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Use of indelible ink allowed for home quarantined

The use of indelible ink to stamp on the hands of those people who are suspected of being infected with coronavirus has been allowed by the Election Commission. The secretary, health ministry, all chief electoral officers of the states and the manufacturer of the ink have been informed about the “ Home quarantined stamp”. The ink is prepared by the Mysore Paints & Varnish Limited, which is an undertaking of the Karnataka government. “ Home quarantined ” means people who are suspects of having coronavirus or are suffering from cold, should stay isolate themselves in a separate room at home. The union health Minister made it clear that if we use indelible ink on the skin, the mark will stay only for three days, but if used on the fingernail, it will stay till the nail grow out.The ink should not be put on any finger of the left hand as left forefinger is marked with ink at the polling stations before a person casts his/her vote. Election commission of India is an ...

Relaxation for filing income tax returns and withdrawing money from ATMs

F inance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several me asures to give relief to the people and business classes in the wake of  Coronavirus outbreak in the country. Last date of filing income tax return for the year financial year 2018 - 19 has been extended till 30 June of this year and several schemes like PAN and  Aadhaar linking and Vivadse Vishwa s scheme have also been extended till 30 June. There is no need to pay additional 10% by those people who want to take benefit from th is scheme. The last date for filing GST for March, April and May 2020 and composition returns also extended till June. The penalty on delayed payment of income tax has been reduced from 12% to 9%. Government also decided that there is no penalty or late fees will be imposed on the companies who have less than five crore turnover, and those companies who have more than five crore turnover will be attracted to 19% interest without imposition any late penalty and fees. No ...

Services stopped in 75 districts with positive cases

Today, the Health Minister urged the people to break the chain of transmission of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019).Lav Aggarwal , Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry, said that a lot of measure has been taken to stop the chain of transmission. The central governmen t has directed t he state government to stop a ll the services in 75 districts wh ich have positive cases except the emergency services. Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Agra, Varanasi, Kolkata, Dehradun, Jaipur, Jammu, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, Nagpur, Kottayam, Bengaluru, Srinagar, Faridabad, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara, Delhi, Chandigarh, Vijayawada, etc. are some of the 75 districts. One of the easiest measures to stop the chain of transmission is to isolate people who are coming from outside. The virus can only transmit through direct contact with the droplets of affected people.80% of people who are affected by the virus have symptoms like cold fever and also government has done 16 to 17 thousands test a...

Coronavirus| UEFA postpones Euro 2020 by a year.

European football’s governing body UEFA informed on Tuesday that the European Championship has been postponed until 2021 due to the increasing effect of the coronavirus. The new proposed dates for the championship tournament are June 11 to July 11, 2021. All the UEFA championship, Europa League and competitions are postponed in Italy, France and Spain for the next year. More than 2,100people died in Italy, which was to host the opening game of the 2020 championships in Rome. European leaders are also planning to ban all the non-essential travels due to coronavirus and France also joined Italy on Tuesday for allowing all the strict measures. Europe and Italy have many cases of coronavirus . UEFA isplanning to come up with a new Calendar of league and clubs for the season to be completed this year. Twenty out of 24Nations qualified in Euro, matches for the final 4 participants due this month, have been postponed. South America’s equivalent of the Euro Copa America also postponed ...

Coronavirus| How effective are soaps and sanitizers in tackling COVID-19?

Coronavirus isa family of viruses that can cause common cold, cough and more severe diseases like Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Coronavirus Disease ( Covid-19 ) was discovered in 2019 in China, and the viruscausing it was notidentified before in the human body. World Health Organization (WHO) has introduced some measures for reducing the infection of Coronavirus (COVID-19).One of the specific ways of reducing the risk of coronavirus is to wash your hands regularly with the help of soap and water. Washing hands is important because, throughout the day, we touch a lot of things and surfaces that have lots of germs that cause coronavirus. That’s why washing hands ona regular basis is the most important thing that can reduce the risk of infection. Our hands Contain manyviruses and bacteria. Washing hands without soap do not remove viruses and bacteria. So, for clean hands, we have to use soap. Viruses like coronavirus, influen...

कोरोनावायरस

देश में कोरोना वायरस ( corona virus ) का संक्रमण दिन पर दिन फैलता जा रहा है। अभी तक भारत में कोरोना के 110 मामले पॉजिटिव पाये गए हैं। इनमें से 93 भारतीय नागरिक और 17 विदेशी नागरिक शामिल है। कोरोना को रोकने के लिए देश भर में प्रयास किए जा रहे है। 14 राज्यों में स्कूल और कॉलेज बंद कर दिए गए है। इसके साथ ही महाराष्ट्र, दिल्ली सहित कई राज्यों में सिनेमाघरों को बंद कर दिया गया है। इस बीमारी से पूरी दुनिया में 6000 से अधिक लोगों की मौत हो चुकी है। भारत में अभी तक कोरोना से संक्रमित दो लोगों की मौत हो चुकी है। डब्ल्यूएचओ ( WHO ) कोरोना को वैश्विक महामारी घोषित किया है। कोरोना अभी तक 123 देशों में फैल चुका है। मुख्य विशेषताएं हवाई यात्रियों की सख्या 15 फीसदी घटी  महाराष्ट्र से अधिक मामले सामने आए  इंफोसिस ने बेंगलुरू कार्यालय खाली किया  पश्चिम बंगाल ने भूटान के साथ सीमा को सील किया हरियाणा सरकार ने जारी की एडवायजरी