KARACHI:Pakistan Army has been called out in aid of civil administration to ensure implementation of precautionary measures against the rampaging novel coronavirus as the prime minister warned the government might impose lockdown in major cities if the spread of the deadly contagion is not contained.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said Health Minister Harsh Vardhan should resign for callous negligence of not taking earlier steps that are now being taken in view of a surge in COVID-19 cases.

China is poised to become globally dominant in the foreseeable future and there is little the US can do. An American president can't even bet on his policies, however laudable or otherwise, surviving his four-year term.

The applications were moved by Delhi Police contending that Umar and Khalid are 'high-risk prisoners'. However, Umar and Khalid were already granted bail in the Khajuri Khas riots case.

The PM and his ministers have been campaigning for elections instead of addressing people's needs. If the administrative executive is barred from party activities, shouldn't there be some rules for the political side? After all, both are paid by the public.

The information about capacity limitations was available from day one – and the government overlooked it.

The man in question replied that he was ready to accept slaps, as his mother was already taking the blows.

Twenty-five “sickest” COVID-19 patients have died at Ganga Ram Hospital. Max Hospital chain said that it has stopped new admissions in all its hospitals in Delhi-NCR until oxygen supplies stabilized.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray said that the healthcare system has collapsed and this is not the time to indulge in ‘petty politics’.

Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said the priorities of the Prime Minister and Home Minister reflect that they have become “inefficient, incompetent and indifferent towards the COVID crisis”.