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India Enters Top 10 Worst COVID-Hit Nations List with 1.38 Lakh Cases

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With almost 7,000 cases in most recent 24 hours, India overtook Iran to turn into the 10th biggest hotspot of coronavirus infection around the world. India saw greatest spike in COVID-19 on Sunday — the states included 6,977 new cases. The number of coronavirus patients in the nation remained at 1,38,526, as per service of health and family welfare. The loss of life in the nation crossed 4,000-mark.

India Enters Top 10 Worst COVID-Hit Nations List with 1.38 Lakh Cases

Maharashtra recorded the greatest spike in daily COVID-19 count on Sunday. The number of COVID-19 include flooded past 50,000 in the state. The number of fatalities in the state expanded to 1,635. Maharashtra was the worst affected state by coronavirus pandemic in India.

The number of COVID-19 cases arrived at 14,000 in Gujarat. Above of 394 new cases were recognized in most recent 24 hours. With 29 new fatalities, the cost rose to 858.

Tamil Nadu kept on including more than 700 coronavirus cases even on Sunday. Coronavirus contaminated 16,277 in the state. Almost half of the complete coronavirus cases — 8,324 patients were released from the hospital after recovery in the state.

Delhi, the national capital of India, enlisted 508 new coronavirus cases on in most recent 24 hours. The coronavirus count in the state rose to 13,418. The loss of life zoomed to 261.

Meanwhile, India improved its recovery rate from coronavirus disease. Over 41% of the total coronavirus cases — 57,721 individuals — were cured up until this point.

“The testing capacity has been increased in both, and as on date, around 1,50,000 tests can be conducted every day,” said the Ministry release.

Eleven areas account for 70% cases

Eleven municipal areas from seven states revealed 70% of all coronavirus (COVID-19) cases detailed from India, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. These municipal areas had a place with Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh West Bengal, and Rajasthan.

“Health infrastructure should be ramped up to ensure preparedness for the next two months in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic,” the ministry conveyed to these eleven municipal areas.

The Center asked the state governments of the seven states to step up observing in old urban areas, urban slums and other high density pockets like camps and clusters for migrant workers for the management of COVID-19 cases.

The central government called attention to that testing facilities ought to be improved in some metropolitan zones to ensure early detection of cases. Early recognition of cases will likewise assist with beginning opportune clinical management and lessen casualty rate, the health ministry included.

Other issues that need concentrated incorporate dynamic coordination with government and private labs to address delays in sample collection, organization with private medical clinics to expand the health/bed limit, squander removal and cleansing of COVID positive zones, the service said.

Flight resumes

India continued the local flight tasks today in the wake of suspending air travel for almost two months. From mandatory Aarogya Setu app on Smartphones to arriving at air terminal two hours ahead of time for screening — the Center declared a large group of new rules that the travelers need to follow.

“States can also develop their own protocol for quarantine and isolation as per their own assessment,” the civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said.

TTD Decides to Auction 23 Assets in Tamil Nadu

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The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has chosen to sell 23 immovable properties, including house sites and horticulture land, at better places in Tamil Nadu. The total upset value (bidding value) of the 23 properties has been fixed at a little over Rs 1.54 crore.

TTD Decides to Auction 23 Assets in Tamil Nadu

The TTD Board of Trustees, which met on February 29, set out to dispose the ardent properties, which are unviable and not viable by the TTD, through open sale. Despite the fact that the procedures for the sale of 23 properties were given by TTD Estate Officer V Devendra Reddy on April 30, the issue became known on Saturday. The resolution was conveyed to the division worried on March 17 just and from that point, proceedings were given on April 30 and two groups were comprised for leading the auction.

One group is going by TTD partner official (income) S Udaya Bhaskar Reddy, with senior right hand P Muneendra, assessor P Mohan Rao, and chainman M Balaji as members. The other group is going by TTD tahsildar (properties cell) G Gowri Shankar Rao, with senior associate Y Subbarayudu, surveyor P Harinath and chainman E Guravaiah as members.

The two groups have been depended the undertaking of conducting the auction of properties, finalisation of successful bidders and transmitting the deal continues to the TTD account. The two groups have been asked to set up a plan of action for directing sale by separating the properties between them. The two groups will present the strategy to the TTD bequest official before continuing with the auction. As indicated by TTD authorities, removal of unviable properties is a normal issue. Presently, the two groups will be sent for physical confirmation of the properties before settling the date of auction.

Offer of unviable assets occurring since 1974, 129 sold till date: TTD

In an official statement, TTD Chairman YV Subba Reddy said according to GO MS No 311 gave by the Revenue Department (Endowments) on April 9, 1990, it was unmistakably referenced that the TTD Board is enabled to sell or rent TTD properties in the event that they are favorable to Devasthanams. Further, offer of such unviable and unmanageable resources has been occurring since 1974 and work 2014, a complete 129 such properties were sold. In light of suggestions of the Sub-Committee established with TTD Board members, the TTD on January 30, 2016 made plans to released 50 unviable properties in different places of the nation. As needs be, a report recording the estimation of 23 properties in Tamil Nadu was submitted to the board.

“It is not a new decision. It was taken by the previous Board of Trustees and we only reiterated it in the board meeting held in February. Small land holdings or house sites of 50 cents to 1 acre donated to the temple, mostly in Tamil Nadu and a few places in Rishikesh are being encroached upon. Hence, the TTD Board decided to liquidate them through auction,” Subba Reddy said. The  State government is no way connected to it, he clarified.

The TTD over the years has been receiving such properties donated to the Lord by different methods.  One way is donation of the property to Lord Venkateswara and the other way is to register the property in the name of Lord or TTD. Yet another way of donating land is through the will. The TTD has been trying to dispose of 23 properties in Tamil Nadu since 2014-15.  BJP State president Kanna Lakshminarayana shot off a letter to Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy describing it as most disastrous and demanded that the move be withdrawn immediately. The  BJP State chief said it is very clearly evident that the YSRC government will liquidate all the assets of Hindu temples in the State and ruin Hinduism.

“Our party is not going to allow this anti-Hindu acts of your government. I also warn you that crores of Hindus in the world will raise their voice,” he said. Former TTD Trust Board member and TDP leader Bonda Umamaheswara Rao alleged that the government was trying to dispose of the valuable lands of the TTD at cheaper prices to YSRC henchmen.Previous board decided on it: YV Subba Reddy

“It is not a new decision. It was taken by the previous Board. We only reiterated it in the meeting held in Feb. Small land holdings or house sites of 50 cents to 1 acre donated to the temple, mostly in Tamil Nadu and a few places in Rishikesh are being encroached upon. Hence, the TTD Board decided to liquidate them through auction,” YV Subba Reddy, TTD Board Chairman told.

Lockdown Averted 14-29 Lakh COVID Cases, Saved 37,000 – 78,000 Lives

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According to Boston Consulting Group’s model, the lockdown saved between 1.2-2.1 lakh lives and number of Covid-19 cases deflected is between 36-70 lakh, said Secretary, Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation on Friday. In a progression of tweets, the ministry showed how the lockdown has apparently contained the spread of the infection.

Lockdown Averted 14-29 Lakh COVID Cases, Saved 37,000 – 78,000 Lives

The list of different estimations is that the number of Covid-19 cases turned away because of lockdown is in scope of 14 lakh-29 lakh and the number of lives saved are between 37,000-78,000.

“We are fully confident that lockdown, with full public cooperation, has reaped rich dividends,” said the ministry.

As indicated by Public Health Foundation of India, about 78,000 lives have been spared because of lockdown, said government.

Model by two independent economists shows that around 23 lakh COVID-19 cases and 68,000 deaths have been turned away because of lockdown, the government further said.

Some independent experts, including resigned researchers, have determined that around 15.9 lakh cases and 51,000 deaths have been turned away because of lockdown, said the service.

“As per a joint study by Ministry of Statistics and Indian Statistical Institute, we find that around 20 lakh cases and 54,000 deaths have been averted due to lockdown,” the ministry said in another tweet.

The Union health ministry on Thursday said the time of lockdown has been gainfully used to “ramp up the health infrastructure”, with around 3,027 committed COVID-19 hospitals and 7,013 consideration habitats being prepared the nation over to battle the sickness.

The declaration came after certain media reports questioned the nation’s preparedness to manage the highly infectious disease.

“There are reports in a section of the media about some decisions of the government regarding the lockdown implementation and response to COVID-19 management. The period of the lockdown has been gainfully utilised to ramp up the health infrastructure in the country,” the ministry said.

Airport Authority Guidelines for Passengers Boarding Flights from 25 May

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A day after Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri declared that residential flight activities will begin from 25 May, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) today gave a standard operating procedure (SOP) for airports for recommencement of domestic flights.

Airport Authority Guidelines for Passengers Boarding Flights from 25 May

Travelers should compulasarily walk through a warm screening zone before entering the air terminal building and all must have the Aarogya Setu app on their mobiles. The app ‘will not be mandatory’ for kids below 14 years old.

“Airport operators must make appropriate arrangement for sanitisation of passengers’ baggage before entry into terminal building,” the AAI said in a statement.

AAI Guidelines for Passengers Boarding Domestic Flights

  • Travelers should wear masks and gloves.
  • Travelers should reach at air terminal well ahead of time. They should arrive at air terminal two hours ahead of time of flight time.
  • Sanitisation of things before entry into terminal. 
  • Those that don’t show ‘green’ on Aarogya Setu won’t be permitted to enter air terminal.
  • Aarogya Setu app isn’t compulsory for children underneath the age of 14 years.
  • At traveler touchpoints, staff to either wear face shields behind counter or put glass wall at counter.
  • Boarding will be done in batches to keep up social distancing.
  • Steady declarations about social distancing and different standards.
  • Passenger seating plan will be done in such a way to keep up social distancing among travelers using seats by obstructing those seats that are not to be used, with proper markers/tapes.
  • Steady declarations about social distancing and different standards.
  • Papers and magazines not to be given in the Terminal building/Lounges.
  • Travelers will be permitted into the terminal building if their flights are within four hours.
  • All air terminal staff to wear PPEs and hand sanitisers for staff and traveler.
  • State governments and organizations need to guarantee public transport and private cabs for travelers and airline crew.
  • Trolleys won’t be permitted in the appearance or takeoff areas, with the exception of special cases.

Nations over the world are facilitating limitations which were forced to contain the spread of coronavirus contamination. India is equipping to open its residential airspace.

Domestic airlines activities will continue from air terminals over every major city in the nation from 25 May, Civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri had informed yesterday.

All air terminals and carriers have been educated to be prepared to recommence tasks, the minister said on Twitter including that SOPs for traveler development are in effect seperately issued by the ministry of civil aviation.

India suspended all trips since 25 March when the government originally forced an across the country lockdown to moderate the spread of coronavirus. The lockdown has since been expanded thrice. The present lockdown will end on 31 May.

IRCTC Released List of 200 Trains, Online Bookings Open from Today

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Indian Railways today released reservation rules for reservation of 200 trains which are planned to run from 1 June, 2020. The bookings for the tickets will start from today, 21 May from 10 am, it said.

IRCTC Released List of 200 Trains, Online Bookings Open from Today  

These trains likewise incorporate the popular trains, such as, Sampark Krantis, Durontos, Jan Shatabdis and Poorva Express and then some. Railways likewise said that these will have both AC and non-AC classes and fully reserved coaches.

The bookings of tickets can be through online IRCTC site or app and early booking period will be maximum 30 days for trains to be run from 1 June, Railways included.

These trains will be completely held trains having both AC, non-AC classes; general coaches will likewise have reserved seats for sitting, said Railways.

It said the general (GS) coaches will likewise have held seats for sitting, which means there will be no unreserved coach in these trains.

Second seating (2S) toll will be charged for general coaches being saved and seats will be given to all travelers, it said.

No unreserved (UTS) tickets will be given and no tickets will be given locally available to any traveler during the journey, it stated, including no tatkal and premium tatkal booking will be allowed.

RAC, shortlist to be produced yet holding up list ticket-holders not allowed to board trains to be run from June 1, the national transporter said.

No tickets will be sold at any railway station and prospective travelers ought not go to the railway station to buy tickets.

Prior, in a progression of tweets, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said that 200 ‘Shramik Special’ trains can run regularly to ship the stranded migrants and that the tasks will be scaled up soon.

“Within the next two days Indian Railways will double the number of Shramik Special Trains to 400 per day. All migrants are requested to stay where they are, Indian Railways will get them back home over the next few days,” Goyal had tweeted.

The Indian Railways has run 1,813 ‘Shramik Special’ trains since 1 May and carried more than 22 lakh migrants back home, the national transporter said on Wednesday.

Of the 1,813 trains, 301 trains are in travel and 1,512 have shown up. In excess of 143 trains are in the pipeline, the railways said.

US will Donate Ventilators to India, Says Donald Trump

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The United States is working with India on developing a vaccine for coronavirus, President Donald Trump said on Friday, praising Indian-Americans as “great” scientists and analysts. He likewise said US will give ventilators to India in its battle against the “invisible enemy”.

“I am proud to announce that the United States will donate ventilators to our friends in India. We stand with India and Narendra Modi during this pandemic. We’re also cooperating on vaccine development. Together we will beat the invisible enemy,” Trump tweeted.

US will Donate Ventilators to India, Says Donald Trump

Tending to media, Trump said he is confident a Covid-19 vaccine would be accessible before the year’s over and declared he was appointing a previous pharmaceutical official to lead the effort.

“I just got back a short while ago from India recently and we are working very much with India and we have a tremendous Indian population in the US and many of the people that you are talking about are working on the vaccine too. Great scientist and researchers,” he told reporters in the Rose Garden of the White House as he unveiled a massive effort to speed track the development of coronavirus vaccine before year-end.

“Yes. We are working very closely also with India,” Trump said responding to a question.

He described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “very good friend” of him.

“India has been so great and as you know your Prime Minister has been a very good friend of mine,” Trump said.

Cyclone May Hit On 16th May, Low Pressure at Southeast Bay of Bengal

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A low pressure system is quick heightening over southeast Bay of Bengal and is probably going to incorporate with a cyclonic storm around May 16 night, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday.

Cyclone May Hit On 16th May, Low Pressure at Southeast Bay of Bengal

In its most recent forecast, the weather department said that the low pressure system has gotten increasingly noticeable and keeps on picking up strength. It might formed into a cyclonic tempest by May 16 night and move north-westwards at first till May 17. After that it is relied upon to reserve north-eastwards towards North Bay of Bengal during 18-19 May.

In the event that it increases to turn into a violent wind, it will be named Amphan (recommended by Thailand) and could be the first cyclone to be framed in the North Indian Ocean this year.

The climate division gave warning for fishermen not to venture into the south and central Bay of Bengal from Friday onwards and asked those in the ocean to come back to the coast right away. The ocean conditions would stay exceptionally unpleasant over south Bay of Bengal and bordering Andaman Sea throughout the following few days.

Squally climate conditions with wind speed blasting upto 60 kmph is probably going to win along and off north Andhra Pradesh-south Odisha coast May 18 onwards. Moderate rainfall is expected over parts of coastal Odisha and coastal districts of Gangetic West Bengal during a similar period, while heavy rainfall is likely over Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

“In association with the above system, the conditions are also becoming favorable for advance of southwest monsoon over south Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea and Andaman and Nicobar Islands around May 16,” said IMD, which is expected to announce the onset date for the southwest monsoon on Friday.

IRCTC Resumes Passenger Trains, Check List of Trains & Timings

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Indian Railways will continue passenger trains. In the wake of coronavirus pandemic in the nation, the railways halted passenger train benefits on March 22. Above of 15 special trains will run from the New Delhi to different urban areas including Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.

IRCTC Resumes Passenger Trains, Check List of Trains & Timings

The global pandemic that infected 67,000 people in India constrained railways to change how it works trains. From wearing masks to only online tickets — if you are wanting to book a train ticket, here are the progressions you have to know.

The process to Book IRCTC Tickets, List of Trains, Destinations, and Timings

Indian Railways will run 15 pairs of special trains every day. Railways will begin progressively special services on new routes dependent on accessibility in the wake of saving 20,000 coaches for COVID-19 care centers and an adequate number for approaching 300 shramik specials daily.

The special stations will run from New Delhi railway station interfacing  Agartala, Dibrugarh, Howrah, Bilaspur, Patna, Ranchi, Secunderabad, Bhubaneswar, Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, Chennai, Madgaon, Ahmedabad, Mumbai Central,  and Jammu Tawi.

The tickets must be reserved by IRCTC official site or mobile app. No tatkal ticket or premium tatkal reservation will be accessible for these trains. The booking started from 11th May at 4 pm.

Only travellers with affirmed and valid tickets will be permitted to enter the station at Delhi, the Railways cautioned.

The special trains will be air-conditioned, The passage will be equivalent to Rajdhani Express fares. These train will have just a couple of stoppages,’ the railways official said.

Passengers will experience a screening before boarding the train. You may need to arrive at station ahead of schedule to follow all the standards.

Only asymptomatic people or the those who don’t show any symptoms of coroanvirus will be permitted to travel.

Wearing masks during the journey will be required. Different rules and regulations will be referenced in the tickets. Travellers must install Arogya Setu app to travel, as indicated by news source.

In request to guarantee the exacting consistence of social distancing standards, all seats won’t be accessible for booking in the passenger trains, said Union minister of state for Railways, Suresh Angadi on Monday.

Passengers going in these trains may not be given masks and cloth to lessen the odds of the spread of coronavirus, authorities told. There will be special standards for the air-conditioning inside the coaches.

COVID Count in India Reaches 70,000 Mark, Death Toll at 2,293

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India’s count of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) crossed 70,000-mark on Tuesday morning as in excess of 3,600 new infections were accounted for over the most recent 24 hours, Union health ministry information showed.

COVID Count in India Reaches 70,000 Mark, Death Toll at 2,293

There were 46,008 dynamic cases and 22,455 recoveries or migration alongside 2293 fatalities the nation over, as indicated by the health ministry’s Covid-19 dashboard at 8am, which took the number of cases to 70,756 up until this point.

The dashboard indicated 3,604 new cases and 87 fatalities were enlisted in the previous day.

The vast majority of the new cases originated from Maharastra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Delhi. In Maharastra, there were 23,401 Covid-19 patients and 868 deaths. Gujarat has developed as a reason for worry as the state announced 8,541 cases of Covid-19 and 513 people have died due to the respiratory infection.

Tamil Nadu has the third-most noteworthy number of cases at 8,002, followed by Delhi at 7,233, as indicated by the Union health ministry.

The rising number of coronavirus disease cases was likewise featured during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with the chief ministers of states and Union regions on Monday.

PM Modi underlined that reducing the coronavirus disease’s transmission rate and continuing open movement steadily are the two difficulties India faces.

He likewise proposed that the lockdown may not be lifted totally and that states will have more noteworthy state in deciding the degree of limitations and relaxations after May 17, when the third stage will end.

In his fifth interation with chief ministers on the pandemic, as indicated by participants at the meeting, PM Modi said the new standard of life would be “jan se lekar jag tak” (from a person to the whole humanity).

The Union health ministry has spread out a complete community observation methodology that specialists have since a long time ago said was critical in dealing with the flare-up. It said in new rules discharged on Monday 200 people will be tested at health facilities in each of India’s 733 districts consistently to check whether they have or have had Covid-19.

The rules have been sent to all areas, which will presently need to choose 10 health facilities – of these six should be controlled by the state – where certain sets of people will be put to swab just as blood tests.

The swab tests distinguish a simultaneous contamination while the blood tests can identify if a person has recently had the disease and is currently battling or has warded it off.

“There is a need to establish systematic surveillance for Sars-CoV-2 infection in all districts of the country. This surveillance will be in addition to the routine testing as per current testing guidelines,” the document titled ‘District level facility based surveillance for Covid-19’ said.

The ministry didn’t indicate when the convention will be established. In excess of 4,000,000 people have gotten the coronavirus sickness and 286,330 people have died over the world, as per the Covid-19 tracker of Johns Hopkins University.

Coronavirus Cases Crosses 42,000-mark in India

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With the states registering more than 2,000 new cases in most recent 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 count has crossed the grim milestone of 42,000-mark. The total number of coronavirus cases in the nation has move to 42,533. The loss of life has increased to 1,373 as India recorded 72 deaths in most recent 24 hours. Both the number of new cases and fatalities on Sunday were the highest detailed in a single day so far.

Coronavirus Cases Crosses 42,000-mark in India

There were 29,453 active coronavirus patients in the nation. Above of 11,706 people were recovered from the illness.

Delhi saw the sharpest hike in new cases as 427 people tested positive for novel coronavirus on Sunday. The coronavirus include in the national capital has zoomed to 4,549. There were 64 COVID-19-related deaths in the state.

Maharashtra kept on recording high numbers, 678 new cases. The loss of life in the state has crossed 500-mark. Maharashtra was the first state in India to report more than 12,000 coronavirus cases.

In Gujarat, 394 coronavirus cases were enlisted in most recent 24 hours. The total number of coronavirus cases in the state remained at 5,428.

Tamil Nadu saw a sharp jump in coronavirus cases as 266 new cases were affirmed on Sunday. With this, the state’s COVID-19 check arrived at 3,023.

Punjab saw its highest number of new cases in a single day on Sunday. The state recorded 330 new coronavirus cases in most recent 24 hours. The COVID-19 cases in Punjab rose to 1,102.

India enters the third period of across the country lockdown today. To relieve the spread of novel coronavirus, the Center extended the lockdown till May 17. The Indian government ordered the whole nation in red, orange and green zones dependent on the number of coroanvirus cases from that zone. A few standards were loose at all influenced zones.

More than 3.5 million cases of the novel coronavirus, including in any case 247,000 deaths have been recorded overall as per Johns Hopkins University. The United States affirmed over 1.1 million cases and 67,000 COVID-19 related deaths.