111 people have died of coronavirus in India, with 28 dying and 704 fresh cases in the last 24 hours alone, among the highest so far. The latest figures from the Union Health Ministry take the takes the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country past the 4,000-mark, to 4,281 cases. This is for the fourth consecutive day that India has registered an increase of 500-plus cases. Over 1,000 of India's total cases, or nearly 30 per cent of the total cases, are connected to the event organised by the Islamic sect Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi's Nizamuddin area last month. The union cabinet, meanwhile, decided that salaries of central ministers and Members of parliament will be slashed by 30 per cent for the coming year beacause of the coronavirus crisis.
PM Modi spoke with two former Presidents and Prime Ministers and all senior opposition leaders, including Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Sources said the calls were part of an outreach on the lifting of the 21-day nationwide lockdown. The lockdown has been criticised by the opposition who had not been consulted on the matter.
Cases linked to the Tablighi Jamaat have been reported from Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh and Jharkhand.
All domestic and international commercial passenger flights have been suspended for this time period. The government is likely to allow domestic and international flight operations in a staggered manner post the 21-day lockdown period which is expected to end on April 14, news agency PTI qupted officials as saying on Sunday. Air Deccan became the latest casualty of the aviation crisis as it announced indefinite suspension of flight operations and asked all employees to go on sabbatical without pay.
PM Modi spoke with two former Presidents and Prime Ministers and all senior opposition leaders, including Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Sources said the calls were part of an outreach on the lifting of the 21-day nationwide lockdown. The lockdown has been criticised by the opposition who had not been consulted on the matter.
Cases linked to the Tablighi Jamaat have been reported from Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh and Jharkhand.
All domestic and international commercial passenger flights have been suspended for this time period. The government is likely to allow domestic and international flight operations in a staggered manner post the 21-day lockdown period which is expected to end on April 14, news agency PTI qupted officials as saying on Sunday. Air Deccan became the latest casualty of the aviation crisis as it announced indefinite suspension of flight operations and asked all employees to go on sabbatical without pay.
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