New Delhi

The people of the state are paying a heavy price because of the poor response to the crisis by the Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance government in the state, the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly alleged.

The Union minister said he has devised a scheme to set up the fund and the proposal may be placed before the Cabinet for approval once the finance ministry gives its go-ahead.

The coronavirus lockdown in India has hit the transport sector adversely and exerting acute pressure on the sector.

The IATA also said that airlines globally are now facing an existential crisis as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Addressing a press conference through video conferencing, Chhattisgarh Health Minister TS Singh Deo said he favoured bringing the Doctors' Protection Bill in view of repeated attacks on doctors across the country.

In a blog, Garg said the government's tax and non-tax revenues are likely to decline by around Rs 5 lakh crore, while on the expenditure side additional financing of about Rs 6 lakh crore would be required.

This unprecedented lockdown has already spelled doom for the Indian economy, which was anyway reeling under a prolonged downturn even before Covid-19 created the present situation.

With respect to offices of the state and union territories, the Home Ministry said district administrations and treasury (including field offices of the accountant general) will function with restricted staff.

The opposition party also demanded that the central government pays all pending dues to states to enable them to fight the coronavirus outbreak, besides also giving each of them special economic packages.

The group of eight infrastructure firms has written to BSNL Chairman and Managing Director PK Purwar on Thursday, seeking clearance of dues as they are facing problem in paying for electricity, diesel, batteries procurement, etc for maintaining the teleco...

The activists, who were directed by the apex court on March 16 to surrender within three weeks, moved the plea seeking extension of time on the ground that going to jail during ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is "virtually a death sentence".

An analysis of all travel advisories issued by the government showed that until February 26, nearly a month after the first Covid-19 case was detected in India, all advisories pertained only to China.

The companies, however, said the approvals for plant operations and transportation of goods have eased difficulties in movement of raw materials and finished products.

The Council of Leather Exports (CLE) has said shipment orders worth USD 1 billion (around Rs 7,600 crore) were cancelled in the past one week due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The announcement came hours after the government notified spending by companies to deal with the coronavirus outbreak as corporate social responsibility (CSR) activity under the companies law.

In a statement, the company said a hospital run by its CSR arm has readied India's first 100-bedded facility at one of its hospitals in Mumbai for patients who test positive for COVID-19.