Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has conveyed to Afghan leadership India's support for an independent, sovereign, democratic and inclusive Afghanistan, holding that sustainable peace in the country requires an end to externally sponsored terrorism.&nbsp;The mention of externally sponsored terrorism is seen as an indirect reference to Pakistan's tacit support to the Taliban.&nbsp;Shringla travelled to Kabul on Friday on a two-day visit during which he held talks with President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, Vice President-elect Amrullah Saleh and National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib.&nbsp;Shringla dashed off to Kabul a day ahead of the signing of the landmark peace deal between the US and the Taliban in Doha.

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has conveyed to Afghan leadership India's support for an independent, sovereign, democratic and inclusive Afghanistan, holding that sustainable peace in the country requires an end to externally sponsored terrorism. The mention of externally sponsored terrorism is seen as an indirect reference to Pakistan's tacit support to the Taliban. Shringla travelled to Kabul on Friday on a two-day visit during which he held talks with President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, Vice President-elect Amrullah Saleh and National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib. Shringla dashed off to Kabul a day ahead of the signing of the landmark peace deal between the US and the Taliban in Doha.

The Rajasthan High Court Tuesday quashed the FIR against Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey for holding a placard in 2018 which stated &lsquo;Smash Brahmanical Patriarchy&rsquo;. In a 2018 tweet, journalist Anna MM Vetticad had shared a photograph of Dorsey and others, where he had held the said placard during his visit to India. Following the tweet, an FIR was filed against Jack, Vetticad and others at Basni police station in Jodhpur. The court said, the phrase which has been castigated as offending, may be construed as laying a challenge to the sociological concepts of a particular section/gender of the Brahmin community, but by no stretch of imagination can it be perceived that these words can even remotely hurt the religious sentiments of any citizen of India or create a religion-based rift.

The Border Security Force on Tuesday suspended all movement of its troops till April 21 as a preventive measure against the coronavirus outbreak.&nbsp;Instructions have been issued to all formations of BSF that leave of personnel to be extended upto April 21 who are already on leave and are due to join in the month of April.&nbsp;All Central Armed Police Forces have also suspended all non-essential movement of its troops and staffers as they have extended their leaves by another 10 days, till April 15.&nbsp;The about 2.5 lakh personnel strength BSF is primarily deployed to guard Indian borders with Pakistan&nbsp;and Bangladesh apart from rendering a variety of duties in the internal security domain of the country.
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The Out-Patient Department at Delhi State Cancer Institute has been shut and patients are being temporarily shifted to a private hospital after several DSCI staffers tested positive for Covid-19.&nbsp;Two doctors and 16paramedic have tested positive for coronavirus at the hospital.&nbsp;The official said authorities are investigating how the staffers contracted the infection as the cancer institute was not admitting Covid-19 patients.&nbsp;

A CRPF&nbsp;jawan&nbsp;was killed and another injured on Tuesday when a militant hurled a grenade at a patrolling party in south Kashmir's Anantnag district.&nbsp;Head Constable Shiv Lal&nbsp;Neetam&nbsp;was killed in the incident in Bijbehara on Tuesday evening, PTI reported.&nbsp;Some&nbsp;jawans&nbsp;received splinter injuries and were rushed to local hospital where&nbsp;Neetam&nbsp;was declared brought dead.&nbsp;

An opposition MLA in Assam was arrested, after he was booked for sedition, for alleged controversial comments about the situations of quarantine facilities and hospitals for coronavirus patients in the state.&nbsp;According to the police,&nbsp;in an audio clip, purportedly of the MLA and another person, the MLA Aminul Islam had allegedly said that the coronavirus quarantine&nbsp;centres&nbsp;in Assam are "dangerous and worse than detention&nbsp;centres" meant for illegal migrants. The&nbsp;All India United Democratic Front MLA&nbsp;had earlier accused the&nbsp;Bharatiya&nbsp;Janata Party led government in Assam of "conspiring against Muslims".&nbsp;

BJP MP from UP's Kannauj parliamentary seat,&nbsp;Subrat&nbsp;Pathak, allegedly assaulted a 'tehsildar' in his house. The MP accompanied by about two dozen supporters barged into the house of Arvind Kumar and beat him up, according to news agency IANS.&nbsp;The official claimed that the MP had been&nbsp;pressurising&nbsp;him to sanction some works that were not according to rules.&nbsp;The supporters of the MP have denied the incident and said that they had merely gone to discuss some developmental projects with Arvind Kumar.

Reports say the Centre 'is considering' a request by state govts and experts to extend the 21-day lockdown imposed to control the Covid-19 spread. All eyes are also on the India-US turf war over hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug, that is being used as a potential anti-viral to treat coronavirus patients. Watch today's biggest headlines in our Covid-19 wrap.

For the management of Covid-19 cases, the government has released the guidance document on appropriate handling of suspect or confirmed Covid-19 cases. On the basis of their severity&nbsp;the suspects of patients have been divided into three&nbsp;categories .&nbsp;With this, the Health Ministry has put in place the standard operating procedure for care of Covid-19 patients. It will ensure that hospital beds are used only for moderate to severe cases. The SOP also specifies the different types of facilities to be set up for various categories of Covid-19 cases.

Maharashtra Home Minister Anil&nbsp;Deshmukh on Tuesday said that police personnel deployed at&nbsp;Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's private residence&nbsp;'Matoshree' in suburban Bandra will be tested for coronavirus&nbsp;infection.&nbsp;His statement comes&nbsp;a day after owner of a tea stall near the bungalow&nbsp;tested positive.&nbsp;Police personnel deployed at the bungalow will be&nbsp;quarantined and replaced as a precautionary measure.&nbsp;&nbsp;The tea vendor was admitted in Jogeshwari-based HBT&nbsp;hospital for Covid-19.&nbsp;However, it is not yet clear how the vendor, who stays&nbsp;inside his small shop, contracted the infection.&nbsp;

The Centre may extend the nationwide lockdown announced to stem the spread of the&nbsp;coronavirus pandemic beyond April 14, say reports. An ANI report quoting govt sources said, a lot of state governments, as well as experts, are requesting the Centre to extend the lockdown, the report also added that the centre is 'thinking in this direction'.&nbsp;&nbsp;Union Minister Rajnath Singh said the govt has not taken&nbsp;any decision on extending the lockdown yet. On Monday, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar&nbsp;had said that Centre will take a decision to end the restrictions at the 'right time', which will be in the interests of the nation and its people. The sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 cases across the country is believed to be the reason for several state governments seeking extension of the lockdown. Telangana Chief Minister KCR is among the state leaders who has sought an extension of the lockdown.

The Inidan Council of Medical Research&nbsp;on Tuesday said that according to its study if a person does not follow social distancing, one person can infect 406 in just 30 days. Similarly if 75% social exposure is lessened, the risk of infection falls from 406 to 2.5 people.&nbsp;

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi, on Tuesday issued a circular on N95 masks, asking the healthcare workers to re-use them after disinfecting the masks.&nbsp;According to the circular, AIIMS will provide the N95 masks to each healthcare worker, involved in direct patient care. This includes, doctors, both Faculty and Residents, nursing officers, technical staff, security guards and maintenance staff. The AIIMS asked the health workers to re-use N95 masks at least 4 times, whereby these will suffice for about 20 days.

With vehicles off the road and industries shut due to the ongoing lockdown imposed to combat the coronavirus outbreak, the presence of major pollutants in the air -- PM2.5, PM10 and NOx -- has reduced by at least 50 per cent in Delhi.&nbsp;According to an analysis by the central government-run System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research, in comparison with other cities the highest reduction in these three pollutants have been seen in Delhi.&nbsp;The three pollutants -- PM2.5&nbsp; which is atmospheric particulate matter that have a diameter of less than 2.5 micrometers), PM10 which atmospheric particulate matter that have a diameter of less than 10 micrometers&nbsp; and NOx which is nitrogen oxide released in traffic emissions -- are some of the most dangerous pollutants and prolonged exposure to these can lead to serious respiratory disorders.&nbsp;

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.

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