Akriti Dixit is a sub-editor with our channel OneIndia
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1st COVID19 case in North-East, Manipur woman who returned from UK tests positive
Akriti Dixit
| Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 11:01 [IST]
Imphal, Mar 24: Manipur has reported its first case of coronavirus after a 23-year-old woman who returned from the United Kingdom tested positive. The woman is reportedly a student in the UK. This is the first case in the northeast. ...
10-hour delay in cremation of Bengal’s 1st Covid-19 fatality; kins refuse body
Akriti Dixit
| Tuesday, March 24, 2020, 10:28 [IST]
Kolkata, Mar 24: The first death of a COVID-19 patient in West Bengal on Monday afternoon raised serious questions about the handling of the dead body after none from the his family came at the hospital to complete the hospital formaalities ...
Huge breach of quarantine protocol: Mamata writes to PM; Centre to decide on banning domestic flight
Akriti Dixit
| Monday, March 23, 2020, 15:25 [IST]
Kolkata, Mar 23: After West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a ban on all flights coming to the state, the Civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday said that the central ...
Over 266 contacts of Kanika Kapoor traced, all samples tested negative
Akriti Dixit
| Monday, March 23, 2020, 13:07 [IST]
Lucknow, Mar 23: The process of tracing the people who came in contact with singer Kanika Kapoor, who was tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) recently, has been completed. At least 266 people were traced and among them more than ...
'Janata Curfew over, now Indian economy needs help': Tweets P Chidambaram
Akriti Dixit
| Monday, March 23, 2020, 10:08 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 23: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday late night tweeted, after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's called "Janata (public) curfew" ended, to remind the centre that despite the success of the 14-hour lockdown, the Indian economy still ...
Harvey Weinstein tests positive for Coronavirus in prison, kept in isolation
Akriti Dixit
| Monday, March 23, 2020, 09:52 [IST]
New York, Mar 23: Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been placed in isolation after he tested positive for the noble coronavirus on Sunday. He is placed in isolation at Wende Correctional Facility, said Michael Powers, president of the New York State ...
Coronavirus: 6 new positive cases in Karnataka, total rises to 26
Akriti Dixit
| Sunday, March 22, 2020, 20:45 [IST]
Bengaluru, Mar 22: The total positive cases of COVID19 in Karnataka ticked at 26 after six new cases were confirmed in the state on Sunday, , Health department said. Reportedly, till date, 26 people tested positive for COVID-19 in ...
India unites for balcony clap, thanking COVID-19 fighters
Akriti Dixit
| Sunday, March 22, 2020, 20:01 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 22: India on Sunday united responding to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to show gratitude to health workers, doctors who are working round the clock in the coronavirus fight, people across the country came out clapping and ...
Odisha CM follows Wuhan-like lock down strategy in the state
Akriti Dixit
| Sunday, March 22, 2020, 00:57 [IST]
Bhubaneswar, Mar 21: Amid the outbreak of noble coronavirus in the country, taking extreme measure for containing the community spread of the pandemic disease, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday has decided to lock down nearly half of the state, ...
COVID19 scare sets off clash in a Kolkata jail after prisoners seek instant release
Akriti Dixit
| Saturday, March 21, 2020, 19:26 [IST]
Kolkata, March 21: Amid the Coronavirus outbreak scare worldwide clash broke out between the jail inmates and jail staff of Dumdum Central Jail in north Kolkata. Reportedly, the police had to fire tear gas shells inside the jail to quell the ...
Young people are not invincible: WHO Chief on COVID19
Akriti Dixit
| Saturday, March 21, 2020, 09:59 [IST]
Geneva, March 21: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday stated that the first epicentre China of the coronavirus outbreak at last reported no new cases, which gave hope to the rest of the world battling the pandemic disease. Reportedly, the ...
Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor tests positive for COVID19
Akriti Dixit
| Friday, March 20, 2020, 15:00 [IST]
Mumbai, March 20: Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor tested positive for the pandemic disease, COVID19 on Friday. She reportedy said that for the past four day she had the symptoms, hence she got tested which came positive for COVID19. Her family and ...