All four Rajya Sabha election candidates from Karnataka, including former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, were elected unanimously to the upper house of the Parliament on Friday.
A PIL has been moved in the Delhi high court seeking a direction to the AAP government to impose a strict lockdown in the national capital again. The plea has been filed by a lawyer – Anirban Mondal and his employee Pawan Kumar.
The economic distress in India caused by lockdown imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus is dire. Nearly 84% of Indian households is seeing decreases in income since the lockdown began. Nearly a third of all households will not be able to survive beyond a week without additional assistance.