Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh crore for the states in the wake of the ongoing lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic.
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a high-level meeting on Saturday over the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected over 900 people in the country so far.
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Amid the growing threat of COVID-19, Punjab government led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has pressed hard to combat this global pandemic and increased the testing capacity in double-fold at the Government Medical College (GMC) in Patiala
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 28 (ANI): The Punjab Police have further scaled up their citizen support system to cope with the lockdown in the state due to COVID-19 crisis.
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): With coronavirus posing severe health and economic ramifications for the country, the government has set up -- PM CARES Fund -- to deal with emergency or distress situation like that posed by COVID-19 and to provide relief to the affected people.
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Actor Akshay Kumar on Saturday pledged to contribute Rs 25 crore from his savings to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) set up to fight against the novel coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Saturday donated Rs one crore from his MPLAD Fund to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Evergreen actor Hema Malini is the latest name to join the stars, who are using their social media platforms to the most in raising awareness about the importance of social-distancing to check the spread of coronavirus.
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a telephonic conversation with a student evacuated from China's Wuhan city and a nurse at the Naidu Hospital in Pune to motivate them to combat COVID-19 pandemic.
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday contributed a month's salary to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) to strengthen the government's efforts in combating COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): As the country battles with the spread of coronavirus, Director general of Armed Forces Medical Services, Lt Gen. Anup Banerji said on Friday that we feel very proud and satisfied to be a part of the national cause.
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Minister of Railways, Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Friday held a video conference with the representatives of various Export Promotion Councils (EPCs) to assess the impact of COVID-19 and lockdown in the country.