In focus, 2nd Apr 2020, News & Stories from India

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02 Apr 2020

In focus, 02 Apr 2020

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02 Apr 2020 11:00 PM

The moment a few positive cases of Covid-19 cropped up in Bhatkal town, the administration clamped down on all movement.

Uttara Kannada: How this district in Karnataka kept a firm grip on Covid-19

The district admin spotted the foreign travel connection early and moved in fast to contain the virus

02 Apr 2020 9:09 PM

Health workers sanitizing an area near the Nizamuddin mosque after Covid-19 positive people who attended a religious congregation organised by the Tablighi Jamaat spread the deadly virus to different parts of the country. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Home Ministry orders action against foreigners involved in Tablighi Jamaat meeting

960 foreigners blacklisted and their visas cancelled for violating laws of assembly

02 Apr 2020 8:11 PM

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would "massively increase testing" amid a growing wave of criticism. (Photo- AFP))

UK mulls massive testing for coronavirus amid wave of criticism

There have also been reports of staff being turned away from drive-in test centres because they did not have the correct paperwork

02 Apr 2020 5:28 PM

Coronavirus fears grips Dharavi slum after death of patient

All high risk contacts of the deceased have been stamped and quarantined

02 Apr 2020 5:21 PM

Health workers sanitizing an area near the Nizamuddin mosque in New Delhi on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 after people who attended a religious congregation organised by the Tablighi Jamaat tested positive for the corona virus. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

FIR against clerics hiding in Madrassa after attending Nizamuddin prayer meet

Case registered against nine clerics who attended Jamaat congregation in Delhi

02 Apr 2020 4:54 PM

Keralites stranded in the virus hit UK — DC photo

Special flight carrying foreigners to UK may not evacuate stranded Indians

More than 400 Indian students including nearly 100 Malayali students are stranded in different parts of the UK

02 Apr 2020 4:22 PM

Global virus cases near million as US baby dies

The death toll from COVID-19 continued its relentless march upwards, with more than 46,000 people known to have died worldwide

02 Apr 2020 3:29 PM

Three sentenced to 3-day imprisonment for violating lockdown. (photo- PTI)

Three sentenced to 3-day imprisonment for violating lockdown in Pune

The three accused were booked under IPC Section 188 after they were found roaming in Baramati city of Pune district without any reason

02 Apr 2020 3:26 PM

Pakistani police surround handcuffed Omar Sheikh as he comes out of a court in Karachi. (AFP file photo)

Pakistan: Death sentence of Daniel Pearl’s killer overturned by court

Sheikh's defence lawyer Khawja Naveed told that his client's sentence had been reduced to seven years in prison

02 Apr 2020 3:24 PM

Covid deaths in New York total 1900

New York’s COVID-19 death count more than doubled in 72 hours to 1,941

02 Apr 2020 3:08 PM

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan tally 2238

The country has also witnessed 31 deaths from the infection

02 Apr 2020 2:58 PM

Domestic violence cases on the rise since lockdown: NCW

Since the lockdown was imposed, a total of 257 complaints related to various offences against women were received

02 Apr 2020 2:36 PM

Australian student Alek Sigley says he was threatened with a firing-squad execution in North Korea (AFP Photo)

Australian student says North Korea threatened to execute him

Alek Sigley was forced to read out a videoed "letter of apology" dictated by his captors before being released

02 Apr 2020 2:30 PM

Anuj Puri, Chairman of ANAROCK Property Consultants.

Housing sales, new launches dip 42% each in Q1 2020: ANAROCK

Around 45,200 units were sold in Q1 2020 a significant decline of 42%, and of 24% over the preceding quarter due to the COVID-19 pandemic

02 Apr 2020 2:27 PM

Amid Corona lockdown, CWC meets through video-conferencing

Addressing the leaders, Mrs Gandhi said that the worst sufferers of this pandemic were the poor and disadvantaged

02 Apr 2020 2:27 PM

Religious gathering organised in Markaz Nizamuddin area. (Photo- PTI)

Quarantine not against Islam or Shariyat: Tablighi Jamaat's Maulana Saad

Saad further said that he has quarantined himself in Delhi acting upon the advice of doctors

02 Apr 2020 2:23 PM

England captain Eoin Morgan and his teammates with the World Cup at The Oval in London. AP Photo

Sport is a great healer and will uplift world from effects of pandemic:Eoin Morgan

'Isolation encourages idle minds. Sport can create that theatre around what it's like to be outside again and be active'

02 Apr 2020 2:08 PM

Migrant workers make the journey to their respective villages on foot following the nationwide lockdown amid the coronavirus epidemic in New Delhi. (DC Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Dev 360: Lockdown, long march: Catastrophe looming

If we don’t take immediate measures to mitigate the larger human crisis the lockdown has triggered, we are heading towards a catastrophe

02 Apr 2020 1:54 PM

In this file photo, Australia's goalkeeper Rachael Lynch saves the ball against India's Monika (C) at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AP Photo

Hockey field to hospital ward: Rachael Lynch switches roles amid pandemic

Focusing on work meant Lynch didn't have time to dwell on missing an opportunity at the Olympics

02 Apr 2020 1:47 PM

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