Bitter enemies, breaking bread together. Home Minister Amit Shah and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, who have been severe critics of each other, had lunch together on Friday at Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's residence. The lunch, during which Shah and Banerjee sat facing each other across the table, was hosted by Patnaik after the Eastern Zonal Council meeting in Bhubaneswar.&nbsp;Here, they were also joined by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar&nbsp;and&nbsp;Petroleum &amp; Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. In a tweet, Patnaik said, "Such a pleasure having the company of Union Home Minister&nbsp;Amit Shah, my colleagues Mamata&nbsp;Banerjee, Nitish&nbsp;Kumar &amp; Union Minister Dharmendra&nbsp;Pradhan&nbsp;at Naveen Niwas. Had a wonderfully interactive time over some home-cooked Odia delicacies".

Bitter enemies, breaking bread together. Home Minister Amit Shah and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, who have been severe critics of each other, had lunch together on Friday at Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's residence. The lunch, during which Shah and Banerjee sat facing each other across the table, was hosted by Patnaik after the Eastern Zonal Council meeting in Bhubaneswar. Here, they were also joined by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Petroleum & Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. In a tweet, Patnaik said, "Such a pleasure having the company of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, my colleagues Mamata Banerjee, Nitish Kumar & Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at Naveen Niwas. Had a wonderfully interactive time over some home-cooked Odia delicacies".

Senior BJP leader Devendra&nbsp;Fadnavis&nbsp;has called the Tablighi Jamaat members who had attended the religious congregation in Nizamuddin last month human bombs who can potentially spread infection among large population.&nbsp;The former chief minister also demanded that such attendees be tracked and screened.&nbsp;Fadnavis&nbsp;made the remarks in a video message&nbsp;message&nbsp;after meeting Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari.&nbsp;

About 40 crore workers in India working in the informal economy are at risk of falling deeper into poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The International Labour Organisation has said in a report on Wednesday that the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting 2.7 billion workers globally due to lockdowns, IANS has reported. In India almost 90% of people work in the informal economy. Without appropriate policy measures, workers face a high risk of falling into poverty, the report said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has&nbsp;told an all-party meet that&nbsp;that by all accounts, it will not be possible to end the lockdown on April 14.&nbsp;BJD's Pinaki Misra who attended the meet via video told news agency PTI that the Prime Minister made it clear&nbsp;that lockdown will not be lifted in one go on April 14. Mishra added that PM&nbsp;told&nbsp;the leaders&nbsp;that pre-corona and post-corona life won't be same.&nbsp;Massive&nbsp;behavioural, social and personal changes will have to take place,&nbsp;the&nbsp;PM reportedly told political leaders in the video conference.&nbsp;

The Centre is deliberating on keeping farmers and farming outside the purview of the lockdown amid demands for the shutdown extension,&nbsp;IANS reported quoting&nbsp;government&nbsp;sources. The&nbsp;news agency said&nbsp;Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will hold discussions with states' agriculture ministers through video conferencing on Wednesday.&nbsp;With 70 per cent of rural households dependent primarily on agriculture for their livelihood and about 83.3 crore people living in rural areas, Tomar's response is extremely crucial at a time when the farmers are confined to their homes even as their harvest is left unattended.

With Covid-19 cases showing no signs of abating in India, the Supreme Court Wednesday said tests relating to novel coronavirus whether in approved government laboratories or approved private laboratories shall be free of cost.&nbsp;While coronavirus tests are already free at government hospitals, private labs cannot be allowed to charge up to Rs 4,500 for the test, the top court ruled in response to a Public Interest Litigation or PIL.&nbsp;Justices Ashok Bhushan and S Ravindra Bhat said in a hearing conducted via video conferencing that whether the private labs should be reimbursed by the government, will be decided later.&nbsp;&nbsp;

As the debate rages over the use of masks amid the Coronavirus pandemic, authorities have made wearing of the masks mandatory at public places in seven parts of the country so far. If you are in&nbsp;Odisha, Chandigrah, Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Delhi&nbsp;or anywhere in Uttar&nbsp;Pradesh, wearing masks as you step out has been made mandatory.&nbsp;Both the BMC and the UP govt have said that people are liable to legal action if they don't follow rules on wearing masks. The order comes just a day after world body WHO said that masks alone are not enough to fight the virus.

Covid-19 hotspots in 15 Uttar Pradesh&nbsp;districts&nbsp;will be completely shut down till April 15&nbsp;to contain the spread of the coronavirus infection.&nbsp;Stringent restrictions will come into effect at midnight in these pockets which according to the Union health ministry have reported 326 Covid-19 cases and three deaths till Wednesday morning.&nbsp;Gautam&nbsp;Budh&nbsp;Nagar, which houses Noida, and Ghaziabad are among the 15 districts. Other districts include Lucknow, Meerut, Agra and Varanasi.&nbsp;Officials said all these 15 districts have six or more cases each. Some reports said only home delivery of essentials and medicines will be allowed.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia has said that at least 20 Covid-19 hotspots in the national capital have been sealed to contain the deadly coronavirus. Sisodia said no one will be allowed to enter or exit the areas and government will ensure delivery of essential items.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Prime Minister Modi has urged Indians with economic means to financially support one poor family till the coronavirus outbreak continues. In a tweet he said it has been brought to his notice&nbsp;that some people are campaigning to&nbsp;honour&nbsp;him&nbsp;by standing for 5 minutes.&nbsp;He said at first glance, it seems like a scandal to drag&nbsp;him&nbsp;into dispute. He added that it could be someone&rsquo;s goodwill and insisted that people&nbsp;take the responsibility of a poor family.&nbsp;

As 15 distrcits of Uttar Pradesh will be sealed till April 15th, the govt has said that they will soon pass an order that anyone stepping out of their house will have to cover their face with a mask or cloth. The sealing will begin at midnight, the officer said, assuring that 100 per cent home delivery of essential items will take place in these areas. UP has thus far reported 343 cases of the virus.

India is debating a strategy on whether to end the nationwide lockdown or extend it. PM Modi will take a final decision after a video call with CMs on April 11, but in an all-party meeting, he has 'hinted' at an extention beyond April 14, as most states favour it. Many are suggesting a staggered lockdown, but with a country this huge, can a phase-wise lockdown really be sustainable?

Around 30 healthcare workers including doctors, nurses and technicians at the Cardio-Neuro Centre in AIIMS have been advised to undergo quarantine after a 72-year-old man who visited the facility with neurological problem tested positive for Covid-19.&nbsp;The patient had reported to the emergency with brain stroke symptoms around two days back and was immediately shifted to the Neurology ward N-S5 for evaluation and treatment, PTI reported. Once admitted, the patient&nbsp;was subjected to radiological investigations like CT and MRI and was kept in a cubicle with other patients. He later complained of chest and respiratory distress.&nbsp;There was some suspicion over his respiratory problems and his sample was taken and sent for testing which came out positive for Covid-19.&nbsp;

Six Covid-19 patients died in&nbsp;Pune since Tuesday night, taking the&nbsp;the&nbsp;death toll in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Maharashtra&nbsp;district to 14.&nbsp;Four patients died at the Sassoon General&nbsp;Hospital,&nbsp;and one each at Naidu Hospital and Nobel Hospital.&nbsp;&nbsp;All six had co-morbidity.&nbsp;

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has called for giving relief to farmers during the Covid-19 lockdown by allowing them to harvest crops while maintaining safety. He said this was the only way out as the farmers are facing a double whammy. The former Congress president said that the&nbsp;Rabi crop stands ready in the fields but harvesting of the crop due to lockdown is difficult.&nbsp;He had&nbsp;earlier called for adopting a nuanced approach to tackle the situation in India, as the situation here is different from other nations.&nbsp;

The government is likely to take a final call on extending the lockdown to deal with the coronavirus outbreak after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second meeting with Chief Ministers via video conference on Saturday, NDTV reported. The Prime Minister will discuss with chief ministers about a way forward after April 14. Many states, including UP and Telangana are in favour of extending the lockdown as the cases rose past 5000 mark on Wednesday. the government is reportedly in favour of removing the restrictions in a graded manner.

TMC leader Sudip Bandopadhyay urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday not to suspend the MPLAD funds scheme as it would impact development works at the grassroots level.&nbsp;Stating that TMC MPs were ready to give up their salaries,&nbsp;Bandopadhyay,&nbsp;who is&nbsp;the leader of the Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha, spoke to the prime minister during a video-conference Modi held with the floor leaders of different parties in Parliament to discuss the Covid&nbsp;-19&nbsp;pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Supreme Court Wednesday directed civil rights activists Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde to surrender to jail authorities within a week in the Bhima Koregaon violence case. The&nbsp;SC said&nbsp;the time will not be extended now as the courts are functioning in Maharashtra.&nbsp;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".&nbsp;

The&nbsp;BrihanMumbai&nbsp;Municipal Corporation has made it mandatory for people stepping out of their homes to wear masks to check the spread of coronavirus disease&nbsp;Covid-19. A notification issued by World&rsquo;s richest civic body said&nbsp;that anyone&nbsp;not wearing the masks can be charged and may be arrested by the police.&nbsp;It also asked all the officers to attend meetings wearing masks only.&nbsp;The BMC order further said that the measure was necessitated as studies have revealed that wearing face masks can substantially reduce the spread of coronavirus from and to persons&nbsp;coming in contact with&nbsp;each other.&nbsp;

Hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug that US President Donald Trump touts as cure for coronavirus patients, has become one the most sought after drugs worldwide, and India has found itself in the middle of its heightened demand. After America, it is now Brazil that is asking for its export - and in a unique style. Invoking Lord Ram, Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro wrote to PM Modi saying "Just as Lord Hanuman brought the holy medicine from the Himalayas to save the life of Lord Rama's brother Laksmana, and Jesus healed those who were sick and restored the sight to Bartimeu, India and Brazil will overcome this global crisis by joining forces and sharing blessings for the sake of all peoples."

It seems trouble is still by&nbsp;Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor's side&nbsp;who was recently discharged from&nbsp; hospital after recovering from Covid-19. According to a report in Amar&nbsp;Ujala,&nbsp;Lucknow police has said, that they plan to interrogate&nbsp;the singer after her 14 days of quarantine are over for endangering other people's lives.&nbsp;
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