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Speaking to NDTV on India's efforts against Covid-19, Dr. Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group said the 21-day nationwide lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a crucial step in breaking the chain.

No domestic flights will operate from Wednesday, the government announced today in a massive step in India's fight to check the spread of coronavirus. The total number of coronavirus positive cases in India reached 467 on Monday; nine have died. The centre and state governments have responded by implementing a lockdown. They have also warned those violating the lockdown rules with strict action. But the big question is: Is India doing enough?

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien today said that with the alarmingly increase of coronavirus cases in the country, the community transmission of the disease is a worrying factor. He also said that the Mamata Banerjee government in Bengal has taken seri

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain tells NDTV that police action will be taken against people who do not follow the lockdown amid coronavirus crisis and that more police will be deployed from tomorrow.

Thousands of Indians stayed off the streets and stayed at home, answering Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for 'Janata curfew'. The measure was announced to check the spread of Covid-19, which has spread to over 140 countries since it originated in China in December.

India is preparing for one-day "janata curfew" or self-imposed quarantine on Sunday from 7 am to 9 pm. Two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced it, India saw a total of 315 cases of coronavirus with 47 new cases reported on Saturday, the biggest single-day spike. Political analyst Desh Ratan Nigam talks on India's economic and medical preparedness to face the threat. In a dry run of sorts, in parts of Noida and Lucknow people were seen on their balconies clapping as a thank you to sanitation workers, domestic help, doctors, health officials and everyone who is working amid coronavirus pandemic.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today appealed to citizens to observe a "Janata curfew" on Sunday March 22 as a test run for social distancing over the next few days to fight the spread of coronavirus. The Prime Minister also cautioned citizens against hoarding and panic-buying, assuring that there would be no shortage of essentials like milk, medicines and food.

The number of people tested positive for coronavirus in India is gradually rising. Over 150 people are found to be infected. The centre says the situation is under control as there hasn't been community transmission of the virus. Should the government impose a nationwide lockdown and strictly enforce it?

Senior Supreme Court lawyer and Rajya Sabha MP from the Congress, Kapil Sibal, has criticised the move to appoint Justice Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha. Speaking to NDTV, he said, "Nothing is legally wrong...legality is not an answer to everything, there is something called morality." Going forward, he said, for retiring judges and retiring chief justices, there should be a cooling off period.

As former judges and senior lawyers criticise former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi's nomination to the Rajya Sabha, BJP member Lalitha Kumaramangalam has said he must be given a chance. "Let us remember that he is a nominated member, he is not elected, which means he does not need to swing either right or left, politically speaking, and he can quite often be his own man," she said.