Coronavirus LIVE: India stays indoors for Janata Curfew on PM Modi's appeal

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Assocham suggests moratorium on debt repayments for corporates, individuals

With the coronavirus outbreak hitting businesses hard, industry body Assocham on Saturday said it has sought form the government a slew of measures to tide over this difficult economic situation.

 

In a letter to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, it has suggested moratorium for a period of one year on debt repayments both for corporates and individuals.

 

It has also urged the ministry for an urgent infusion of liquidity by the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) into the Non Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) in a quasi-equity format.

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AIIMS to suspend routine walk-in OPD registration from Monday

The New Delhi AIIMS has decided to temporarily suspend routine walk-in OPD registration of patients from March 23 as it redirects its resources to control the Covid-19 outbreak.

 

"It has been decided to temporarily close down routine walk-in OPD's patients' registrations including Specialty Clinics at AIIMS Hospital and all Centres from March 23 till further orders," an AIIMS official said.

 

On Friday, the AIIMS had issued a circular postponing all nonessential elective procedures and surgeries and directed for only emergency life-saving surgeries with effect from March 21.

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Crisis-hit Argentines fear for the future over virus

Argentines knew 2020 would be a tough year as the country struggles to pay off its debts, but no one could have imagined that a pandemic would also leave people locked up in their own homes.

 

Buenos Aires and most other cities in Argentina now resemble ghost towns.

 

"Argentina has just had two difficult years and we knew (this year) was going to be very tricky, but this..." said Eduardo Cabrera, 41, who runs three businesses.

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'Humanity seems to be in danger': Nitish Kumar urges people to stay indoors

 

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar appealed to the people of the state to observe Janata Curfew on Sunday by staying indoors in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

 

Kumar said that social distancing is the best way to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a fervent appeal to all Indians to observe Janata Curfew on Sunday from 7 am to 9 pm.

 

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