Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday hit out at the Congress for reminding his party BJP of what its&nbsp;rajdharma&nbsp;should be.&nbsp;Addressing the media, he said a delegation of Congress that met President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday is trying to remind others about&nbsp;rajdharma, but the party should clarify why it changes its position on issues.&nbsp;

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday hit out at the Congress for reminding his party BJP of what its rajdharma should be. Addressing the media, he said a delegation of Congress that met President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday is trying to remind others about rajdharma, but the party should clarify why it changes its position on issues.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kerjiwal announced a 5-point action plan to treat Covid-19 patients in the capital. Addressing the media, he listed the 5Ts - testing, tracing, treatment, team work and tracking &amp; monitoring.&nbsp;Kejriwal said, currently 2,950 beds are reserved for Covid-19 patients in the capital, and 3,000 patients can be treated as of now, but if the number goes up, the govt is equipped to increase the beds in hospitals. He added, over 1 lakh people will be tested for Covid-19&nbsp;over the next few days along with&nbsp;randomised testing at&nbsp;hotpots.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written to the PM demanding more austerity measure from the govt in the wake of Covid crisis. Welcoming salary cuts for MPs, Gandhi has suggested a complete ban on govt and PSU advertisements in TV and print media for two years. She has also urged the prime minister to suspend the 20,000 crore Central Vista beautification project, whish she has said seems self-indulgent at this time. She has also suggested a 30% pay cut for govt staff and a bar on foreign travels of PM and ministers. She has further called for transfer of money in PM Cares fund to PM relief fund to ensure transparency and efficiency.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday&nbsp;said that while India must help all countries in their fight against coronavirus,&nbsp;lifesaving medicines should be made available to Indians in ample quantities first.&nbsp;Rahul&nbsp;tweeted, "friendship isn't about retaliation". His reaction came after the govt&nbsp;said that India would to export anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine to several countries in sync with its commitment to the international community.
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Soon after the govt ease restrictions on exports of 24 drugs, external affairs ministry clarified that India will supply key drugs linked to a coronavirus cure to "nations that have been badly affected" by the pandemic. The foreign ministry&nbsp;added that India would licence paracetamol and anti-malarial drug, Hydroxychloroquine, in appropriate quantities to all our neighbouring countries who are dependent on our capabilities and also to the countries that are badly hit. US President Donald Trump had raised the issue of exports wit PM Modi and had threatened retaliation if India didn't ease.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, who is in detention under the Public Safety Act, has been shifted from a make-shift jail to her residence, officials said on Tuesday. The PDP chief, however, remains under detention. The order to shift Mufti, who was initially put under preventive custody on August 5 last year and later booked under the stringent PSA on February 6, was issued by the Jammu and Kashmir Home department. Before shifting her, the government designated&nbsp;her official residence as a subsidiary&nbsp;jail with immediate effect.

Amid novel coronavirus outbreak, India has lifted restrictions on the export of 24 pharmaceutical ingredients and medicines. The restrictions had been imposed last month after the coronavirus outbreak disrupted global supply chains. The bans had prompted intense pressure from the United States. India&rsquo;s decision followed after a telephone call on Saturday between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump in which the US president requested lifting of ban on exports of anti-malarial drug that is used in treatment of Covid-19 patients.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday slammed US president Donald Trump for threatening India with "retaliation" over ban on the exports of anti-malarial drugs. Tharoor, who has also served at the UN, lashed out at Trump sayins he hasn't seen any head of a state threatening another govt like this. He also questioned Trump for calling drug supply "our supply" reminding him that it becimes US' supply only when India decides to seel it to them.

All zoos in India have been asked to remain on high alert and monitor animals for any abnormal behaviour, after a tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York tested positive for the coronavirus.&nbsp;Zoos have also been asked to send samples of suspect animals to animal health institutes to initiate&nbsp;testing. The Central Zoo Authority of India, the apex body for all zoos in India, issued an advisory on Monday.&nbsp;The advisory has asked&nbsp;zookeepers and handlers not to go close to the animals without safety gear,&nbsp;and have least contact while feeding them. There are around 160 recognised zoos in India with more than 56,800 captive animals. All zoos are presently closed because of the 21-day, nationwide lockdown that began on March 25.

About 132 cargo flights have been operated so far across the country to transport medical cargo under Lifeline UDAN initiative of Ministry of Civil Aviation during the coronavirus lockdown. The ministry said that medical supplies of more than 184 tonnes have been delivered till date during lockdown period. Air India will be operating dedicated scheduled cargo flights to China for the uplifting of critical medical equipment as per the requirement.

Amid rising pressure to allow exports of an anti-malarial drug being tested on patients infected with coronavirus, the government is likely to allow it, NDTV has reported quoting sources. India has last month, banned the export of hydroxychloroquine and formulations of the malaria drug while experts test its efficacy in helping treat Covid-19 patients. US President Donald Trump had said on Saturday that he has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow the drug export.

US President Donald Trump on Monday hinted at a possible retaliation if India does not lift its ban on the export of anti-malaria drug, Hydroxychloroquine, which is used in the treatment of coronavirus patients. Trump, speaking from the White House during the coronavirus taskforce briefing, said that India does very well with the US and he sees no reason why India would not lift the hold on the US order of the medicine.

Missing your morning newspaper? DOn't worry, we got you covered. Here's the latest on coronavirus from HT epaper. Several states, including UP. Telangana, Punjab are in favour of extending lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. The states say that farm harvesting could be allowed with riders. A Group of Ministers will meet today to discuss the suggestions. At least 30% of the 4,780&thinsp; Covid-19 cases reported in the country have come from only five cities &ndash; Mumbai, Delhi, Indore, Hyderabad and Pune &ndash; highlighting how India&rsquo;s urban centres have been the main epicentres of the coronavirus battle. States across the country will soon receive half a million antibody testing kits from the Centre, as India embarks on more aggressive testing in so-called containment zones and clusters.

Maoists operating in parts of Odisha have announced&nbsp;a unilateral ceasefire in solidarity with the fight against the deadly coronavirus.&nbsp;A report said that in Malkangiri and Koraput districts of the state the Maoists have&nbsp;claimed they would shun violence&nbsp;till security forces attack them.&nbsp;News agency PTI reported that&nbsp;Maoists have urged state govt to send medical teams to assist people living in forests &amp; other remote areas.&nbsp;&nbsp;According to a report in the Hindu&nbsp;the&nbsp;message was passed on to newspersons in the Malkangiri district&nbsp;a spokesperson of&nbsp;Visakhapatnam divisional committee of the outlawed Communist Party of India Maoist on Sunday.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Out of the 4,067 confirmed coronavirus cases in the country, 1,445 have been linked to Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. A Ministry of Home Affairs official said 25,500 local members of the Tablighi Jamaat and their contacts have been quarantined. Five villages in Haryana where foreign nationals, who were connected with Tablighi Jamaat, lived, have been sealed and quarantined,&nbsp;the home ministry official&nbsp;said.

Coronavirus has apparently reached the doorstep of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's private residence 'Matoshri' in Bandra. An IANS report said that a&nbsp;vendor selling tea near the VVIP home has been found Covid-19 positive, sending the state and health officials in a tizzy.&nbsp;As an immediate precaution, the&nbsp;BrihanMumbai&nbsp;Municipal Corporation on Monday sprayed disinfectants in the entire locality and surroundings.&nbsp;The police, BMC and state health authorities have sealed off most parts of Kala Nagar where the CM's residence&nbsp;is located&nbsp;and now the tea-seller's contact tracking is underway.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

Indicating a phased opening of the ongoing lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked Union ministers to prepare a &lsquo;graded plan&rsquo; to slowly open departments in areas that have not emerged as hotspots of the Covid-19 pandemic.&nbsp;Modi made this suggestion while chairing a meeting of the council of ministers via&nbsp;video-conferencing.&nbsp;Talking about the impact on the economy, the prime minister said that the government must work on war footing to mitigate the impact. According to an&nbsp;official statement Modi told the&nbsp;ministries&nbsp;that they&nbsp;should prepare a business continuity plan.&nbsp;

The Resident Doctors&rsquo; Association of AIIMS has written to Prime Minister&nbsp;Narendra Modi&nbsp;over healthcare professionals being reportedly targeted for raising issues related to availability of personal protective equipment,&nbsp;COVID-19&nbsp;testing kits and quarantine facilities.&nbsp;Condemning the targeting of medical workers on social media, the AIIMS RDA said such inputs should be viewed constructively and urged the government to consider creating a healthy space for debate and discussion to aid healthcare workers.&nbsp;In the letter, the resident doctors lauded Modi&rsquo;s strong leadership in handling COVID-19&nbsp;pandemic&nbsp;and said the declaration of lockdown to allow the healthcare facilities and state administration to step up their preparedness was another welcome step.&nbsp;

The training of&nbsp;Gaganyaan's&nbsp;four prospective astronauts in Russia has been put on hold as the facility where the exercise is being undertaken has been temporarily shut in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, sources told PTI on Monday.&nbsp;The four test pilots of the Indian Air Force, who were chosen for India's first manned mission to space, have been undergoing training at the&nbsp;Yu.A. Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Centre near Moscow since February.&nbsp;The suspension of training for nearly four weeks will&nbsp;not likely&nbsp;hurt the&nbsp;12-month programme&nbsp;as a&nbsp;buffer of three months&nbsp;had been kept&nbsp;to factor in exigencies.&nbsp;

A case been registered against&nbsp;Maharashtra BJP MLA Dadarao Keche for allegedly violating&nbsp;norms related to the ongoing coronavirus-enforced lockdown.&nbsp;The BJP MLA from Arvi in Wardha district had allegedly&nbsp;announced he is going to distribute free ration to the poor&nbsp;and&nbsp;labourers&nbsp;on his birthday and asked them to assemble&nbsp;outside his residence on Sunday at 9 am.&nbsp;Responding to his appeal, hundreds of people from Arvi&nbsp;town and nearby areas gathered outside his house in violation&nbsp;of social distancing norms and prohibitory orders.&nbsp;Some&nbsp;local residents&nbsp;informed the police about the&nbsp;gathering.&nbsp;

In an apparent reaction to a recent case in the state, Himachal Pradesh Police on Monday warned that coronavirus patients who spit at others will be charged with attempt to murder.&nbsp;If the act leads to the victim contracting coronavirus and then succumbing to the disease, the offender will be booked for murder, Director General of Police Sita Ram Mardi said in a stern warning.&nbsp;Doctors say droplets expelled into the air through coughing and sneezing transmit the respiratory infection, one reason why people are advised to maintain social distancing.&nbsp;

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