The journal said the government has given the impression of being more occupied with 'removing criticism on Twitter than trying to control the pandemic'.

The Congress and the TMC have written to presiding officers of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha to allow virtual meetings of parliamentary standing committees.

Chautala, whose Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) is coalition partner of the ruling BJP in Haryana, has faced repeated protests from farmers over the past few months for supporting the agricultural laws.

"People in Bihar are not only struggling for hospital beds, oxygen, life saving drugs, injections, but also for medicines of normal fever," the former Chief Minister said.

Gandhi and his Congress party have been asking the government to shelve its plans on the central vista project and give priority to improving medical infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic to save people's lives.

The Allahabad High Court on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to explain how it was dealing with the surge in COVID-19 cases in rural and sub-urban areas, and smaller cities of the state.

Even as locals died, the parties went on in the beach belt, the casinos rolled on and the municipal elections became a priority.

The Supreme Court on Saturday set up a 12-member National Task Force (NTF) to facilitate public health response to COVID-19, including streamlining of oxygen distribution in the country.

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan would embark on a three-day official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from May 7 (tomorrow), as per a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Thursday.

Former Union minister and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Ajit Singh passed away at a Gurgaon hospital on Thursday morning battling COVID-19, his family said.