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- Addressing the Chief Ministers over COVID-19 situation, PM Narendra Modi said, “We need to prioritise (COVID-19 vaccine distribution) with what we have. We won’t get the result by keeping vaccines in one state.”
- Discussing the COVID-19 situation with Chief Ministers, PM Narendra Modi on Thursday asked the states to endorse ‘night curfew’ as ‘corona curfew’.
- Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will on Friday chair a meeting of the high-level Group of Ministers on COVID-19 to discuss the pandemic situation in the country and strategies to be adopted for the availability and distribution of vaccines.
- India formally handed over a ₹100-crore made-in-India Fast Patrol Vessel to Seychelles Coast Guard during PM Narendra Modi’s virtual summit with Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan.
- The CBI has started a probe into the alleged poaching and killing of elephants in Tamil Nadu forests.
- All courts in Delhi will hold only virtual hearings from April 9 amid a spike in COVID-19 cases in the national capital, according to an order issued by the Delhi High Court.
- Five workers were killed after a fire broke out at a firecracker factory functioning from a house in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor
- Gautam Buddha Nagar Police said that 3,364 people were fined for not wearing masks in Noida and Greater Noida and over ₹3 lakh was collected from them.
- An Uttar Pradesh-bound train was seen packed with migrant labourers at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai.
- Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa on Thursday announced that ‘corona curfew’ (night curfew) will be imposed in seven cities from 10pm to 5am from April 10 to 20 amid rising coronavirus cases.
- The Election Commission has sent a notice to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari over an alleged “hate speech” delivered by him while campaigning in Nandigram
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