Government cuts fuel duty and reassures steady supply as global oil prices spike, while firmly rejecting speculation about lockdown and urging people to avoid panic.
Anupama Parameswaran plays Anitha, a woman grappling with isolation and emotional turmoil during the COVID-19 lockdown. The film captures the struggles of personal and family life under strict pandemic restrictions.
A stray leopard forced a lockdown-like situation in Salumbar town in the Mewar region of Rajasthan on Wednesday evening as the sleuths of the wildlife department and police put up barricades and advised people to stay indoors for 2-3 hours.
This is the first time in the 128-year history of the modern games, conceptualized by French Baron Pierre de Coubertein, that the ceremonial opening of the Olympics is being held outside the main stadium.
The Walt Disney Co.'s premier Disney resort, according to The Hollywood Reporter, shut its doors on Monday, requiring all visitors present at the time of the announcement to remain inside the park until they could show a negative test result. The theme park visitors can be seen frantically sprinting to the closed gates in a number of viral pictures and videos.
494 new Covid cases in Darjeeling district Meanwhile, Darjeeling district recorded 494 new Covid-19 cases, while the Siliguri Municipal Corporation, including areas under Jalpaiguri district, counted 316 cases today, sources said.
On Saturday, Delhi recorded 6,430 cases with 11 per cent positivity rate. The recovery was 11,591 but the daily death number was still very high at 337.
The participants reported that lockdown had led them to engage with neighbours and other members of their communities for the first time, while several said social distancing had brought an additional meaning to life, by highlighting what was important to them.
The state government stopped short of announcing a total lockdown giving slight relief allowing marketplaces, and retail shops to operate three hours a day between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m.
As per data of the health department till Wednesday evening, positive cases had fallen below the 10,000 mark in the state for the first time after 22 days. Besides, cases have been reducing, for the last 9 days consecutively.
