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On the evening of 24 March 2020, the Government of India ordered a nationwide lockdown for 21 days, limiting the movement of the entire 1.38 billion (138 crores) population of India as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic in India. [1] It was ordered after a 14-hour voluntary public curfew on 22 March, followed by enforcement of a ...
India reported 261,500 new cases and a record 1,501 new deaths from the disease. New Delhi reported a record 25,500 new cases and saw their positivity rate reach 30%. 18 April. India surpassed 15 million total confirmed COVID cases nationwide. 19 April. India recorded 273,810 new COVID infections and 1,619 deaths nationwide.
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. Number of Vaccination Centres Sites conducting vaccination in India Total-1,12,700 • Government [fn 1] — 1,10,000 • Private [fn 2] — 2,700 Source: CoWin Dashboard Citizens above the age of 12 can book appointments through the COWIN platform or can do a Walk-In registration on site ...
The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest was a protest against three farm acts that were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The acts, often called the Farm Bills, [25] had been described as "anti-farmer laws" by many farmer unions, [26] [27] and politicians from the opposition who said that it would leave farmers at the "mercy ...
In April 2020, the World Bank and rating agencies downgraded India's growth for fiscal year 2021 with the lowest figures India has seen in three decades since India's economic liberalization in the 1990s. On 12 April 2020, a World Bank report focusing on South Asia said that India's economy is expected to grow 1.5% to 2.8% for FY21.
The COVID-19 pandemic in India is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). As of 13 May 2024, according to Indian government figures, India has the second-highest number of confirmed cases in the world (after the United States of America ...
Hotstar. Hotstar (now Disney+ Hotstar) is the most subscribed–to OTT platform in India, owned by Star India as of July 2020, with around 300 million active users and over 350 million downloads. [4] According to Hotstar's India Watch Report 2018, 96% of watch time on Hotstar comes from videos longer than 20 minutes, while one–third of ...
1 January – India begins its two-year tenure (2021–22) as a non-permanent member of the UNSC. [1] 2 January – India approves two coronavirus vaccines, Bharat Biotech's "Covaxin" and the Oxford/AstraZeneca "Covishield", for emergency use. [2] [3] Experts raised questions over the efficacy of Covaxin and a lack of transparency in trials.