A Congress delegation comprising senior leader&nbsp;Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Minister Manmohan Singh met President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday, to discuss a memo on the communal violence that is plaguing areas of Northeast Delhi. Speaking to the media, Sonia&nbsp;Gandhi said they were happy with President&nbsp;Kovind's response. She added that he had assured that he will do what was required. Former Prime Minister Manmohan&nbsp;Singh said the party had urged Kovind to call upon the Centre and ensure that they fulfill their 'Raj Dharma'.&nbsp;

A Congress delegation comprising senior leader Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Minister Manmohan Singh met President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday, to discuss a memo on the communal violence that is plaguing areas of Northeast Delhi. Speaking to the media, Sonia Gandhi said they were happy with President Kovind's response. She added that he had assured that he will do what was required. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the party had urged Kovind to call upon the Centre and ensure that they fulfill their 'Raj Dharma'.

The correctional services department in West Bengal has prepared a list of 3,000 inmates who were eligible for parole and bail, in order to decongest jails amid the growing Covid-19 threat. Assam jail authorities on Monday also&nbsp;released 45 undertrials.&nbsp;The move comes after the Supreme Court&nbsp;issued guidelines in view of the&nbsp;Coronavirus outbreak in the country.&nbsp;The Gujarat government on Sunday said it will release around 1,200 prisoners for two months on parole and interim bail to reduce jail crowding. On Saturday,&nbsp;the Tihar Jail authority released over 400 inmates to reduce overcrowding in prisons to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The Centre has asked automobile manufacturers to use their facilities to produce ventilators to boost the country's capacity of such machines in view of rising Covid-19 cases. The Health Ministry said that the Defence Research and Development Organisation will begin manufacturing 20,000 N-95 masks per day within the next week. The ministry also informed that over 14,000 existing ventilators are earmarked in various hospitals in the country while there are 11.95 lakh N-95 masks in stock. Besides, the Ministry of health has already asked&nbsp;Bharat Electronics Limited, a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Defence, to manufacture 30,000 ventilators in the next two months.

The Lucknow district administration on Monday acquired four hotels on a temporary basis to lodge medical staff who are on 24x7 duty at various government hospital treating confirmed and suspected coronavirus cases.&nbsp;Hyatt Regency and Fairdeal Hotel have been acquired for the staff of&nbsp;Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences.&nbsp;The Piccadily hotel and Lemon Tree Hotel have been acquired for the staff of&nbsp;Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences.
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The doctors treating coronavirus patients at Delhi's&nbsp;LNJP and GBP hospitals will be accommodated at The&nbsp;Lalit&nbsp;Hotel on the city government's expense from now on. A Delhi government order says, "It has been decided that doctors working on COVID-19 duty at LNJP Hospital and GB Pant Hospital would be provided accommodation at Hotel Lalit and the payment of the same shall be borne by the Delhi government". 100 rooms have been made available&nbsp;for this.&nbsp;LNJP Hospital, GBP Hospital and other few hospitals are among the facilities where doctors are deployed round-the-clock for attending positive or suspected cases of COVID-19.

Mizoram Chief Minister&nbsp;Zoramthanga&nbsp;on Monday raised the&nbsp;issue of attack and racial discrimination against people of the Northeast in the midst of the Coronavirus&nbsp;epidemic.&nbsp;The chief minister took to twitter after a video showing some persons from the Northeast allegedly being denied entry to a grocery shop went viral and has sought the Prime Minister and the Home Minister's intervention. "I am pained, shocked and in my worst awe seeing this video. When has humanity stooped so low," Zoramthanga said in a tweet. It is believed that the incident took place somewhere in Mysore. According to Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma, an FIR has been lodged and two persons arrested in connection with the&nbsp;incident.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday said there was a "dangerous situation" in the entire country as the exodus of migrant workers continued, despite the ongoing 21-day lockdown. Reacting to multiple reports of workers on the move, Sisodia said, "Exodus of migrant workers continues even today from Punjab and Haryana... There is a dangerous situation in the entire country." The Centre has told&nbsp;state governments and Union Territories to seal the borders to stop the movement of migrant workers but has been ineffective so far.

The Supreme Court on Monday heard a petition filed by advocate&nbsp;Alakh Alok Srivastava seeking food, water and shelter for fleeing migrant workers amid the countrywide lockdown.&nbsp;Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court that all necessary steps are being taken to mitigate the situation.&nbsp;Hearing the matter via video conferencing, SC asked Centre to file a reply on the measures it is taking to help these migrant workers. The hearing has been postponed to Wednesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condoled the death of Omar Abdullah's uncle and appreciated the National Conference leader's&nbsp;call to supporters to a avoid large gathering and pray from home for the departed soul. Prime Minister&nbsp;Modi tweeted, "Condolences to you and the entire family. May his soul rest in peace". He said in this hour of grief, Omar's call to avoid any large gathering "is appreciable and will strengthen India's fight against COVID-19". On Sunday night, the NC leader had tweeted that his uncle Mohd Ali Mattoo passed away after a brief illness.

India needs at least 38 million masks and 6.2 million pieces of personal protective equipment as it confronts the spread of coronavirus, according to a report by Invest India, quoted by Reuters. In a four-page internal document dated March 27, Invest India estimated the country needed needed 38 million masks - 14 million needed by state governments and the rest by the centre. Invest India said it had contacted 730 companies for ventilators, ICU monitors, protective equipment, masks and testing kits, of which 319 firms had responded so far.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences has decided to convert its sprawling Trauma Centre building into a dedicated hospital for Covid-19 patients. Official sources said, it will have around 260 beds. Of these, 50 are&nbsp;ICU beds and around 30-40 beds are in the high-dependency unit. The unit will have around 70 ventilators. AIIMS&nbsp;authorities say,&nbsp;capacity can be ramped up, depending on the requirements.

At least 22 migrant workers have died while trying to reach home to their villages during the mass exodus from cities, amid the Covid-19 panic. A report by Scroll says, the actual number could be much more.
Thousands of migrant workers have been trying to get home, with most of them attempting to cross state borders, amid the 21-day lockdown.&nbsp;With businesses shut, vast numbers of daily wagers&nbsp;were left without any means of sustenance and shelter in large cities.
As they marched along interstate highways to their homes, many were beaten, lathi-charged and sent back from the borders by the police for breaking rules of social distancing.

The cases of novel coronavirus in India have surged to 1,071, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The number of deaths have now risen to 29. Maharashtra reported 12 new cases of the novel coronavirus. Five cases were seen in Pune, three from Mumbai, two from Nagpur, one from Kolhapur and one from Nashik. Another 45-year-old Covid-19 patient died in Gujarat on Monday. The woman was a resident of Gujarat's Bhavnagar and had no travel history to affected countries. According to the Health Ministry data, 100 people have been cured from the infection.

Here are the latest numbers on Covid-19 in India as of March 30, 11 am.
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Prasar Bharati, India&rsquo;s public broadcaster, has said that reports claiming that the government may further extend the 21-day nationwide lockdown are false.&nbsp;Referring to a report carrying the headline "Modi govt could extend coronavirus lockdown by a week as migrant exodus triggers alarm"&nbsp;&nbsp;Prasar Bharati said the news is fake.&nbsp;Cabinet Secretary&nbsp;Rajiv Gauba expressed surprise and said that there is no such plan of extending the lockdown.

Authorities at Delhi&rsquo;s Tihar Jail on Saturday released over 400 prisoners to decongest prisons amid the coronavirus pandemic. A report by news agency PTI quoting jail officials said, out of the total 419 prisoners, 356 were released on an interim bail for 45 days, while the remaining 63 were released on an eight-week emergency parole. The move after the Delhi govt amended prison rules last week to provide convicts the option of getting special parole and furlough to reduce the risk of Covid-19 infections in crowded prisons. Under the amended rules, prisoners can get 60-day parole in case of unprecedented situations like an epidemic or a natural disaster.

The Home Ministry suspended two senior Delhi government officers on Sunday while two others were issued show-cause notices for dereliction of duty over movement of migrant workers during the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain Covid-19 spread.
The Additional Chief Secretary of the Transport Department and the Principal Secretary of Finance, GNCTD &amp; Divisional Commissioner were suspended with immediate effect, while the Additional Chief Secretary of the Home and Land Buildings Departments and SDM Seelampur were issued notices.
The notices were 'for failing to ensure public health and safety' during the lockdown. It added that, due to the serious lapses in performance of their duties, the competent authority has initiated disciplinary proceedings against them.

The government has issued a health advisory for the elderly population during the Covid-19 pandemic which includes advising them not to go for routine checkups to hospital. Elderly people have been asked to make tele-consultation with your healthcare provider as far as possible. It has also advised the elderly to postpone elective surgeries like cataract surgery or total knee replacement.

A massive fire broke out at the furniture market in Delhi's&nbsp;Shaheen&nbsp;Bagh on Sunday evening. Four fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the blaze. Images showed police and fire officials on the site trying to douse the fire. The fire erupted about 500&nbsp;metres&nbsp;from the&nbsp;epicentre&nbsp;of the anti-CAA protests. The area&nbsp;had seen&nbsp;sit-in by thousands of protesters, mostly women, for over 100 days. The area was vacated after most of the protesters withdrew in wake of the coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent lockdown announced across India.&nbsp;

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sunday wrote to Prime Minister&nbsp;Narendra Modi&nbsp;and urged him to consider the consequences of a &lsquo;complete economic shutdown&rsquo; as it may &lsquo;disastrously amplify the death toll&rsquo; due to&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic.&nbsp;While backing the Centre in its fight against the outbreak, Gandhi said, it is critical to understand that India&rsquo;s conditions are unique.&nbsp;Suspecting that the government will further extend the 21-day lockdown, Rahul said it is time to immediately strengthen the social safety net and use every public resource to support and shelter the working poor to prevent them from migrating.&nbsp;&nbsp;

With 106 fresh cases and six deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in crossed the 1000-mark and stands at 1024. This includes&nbsp;27 deaths on Sunday, the health ministry said.&nbsp;Highlighting that co-morbidity has played a major role in most deaths the ministry said data is being monitored at state level.&nbsp;A death each has been reported from Bengal, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Bihar. Maharashtra has reported 6 deaths, Madhya Pradesh 2, Karnataka 3, Gujarat 4, and Delhi 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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