From a maths teacher to a calculative militant, Reyaz Naikoo had a charmed existence as a terrorist for eight years before he was killed by security forces on Wednesday in a gunbattle lasting five hours.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hailed people leading the fight against coronavirus and said India is standing firmly with those facing difficult times during the pandemic, both in the country and abroad. He also said India”s development will always aid global growth.
Close to nine crore users have downloaded the Aarogya Setu mobile application and it has been made mandatory that government and private sector employees use it to bolster efforts to fight the Covid-19 pandemic.
The government today said no data or security breach has been identified in Aarogya Setu after an ethical hacker raised concerns that the data of millions of people was at risk.
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,694 and the number of cases climbed to 49,391 in the country today, registering an increase of 126 deaths and 2,958 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said.
India is launching its biggest ever evacuation exercise in decades deploying a raft of civilian aircraft and naval ships to bring back home thousands of Indians stranded in the Gulf and various other parts of the world.
President Donald Trump, who has come under fierce criticism for his handling of the coronavirus crisis in the US, has alleged that the Chinese government was either incompetent in preventing the deadly virus from spreading globally or did it for a reason.
India should come out with a large enough stimulus package to revive demand, Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee said today, asserting that putting cash in the hands of people would be the best way to boost the economy post lockdown.
The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 1,568 and the number of cases climbed to 46,433 in the country today, the Union Health Ministry said.