+,- SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' !&'('!( ) !"# $% &!"* $+ 3+ 5 !"# "#"" 8# ! ((" ( !/6( )(#)!)#"# # !" $%&%%%'()#* (6*('#8"9 (// 5 #/ # ! /# '# #! * #)# 7#*## ., /, $0 12 .#"3 - ,# !"#$% %&%&' % The Centre extended till of cases in Ladakh rose to 10 " April 15 the regular visa and and Jammu & Kashmir four. e-visa of those foreigners Telangana has reported 17 stranded in India due to the cases, which include nine for- coronavirus pandemic. India eigners.Rajasthan has also New Delhi: The Delhi Metro " # $%& has reported four deaths so far reported 17 cases, including services will be closed on ! due to the virus that has taken that of two foreigners. Tamil Sunday in view of “Janata cur- Mumbai: Snapping its four- toll on 5,168 people across the Nadu has three cases so far few”, officials said. “The move day losing streak, equity continent, mostly in Italy while Andhra Pradesh has is aimed at encouraging public benchmark Sensex rallied which is now the hardest hit three. to stay indoors and maintain over 1,627 points on Friday in country in the world with In Haryana, there are 17 social distancing, which is line with global markets as ndia as on Friday reported 55 3,405 fatalities. cases, which include 14 for- essential in the fight against Governments across the Imore positive cases of As coronavirus continued eigners. Odisha has two cases COVID-19,” DMRC said. world took drastic measures COVID-19, highest so far in a its upward trajectory across while Uttarakhand has three to combat the economic day, taking the total tally to 249 the country, Prime Minister cases so far. West Bengal and each test between Rs 4,500 and blowback of Covid-19. After belying hopes that the onset of Narendra Modi on Friday held Punjab each reported two Rs 5,000. The Union Health starting on a volatile note and summer will curb the spread a meeting via video link and cases while Puducherry, Ministry has also asked hos- swinging over 2,485 points, of deadly coronavirus. Among deliberated ways to check its Chandigarh and Punjab pitals and medical education the BSE barometer ended those found positive for the spread with Chief Ministers of reported one case each. “A institutes to procure sufficient 1,627.73 points or 5.75 per novel coronavirus are 32 for- various States. Union Health total of 14,376 samples from number of ventilators and cent higher at 29,915.96. eign nationals, including 17 Minister Harsh Vardhan and 13,486 individuals have been high flow oxygen masks and Detailed report on P11 from Italy, three from the top Health Ministry officials the logistics with airline com- tive cases, which includes one SMS Medical College princi- tested for SARS-CoV2 as on advised them to decrease gath- Philippines, two from the UK, were present in the meeting. panies to bring back stranded foreigner, while Uttar Pradesh pal Sudhir Bhandari said. March 20,” Indian Council of erings on their respective action against those hiding one each belonging to Canada, On the other hand, sever- Indians from EU countries,” has recorded 23 cases, includ- States continue to report the Medical Research (ICMR) premises. their travel status or medical Indonesia and Singapore. The al Indo-Pacific nations on the MEA said. The airlines did ing one foreigner. Meanwhile, cases. Maharashtra has 52 officials said. Without naming singer treatment. “States are empow- figure also included four Friday held a teleconference to not let them fly on board for a 69-year-old Italian tourist cases, including three for- The sources said that the Kanika Kapoor who evaded ered to take legal action deaths reported from Delhi, exchange their assessments the fear of penalty, Additional who had “recovered” from the eigners, while Kerala has ICMR is likely to soon issue test by escaping from the air- against those evading or hid- Karnataka, Punjab and about the coronavirus pan- Secretary in MEA, Dammu novel coronavirus died at a recorded 28 cases which instructions to the accredited port, and has been found pos- ing their status. There have Maharashtra so far. demic and discuss ways to Ravi, told reporters here.He private hospital in Jaipur after include two foreign nationals private labs who have been itive for the virus on Friday, been cases where people have Presently, 6,700 people work in synergy to combat the also clarified that no Indian suffering a massive cardiac while Karnataka has 15 coro- given nod to conduct tests for Lav Agarwal said that States been found running away who came in contact with the global menace. Foreign diplomats and embassy offi- arrest late on Thursday night, navirus patients. The number the virus to cap the price of are empowered to take legal from the test,” he said. patients are under rigorous Secretary Harsh Vardhan cials or staff have been infect- surveillance.A spike in num- Shringla took part in a US-ini- ed with COVID-19 as per the bers prompted the States and tiated teleconference during Government’s knowledge even UTs to reinforce its efforts to which he briefed the partici- in the worst affected cities like contain the spread. While the pants on the proactive steps Wuhan and Italy. Maharashtra Chief Minister taken by India to counter the “The total number of said all workplaces in major pandemic. active COVID-19 cases across cities, including in country’s On the issue of Indian India stands at 196 so far,” Lav commercial hub Mumbai and stranded in Europe in transit Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Pune, will remain closed till due to the travel restrictions Union Health Ministry said March 31, the Delhi Chief imposed by India in the wake here at a Press conference, Minister announced shutting of coronavirus scare, the adding that 23 others have down of all malls in the Government said it is working been national Capital, but exempt- out the logistics with various cured/discharged/migrated ed grocery stores and phar- airlines to bring them back. while four have died. Delhi macies. “The MEA is working out has, so far, reported 17 posi- od sees the truth but waits”, Gthe famous story by Leo was of the utmost importance convicts in the Nirbhaya gang Tolstoy, was exactly the same in to ensure the dignity and safe- rape and murder case and the the modern context, the way ty of women," the PM Tihar Prison authorities geared Nirbhaya’s battered soul and said.While talking to media at up for the process, none of the her grieving parents waited her home after a sleepless night convict showed any resistance for the 7 long years to see the that also saw the Supreme while being taken up to gallows rapists and killers being Court holding an extraordinary on Friday morning. hanged. hearing that continued till 3.30 According to Tihar prison Justice was finally delivered am, Asha Devi, mother of authorities, the convicts also when the hangman Pawan Nirbhaya said they finally got did not show any signs of anx- pulled the lever of all the four justice but their fight will con- iety on the night before their death-row convicts one after tinue for India's daughters. execution and skipped break- another at 5.30 am on Friday Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan fast on Friday. Vinay and morning and thus putting an Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) Mukesh had dinner but none of end to the most talked about and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) the four had breakfast or a bath gangrape and subsequent mur- were executed at 5.30 am in before they were led to the gal- der of a 23-year-old para- Tihar Jail. And the mother of lows. "The meal comprised medic girl in the independent the intern let out a sigh of relief roti, dal, rice and sabzi. Akshay India. that her quest for justice was had tea in the evening but did Cheers went up after the over at last. not have dinner. The four con- hanging with some waving the Nirbhaya was raped and victs showed no signs of anxi- national flag and shouting slo- brutalised by six men, includ- ety in the evening. Minutes gans of 'Long Live Nirbhaya' ing a juvenile at the time, in an before the execution, Mukesh and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'. The empty bus that was driven had said he would like to crowd even distributed sweets through the streets of the donate his organs while Vinay amid the chanting 'Nirbhaya national Capital on December wanted his paintings, done has got justice, the other daugh- 16, 2012. They then dumped during his years in jail, to be ters still await'. The brutality of her on the road and left her for given to the jail superintendent the crime on a winter night dead on the cold winter night. and his 'Hanuman Chalisa' to more than seven years ago Her friend who was with her his family," he said. had shaken the nation. After was also severely beaten and "The bodies were kept the execution of the convicts thrown out along with her. hanging for half an hour, a Prime Minister Narendra Modi She was so severely violat- mandatory procedure after exe- said justice has prevailed. "It ed that her insides were spilling cution in accordance with the out when she was taken to prison manual. bodies were hospital and died in a taken to the DDU Hospital for Singapore hospital after bat- post-mortem and later were tling for her life for a fort- handed over to family," said the night.Of the six, Ram Singh official. allegedly committed suicide This is the first time that in Tihar Jail days after the four men have been hanged trial began, and the juvenile together in Tihar Jail, South was released in 2015 after Asia's largest prison complex spending three years in a that houses more than 16,000 correctional home.