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, + RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 (- -. / 0*1 223455 !"#$ % %& % % % ' ( ) ' %* , - ""./"0 *"/2 33./ !"# $%& &'&'() & *'' ! ! "! # $% &' sector regulator, Director General of Civil Aviation, said fter suspending train ser- there are no restrictions on Avices and international domestic and foreign air oper- flights, the Centre on Monday ators to carry out cargo oper- suspended all domestic flights, ations. “Currently, there are no effective midnight March 24 to restrictions on domestic or eadly coronavirus contin- contain the spread of coron- foreign air operators for carry- Due to spread its tentacles avirus pandemic. The ing out cargo operations at any taking India’s tally to 468 cases Government also decided to airport in India. All stake- on Monday with new cases block all immigration ports and holders kindly note,” DGCA being reported from seaports. tweeted on Monday. Telangana, Maharashtra, At the same time, Punjab While States have shut Karnataka, Gujarat, Uttar and Maharashtra have decided down inter-State traffic, except Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and to impose curfew while sever- carriers of essential commodi- Bihar. The tally also includes 34 al other States have announced ties and sealed intra-city trans- cured cases as well as death toll lockdown as part of efforts to port services, all private vehi- which rose to nine on Monday. ensure safety of the citizens. cles and citizens not engaged in Confirmed coronavirus These restrictions will not essential services have been cases in India have more than apply to cargo-carrying flights. strictly asked to stay indoors. doubled in just the last four Metros, inter-State buses, Section 144 of the Indian Panel days. Total number of active private and public transport Code has been imposed in coronavirus cases in India ! including buses, auto, taxis, e- several States and UTs. stands at 434, as per latest "! rickshaws have already been Punjab on Monday became ICMR report. Multiple States banned, and the cancellation of the first in the country to and over 100 cities across the cases so far. In Haryana, there 21 in Punjab, 1 in Puducherry, flights will bring the country to impose curfew, and only country are in lockdown till are 17 cases, which include 14 2 in Odisha, 6 in Madhya a complete halt. exempted essential services to March 31. foreigners. Apart from these, Pradesh, 2 in Himachal, 30 in As many as 30 States and said in a statement. requested to get in touch with out of the Capital. The prevent the infection, while According to data from the seven confirmed cases have Gujarat, 1 in Chhattisgarh, 2 in Union Territories have Sharing this information, the airline concerned for Directorate General of Civil Maharshtra Chief Minister Indian Council of Medical been reported in West Bengal, Bihar and five in Andhra announced a complete lock- the Delhi Airport tweeted, updated flight info on interna- Aviation had put out a clarifi- Uddhav Thackeray imposed Research (ICMR), a total of three in Uttarakhand, 13 in Pradesh. The deadly coron- down. Other States and Union “Passengers of the last inter- tional departing flights. cation saying there would be no curfew in the entire State from 18,383 samples from 17,493 Ladakh, four in J&K, 5 in avirus, which has infected over Territories have been placed national arriving flight have #Coronavirus,” the Delhi change in domestic flight oper- Monday midnight as the fight individuals have been tested for Chandigarh, seven in Tamil 3,25,000 people and killed over under partial lockdown to pre- now exited the airport. Airport said in another tweet. ations. The Government’s lat- against coronavirus. COVID-19. Nadu including two foreigners, 14,000 globally. vent the spread of coronavirus Operations at T3 internation- The official said all airlines est decision to suspend domes- Delhi, Jharkhand, Goa, Maharashtra is worst hit pandemic while three have al arrivals will remain sus- will have to plan operations in tic flights come after several Assam, J&K, Arunachal with 89 confirmed cases. ordered the shutdown of some pended till 05.31 hours of such a way so that they are able States like Bihar and West Pradesh, Kerala, Tripura, Kerala has the second highest specific activities. March 29, 2020.” to land by 11:59 pm on March Bengal reached out to the Telangana and Nagaland Bihar, number of cases at 67. Delhi “Airlines have to plan oper- “We take this opportunity 24. On Sunday, the Centre has Central Government to stop Haryana, UP and West Bengal has reported 30 positive cases. ations so as to land at their des- to thank all our airport employ- overturned the Delhi flights to contain the spread of declared lockdown. Telangana has reported 26 tination before 11:59 pm on ees and doctors for their com- Government decision that no COVID-19. Chandigarh announced impo- cases. Uttar Pradesh and * March 24, 2020,” the Ministry mitment. Passengers are flights would be allowed in or Earlier in the day, aviation sition of curfew. Rajasthan have reported 28 under Section 144 of the CrPC in Delhi till March 31 in view of the coronavirus outbreak, n the wake of coronavirus banning protests, and other !R# Ioutbreak, the Delhi Police on gatherings. Monday evening sealed its According to the order, border as the execution of the persons private sector staff Presenting the Budget for prohibitory orders in the who are engaged in essential the sixth consecutive time in the national Capital was not up to services in Delhi, their respec- # he Delhi Assembly passed Assembly, Deputy Chief the mark during the day. Police tive organisations shall seek T65,000-crore Budget for Minister Manish Sisodia said the said people associated with curfew passes from the office the 2020-21 financial year on Delhi Government will imple- essential services will be issued of Deputy Commissioner of Monday, with the Government ment the Ayushman Bharat curfew passes. Police in which the organisa- setting aside 50 crore to deal Yojana of the Centre in On Sunday, the police tion is he Supreme Court on he National Task force for with the coronavirus outbreak. Delhi. imposed prohibitory orders located. TMonday directed all States TCOVID-19 led by Indian and Union Territories to con- Council of Medical Research stitute high-level committees to (ICMR) on Monday gave its consider releasing on parole or nod for the use of anti-malar- O P interim bail prisoners and ial medicine hydroxylchloro- undertrials for offences entail- quine as prophylaxis (preven- ing up to 7-year jail term to tive drug) for the coronavirus decongest prisons in the wake infection for high risk cases of coronavirus pandemic. albeit with precautions. The The SC said overcrowding Drug Controller General of #! $ % & ' range. It was obvious that the of prisons is a matter of serious India (DCGI) has approved it O()*+,-. ' P / +! 0 foreign investors were dumping concern, particularly in the for “restricted use in emergency + 1 23(45 " 5 % +! ! +15 n “end of the world” syn- Indian stocks without consid- present context of coronavirus. situations”. (65 " "! Adrome gripped the stock ering the relatively cheaper In regard to the provisions The drug cannot be given market on Monday, and cur- valuations. of Article 21 of the for general use and one must for a healthcare worker who is respiratory etiquette, keeping a rency shared the panic. The key The absence of any fiscal Constitution of India, it has not self-administer, said ICMR treating a Covid-19 patient. distance of minimum one indices saw the biggest single stimulus by the Government become imperative to ensure Director General Balram “Secondly, it’s recommended metre and use of personal pro- day fall in the history even as has accented the freefall in the that the spread of coronavirus Bhargava when it was brought only for persons staying and tective equipment (wherever the Rupee touched a new low, India market, which has come within the prisons is controlled, to his notice that people are caring for a household positive applicable). breaching 76 levels for the first down by nearly 40 per cent the court said. rushing to hoard it. patient. They can take that only In an advisory issued to the time on intra-day basis. from its peak. The banking sec- A bench of Chief Justice SA Meanwhile, in the wake of for prophylaxis, only for pre- States, the ICMR said that the The BSE benchmark tor has seen the biggest sell-off Bobde and Justices LN Rao and rising cases of coronavirus in vention,” he added. high risk contacts of a positive Sensex sunk 3,935 points or 13. amid fear of rising NPA in the Surya Kant said the State or UT the country, the ICMR has ICMR has, however, cau- case placed under chemo pro- 15 per cent to close at coming quarters due to the could consider the release of also put on fast-track the tioned the States that placing of phylaxis should remain in 25,981.24; while the NSE Nifty “lockdown”. Take the case of a prisoners who have been con- process of giving approval to kit healthcare workers under home quarantine while on pro- cracked 1,135.20 points or company like Axis Bank. victed or are undertrial for manufacturers for testing sus- chemoprophylaxis with phylactic therapy. 12.98% to settle at 7,610.25. The share plummeted by as offences for which prescribed pected coronavirus (COVID- hydroxy-chloroquine should As recommended by the task By all yardsticks, this was ' "%7 ! % much 29 per cent in a single punishment is up to 7 years or 19) cases. not instill a sense of false secu- force, the drug should only be an unprecedented fall even day, before registering a sym- less, with or without fine and In a press briefing here on rity and that they should simul- given on the prescription of a considering the continuing bolic recovery.