Maharashtra makes negative COVID report mandatory for people from Delhi, 5 states

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi giving suggestions to tackle the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country.

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah addressed multiple rallies in West Bengal ahead of the next phase of assembly polls in the state. The fifth phase of the Assembly elections in the state saw a good turnout and few instances of violence during the polling. The Home Minister attended two events and held two roadshows in West Bengal at 11 am today.

Asserting that the BJP wants to change the model of 'Bomb, Bandook aur Barood' in the poll-bound West Bengal to 'Vishwas, Vikaas aur Vyapaar', Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah expressed confidence in his party outperforming the TMC in the elections, stating that with 122 seats his party is much ahead of 'Mamata didi'.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi giving suggestions to tackle the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country.

Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar today underlined the need for more stringent action in Bengaluru in view of rising coronavirus cases leading to speculations about lockdown in the coming days.

The administration in Indore in Madhya Pradesh refused to grant permission for marriage functions, the 'muhurat' for which begins from Monday as per the Hindu 'panchang' (religious calendar), in view of the surge in COVID-19 cases.

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19 April 2021

00:07 IST

Maharashtra government declares Kerala, Goa, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi-NCR and Uttarakhand as 'Places of Sensitive Origin', passengers travelling from these places will need negative RT-PCR test report within 48 hours of the travel to enter Maharashtra.

Maharashtra govt declares Kerala, Goa, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi-NCR, & Uttarakhand as 'Places of Sensitive Origin'; passengers travelling from these places will need negative RT-PCR test report within 48 hours of the travel to enter Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/m8zNug4yRE

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21:00 IST

Except for 9 sectors, supply of oxygen for industrial purposes by manufacturers and suppliers will be prohibited from April 22 as a temporary measure. This has been done to ensure adequate supply of oxygen to hospitals. Before COVID pandemic hit India, our daily medical oxygen consumption was around 1000-1200 metric tonnes. But on April 15, 4,795 metric tonnes of medical oxygen was used in the country. We've increased production capacity in last one year: Union Minister Piyush Goyal