the wake of Wuhan Coronavirus had covered up other epidemics in the past: Here are the details

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WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had covered up several epidemics in his home country Ethiopia when he was the health minister
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Abu Khalid al-Hindi who attacked Sikhs in Afghanistan was one Mohammed Sajid from Kasargod ISIS module, Kerala: Here is all you need to know

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Terrorist who attacked Sikhs in Afghanistan was one Mohammed Sajid Kuthirummal who had escaped from Kasargod, Kerala in 2015 to join ISIS
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Social Media

Watch: Bhupesh Bagel’s father confronted by locals for carrying out political activities despite lockdown orders

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As people objected to Nand Kumar Bhagel's meeting, an irritated Bhagel asked the locals to complain to the police if they had any problems with him indulging in such activities.
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United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus, to continue working from isolation

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Boris Johnson said that he had mild symptoms of Coronavirus, and he tested positive for the infection
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Crime

Kasargod: Health officials on Coronavirus awareness drive get attacked by a violent mob, policemen who tried to rescue them injured

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48 people from the Kasargod district of Kerala have been tested positive of COVID-19, almost one-third of the 137 cases in the State.
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15 lakh people arrived in India in 2 months but there is gap in actual monitoring for Coronavirus: Cabinet Secretary tells state govts

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Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba wrote a letter to all the state governments highlighting the discrepancy in the numbers
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Media Fact-Check

Shekhar Gupta’s The Print publishes article denigrating India’s efforts to curb Coronavirus pandemic: Here’s why it’s completely off the mark

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Writing for The Print, Shivam Vij claimed that PM Modi's lockdown will not save the country from Coronavirus but will kill the economy
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Spain to send back China’s Wuhan coronavirus testing kits over faulty results, 80% of kits sold to the Czech Republic by China are flawed:...

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It was reported by Czech news site Expats.cz that as much as 80 per cent of the Wuhan Covid-19 rapid test kits sold by China were faulty, forcing healthcare workers in the country to rely on conventional laboratory tests.
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Rajasthan registers its first death from Wuhan Coronavirus, two relatives of the deceased also test positive for COVID-19

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The COVID-19 positive person died in Bhilwara, Rajasthan, had co-morbid conditions including diseases relating to kidney and blood pressure
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Animals too can test positive for Wuhan Coronavirus: Here is all you need to know about the 2 dogs who contracted the virus in...

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There is no evidence that pets like dogs can get ill from the virus or transmit it to people, but it is still recommended to take precautions
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Wuhan coronavirus outbreak: 12 members of Maharashtra family test positive, 4 of them had returned from Haj

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With 12 cases of COVID-19 emerging from the same family, Islampur has been put on strict monitoring.
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Amidst coronavirus lockdown, mob from Telangana resort to stone-pelting​ after being denied entry to Andhra Pradesh

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Earlier, the Telangana police had handed out NOCs to students to return to their villages in Andhra Pradesh. It thus prompted a sudden rush at the border.
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Punjab man who died of Wuhan coronavirus had defied quarantine, infected 23 persons out of 33 cases in the state

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14 people in the man's own family have tested positive for coronavirus.
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Delhi Police distributes freshly cooked food amongst the poor amidst Coronavirus lockdown

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"No one will go hungry", promised Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman
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Three arrested in Nagpur for circulating fake audio clip claiming 59 people tested positive for Chinese virus in the city

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The 4.52-minute fake audio clip had also mentioned that there are nearly 200 people who are suspected to be carrying Coronavirus in Nagpur
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Employee of Odisha assembly tests positive for Chinese COVID-19, assembly to be sanitised and staff quarantined

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Odisha Assembly will shift its operations to the conference hall in Lok Seva Bhawan with 30% attendance of MLAs
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ISIS terrorist who attacked Gurudwara in Kabul was from India, killed Afghan Sikhs to avenge ‘plight’ of Kashmiri Muslims

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Afghan and Western security agencies believe that the attack was ordered by Quetta Shura of Taliban at the behest of Pakistani intelligence.
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Saudi Arabia: Man spotted spitting on shopping carts tests positive for Coronavirus, may face the death penalty

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Foreign national seen spitting on shopping trolleys in a mall in Saudi Arabia found positive for Covid-19, faces death penalty
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Following India, UK applauds their healthcare workers amidst coronavirus pandemic

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People in the United Kingdom flocked to their balconies and windows and clapped for the National Health Service(NHS) workers amidst coronavirus outbreak
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FM announcement was just a relief package, a stimulus package will be announced soon: NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar

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Rajiv Kumar said that the Modi government is likely to announce more measures after the package announced by Finance minister
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45-year-old Dubai returned Kerala man tests positive for Wuhan Coronavirus despite showing no symptoms

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District Collector said that the man's samples were taken for coronavirus testing due to complaints that he was defying home quarantine.
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Coronavirus lockdown: After popular demand, DD National to air ‘Ramayan’ twice a day from 28 March

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Earlier, Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar had tweeted that he was in talks with the rights holders of Ramayan and resolving technical issues.
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Government and Policy

Banks allowed to defer EMIs by 3 months, cut in repo rate, liquidity injection of Rs 3.74 lakh crores: Highlights of the RBI Governor’s...

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The most important notification put out by the RBI on Friday was that a three-month moratorium has been announced on payment of instalments of loans outstanding on March 1, 2020.
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Social Media

Watch: Former Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar ‘praises’ doctors and nurses fighting coronavirus, says they are doing ‘Jihad’

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As today is the day of 'Jummah' (weekly Friday prayers), we shall hoist white flags on top of our houses to express our gratitude to these people," said the former Pakistan fast bowler.
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Covidiots: Jalgaon man makes video riding a bike around town during the coronavirus lockdown, gets arrested

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The man's video had gone viral on social media where he was seen riding a bike without a helmet, shooting the video with one hand while a child, the man's son as per the video, was seen riding pillion, holding a bunch of bananas.
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Almost half of India’s imported cases of the Wuhan Coronavirus linked to the ​Middle East, data shows

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There have been 300 such cases where the patients had a direct travel history to another affected country and they were tested positive for Coronavirus once they returned to India
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Government and Policy

Coronavirus: Govt orders sale of Hydroxychloroquine strictly as per Schedule H1 norms, read what it means

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The Schedule H1 of the Drugs and Cosmetics rule 1945 was added in 2013 and contained certain 3rd and 4th generation antibiotics, anti-TB drugs, and certain habit-forming drugs.
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Singapore return Kerala IAS officer skips home quarantine instructions and travels to UP, case lodged

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Coronavirus: Case has been lodged against Kerala IAS officer for jumping home quarantine after returning from Singapore
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