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People failing in changing their habits: Ravi Malik on precautionary measures for COVID-19

New Delhi, Apr 08(ANI): Pediatrician Dr. Ravi Malik on precautionary measures for COVID-19 said that people are failing in changing their habits. "Try to work from non-dominant hand, use elbow and knuckle wherever possible for work to keep your palms safe," said Ravi Malik. He further said that social distancing is second most important thing and people should maintain 1-meter distance from each other. "Rest, one should definitely follow cough ethics," he added.

35 patients in ICU, out of which 8 on ventilators in Delhi: Satyendar Jain

New Delhi, Apr 08(ANI): Delhi Health Minister, Satyendar Jain said that around 35 patients are in ICU, out of which 8 are on ventilators in Delhi. While tracing the movement of around 1900 people connected to Tablighi Jamaat, he said, "We are tracking their last 14 days movement as lot of people are testing positive of coronavirus." He further said, "We won't say that 100% people in connection with Jammat have been traced but we have done maximum people." "As around 3000 people who were connected to Jammat have been rescued," he added.

COVID-19: Jammu Railway converts six coaches into isolation wards

Jammu, Apr 08(ANI): Jammu Railway authorities have converted six coaches into isolation wards at Jammu Railway Station. Senior Divisional Traffic Manager, Chetan Taneja, said, "In Jammu so far we have made six isolation coaches, in one of the coaches, 8-9 patients can be kept along with the doctors and nursing staff." "A total of 48 patients can be kept in these coaches," he added.

Encounter underway in J-K's Baramulla

Sopore (JandK), Apr 08 (ANI): An encounter is underway in Gulabad area of Sopore in Baramulla district on April 08. 22 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Sopore Police and 179 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) are carrying out the operation. More details are currently awaited in this regard.

CM Yogi inaugurates 56 fire tenders for sanitization work amid COVID-19 outbreak

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 08 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated 56 fire tenders of Phase-1 in Lucknow. The fire tenders were inaugurated on April 08 for sanitization work amid coronavirus pandemic. The event took place at Kalidas Marg in Lucknow. There are total 350 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh including three deaths and 21 cured. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 active cases rose to 4643 in India and 149 deaths.

Equity indices in green, GAIL jumps by 9% in opening session

New Delhi, Apr 08 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices were in the positive zone during early hours on April 08 amid volatile trade due to uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.At 10:15 am, the BSE S and P Sensex was up by 524 points at 30,592 while the Nifty 50 ticked up by 153 points at 8,945.All sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were in the green with Nifty pharma up by 4.9 per cent, auto by 3.8 per cent, FMCG by 3 per cent and realty by 2.9 per cent.Among stocks, GAIL jumped by 9 per cent to Rs 92.25 per share while pharma majors Cipla and Sun Pharma gained by 5.9 per cent and 5.3 per cent respectively. Mahindra and Mahindra and Hindustan Lever added gains of over 6 per cent. HDFC, HCL Technologies, Hero MotoCorp and Maruti too traded with a positive bias.

Delhi-UP border sealed amid COVID-19 lockdown

New Delhi, Apr 08 (ANI): Travellers at Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border are going through beefed up security due to nationwide lockdown over coronavirus outbreak. Delhi Police are allowing only those individuals availing or rendering essential services on April 08. Police checked passes and identity cards of people amid the movement of vehicles during coronavirus lockdown. There are total 604 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Delhi including seven deaths and 21 cured. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 active cases rose to 4643 in India and 149 deaths.

Amid lockdown, Madurai Corporation launches package of 14 vegetables at Rs 100

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Apr 08(ANI): Amid lockdown, Madurai Corporation launched new packages for vegetable buyers. The Madurai Cooperation Planning Corporation prepares a package of 14 vegetables at Rs 100. This step has been taken as a precautionary measure as Madurai Parvai Market was highly crowded by people as didn't care about social distancing to avoid corona infection.

Surat Police spreads awareness about coronavirus among people by displaying heart-touching posters

Surat (Gujarat), Apr 8 (ANI): To spread awareness regarding coronavirus and to urge people to stay at home, the Surat Rural Police is coming up with new ways to give the message to people. This time, they are spreading awareness by displaying the posters. The posters depicted the heart touching photos of corona infected people with total cases and deaths in various countries and in the end it had a question - Where do you want to see India?

COVID-19: Temples closed on occasion of 'Hanuman Jayanti' amid lockdown

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)/ New Delhi/ Dibrugarh (Assam)/ Ayodhya (UP), Apr 08 (ANI): Temples are closed on the occasion of 'Hanuman Jayanti' across India on April 08. In Delhi, various temples of Lord Hanuman are closed amid coronavirus lockdown. Nationwide lockdown has been imposed in backdrop of coronavirus outbreak. 'Hanuman Jayanti' is celebrated on full moon day during Chaitra month to commemorate the birth of Lord Hanuman. In Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, devotees were seen worshipping from outside the temple premises. The temple authorities have also put a notice board stating that the temples will be closed to deal with the spread of coronavirus. Similarly, in Assam's Dibrugarh and UP's Ayodhya, temples wore deserted look on auspicious occasion of 'Hanuman Jayanti' due to COVID-19 threat. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 active cases rose to 4312 in India and 124 deaths.

Ludhiana textile industry prepares PPE suits for cops, health workers amid COVID-19 outbreak

Ludhiana (Punjab), Apr 08 (ANI): The textile and hosiery industry in Punjab's Ludhiana is developing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits amid coronavirus pandemic. Shiva Texfabs Limited is preparing safety equipments for medical specialists, health workers, cops and other allied workers, who lack high-quality protective gear in their fight against COVID-19 outbreak. The purpose of personal protective equipment is to reduce exposure of people to hazards. Nationwide lockdown has been imposed in backdrop of COVID-19 outbreak. There are total 102 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Punjab including four cured and seven deaths. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 active cases rose to 4312 in India and 124 deaths.

Locals destroy illegal wine in West Bengal amid nationwide lockdown

East Midnapore (West Bengal), Apr 08(ANI): Within lockdown, locals in East Midnapore recovered and destroyed illegal wine from a seller's house at Nakibasan Village. The shop owner was selling wine during lockdown and was hiding the stock in his godown. Though the owner of the wine shop successfully escaped but the police have started the investigation.

COVID-19: Locals violate social distancing norms at vegetable market in Mumbai

Mumbai, Apr 08 (ANI): Heavy crowd was seen at a vegetable market in Mumbai on April 08 amid nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic. Locals were seen buying essential commodities at a vegetable market in Mumbai's Byculla vegetable market. Mumbaikars were seen violating norms of social distancing while purchasing vegetables and fruits. There are total 972 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Maharashtra including 48 deaths and 56 cured. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 active cases rose to 4312 in India and 124 deaths.

Amid corona lockdown, water in Yamuna looks cleaner as industrial units remain shut

Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 08(ANI): Amid corona lockdown, water in Yamuna River looked cleaner than before as industrial units are shut. This is because the flow of pollutants is not taking place in the river. A devotee said, "Within 9 days of the lockdown, Yamuna was clean, this is also signal that one should not play with the environment." He further said that the way corona affects our body these pollutants are also like virus which makes the river body dead. "Therefore government should avoid the flow of pollutants in the river bodies," he said.

Vadodara workers produce masks amid COVID-19 lockdown

Vadodara (Gujarat), Apr 08 (ANI): Workers of a company are producing masks in Gujarat's Vadodara amid coronavirus lockdown. They are producing masks in large scale for the welfare of masses in order to protect them from COVID-19 pandemic. Nationwide lockdown has been imposed in backdrop of COVID-19 outbreak. There are total 203 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Gujarat including 25 cured and 13 deaths. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 active cases rose to 4312 in India and 124 deaths.

Shimla gets respite from monkey menace amid national lockdown

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), Apr 08(ANI): Monkeys in Shimla are shifting to rural and forest areas due to curfew and lockdown. The monkeys from towns including capital, Shimla now have started shifting to rural areas and few of them are also shifting to their natural habitat in the forests. The farmers and farming bodies are worried as the shifting of monkeys to the rural areas will result the farming crises as monkey menace has been a serious threat to the farmers in the state. Himachal Kisan Sabha Head, Kuldeep Singh Tanwar said that this is the right time to push the monkeys back to forests. He further said that monkeys in most of the rural and urban areas are already declared vermin but people are not coming forward to kill them due to religious sentiments.

Doctors conduct medical check-up of Rajkot Police amid coronavirus pandemic

Rajkot (Gujarat), Apr 08 (ANI): A team of doctors conducted medical check-up of Rajkot Police on April 07 amid coronavirus pandemic. They conducted health check-up of all police staff and officers. Nationwide lockdown has been imposed in backdrop of COVID-19 outbreak. The medical check-up was done by a team of Indian Medical Association (IMA). There are total 203 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Gujarat including 25 cured and 13 deaths. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 active cases rose to 4312 in India and 124 deaths.

Watch: 'Yamraj' in Haridwar streets warns locals to stay at home amid lockdown

Haridwar (Uttarakhand), Apr 08 (ANI): Uttarakhand Police took help of an artist in spreading awareness about coronavirus in Haridwar through. The artist, dressed as an 'Yamraj' warned the people to stay at home and take necessary precautions amid nationwide lockdown in wake of Novel Coronavirus.

COVID-19: New born babies named after coronavirus in AP's Kadapa

Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh), Apr 08 (ANI): As the entire nation is under coronavirus lockdown, two pregnant women were admitted to SF Basha Hospital in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa. While Sasikala was admitted in the hospital on 29th March, Ramadevi was admitted on 5th April. However the interested thing is that the two women named their children as "Corona Kumari" and "Corona Kumar" on doctor's suggestion. Government of India imposed nationwide lockdown till April 14 amid COVID-19.

Facebook rolls out new data tools to measure COVID-19 spread

New Delhi, Apr 08 (ANI): After Google, Facebook is also rolling out new data-focused tools to help health workers track and combat the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. As the official blog notes, the new tools include three new types of Disease Prevention Maps for forecasting and protective measures, and a prompt for people in the US to participate in a voluntary survey which is designed to identify COVID-19 hotspots earlier. The new types of maps include co-location maps to understand where COVID-19 cases may appear next, movement range trends show whether people are staying near home or visiting many parts of town, and social connectedness index shows friendships across states and countries to help epidemiologists forecast the likelihood of disease spread, as well as areas hardest hit by COVID-19 might seek support.