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23/03/2020

The Kerala government on Sunday banned religious festivals, sports tournaments, other mass gatherings in places such as malls, parks and beaches, while planning a state lockdown.

The order follows a religious procession of hundreds of people in the capital Thiruvananthapuram district on Saturday. It resulted in the district administration arresting 28 people, under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897. The state has seen a surge in cases of Covid-19, now at 52, with over 50,000 under observation.

23/03/2020

Seven districts including capital Thiruvananthapuram in the state will completely be locked down till March 31 to check the spread of Coronavirus. The decision was announced by the Center on Sunday after Cabinet Secretary reviewed Covid-19 status with Chief Secretaries of states. Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Kottayam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kasaragod and Kannur are the districts which will be going for a shutdown from Monday.

23/03/2020

Emirates Airlines and Etihad Airways, Air Arabia and Fly Dubai will suspend all flight operations in 48 hours. In addition, foreign airlines will no longer be allowed to land or transit through Dubai, Abu Dhabi or any other airport in the United Arab Emirates

In the United Arab Emirates, the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority, NCEMA, and the General Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA, have decided to suspend all inbound and outbound passenger flights and the transit of airline passengers in the UAE for two weeks as part of the precautionary measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19.

23/03/2020

After several states and Union Territories imposed lockdown over coronavirus outbreak, PM Narendra Modi tweeted, "Many people are still not taking the lockdown seriously. Please save yourself, save your family, follow the instructions seriously." "I request state governments to ensure rules and regulations are followed," he said. Coronavirus cases have risen to 415 in India, according to ICMR.

23/03/2020

Kerala on Sunday confirmed 15 more patients, taking the total number of cases in the state to 67. Three people out of the 67 have recovered. Kerala now has the second highest number of cases in India, after Maharashtra.

Out of the new cases, two are from Ernakulam district, two from Malappuram, two from Kozhikode, four from Kannur and five from Kasargode, said Kerala's health department in a statement.

20/03/2020

Kerala announces Rs 20,000 crore revival package.

20/03/2020

Kerala has postponed Class 10 and Class 12 board exams over the coronavirus scare. This is probably the first time in history Kerala has postponed board exams, seen as an important event in a state that has near-universal literacy. It indicates the urgency in government preparations over preventing the virus spread.

20/03/2020

Authentic information regarding COVID-19 and the virus outbreak can be obtained through the GoK Direct app which can be downloaded from the app store.

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20/03/2020

Kochi, which had been lagging in the implementation of Smart City Mission projects, has finally improved its ranking. In the Smart City ranking published by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Wednesday, the city ranked 21 out of 100 cities selected under Smart Cities Mission. It was ranked 54th in September last year. The new rankings have taken into account the efforts of the Cochin Smart Mission Ltd (CSML) in implementing the projects.

20/03/2020

“I think my love for life has increased one hundred times more because this life was almost taken away from me and given back to me later,” said leading cine actor Mamta Mohandas, looking back at her experience of winning the battle against cancer.

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Mamta Mohandas narrated her experience of winning the battle against cancer at the annual conference of Indian Association for Cancer Research

20/03/2020

The India travel ban was further extended to arriving international passengers, saying that it would not allow entry to even Indian passport holders residing in the United Kingdom, Turkey, and whole of Europe until the end of March.

“Travel of passengers from member countries of the European Union, the European free trade association, Turkey and the United Kingdom to India is prohibited with effect from March 18, 2020. No airline shall board passengers from these nations to India with effect from March 18, 2020. No airline shall board passengers from these nations to India with effect from 1200 GMT on March 18, 2020. The airline shall enforce this at the port of initial departure. Both these instructions are temporary measures and shall be in force till March 31, 2020, and will be reviewed subsequently,” said the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

19/03/2020

“Startups are hesitant to do IPO, which is, in fact, not difficult. My biggest issue with the startup ecosystem today is that they are not doing an IPO. Let the Indian public own these companies. They will thus get a share of the wealth being created,” he said while inaugurating the fifth edition of the two-day ‘Seeding Kerala’, organised by the Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) in Kochi recently.

https://www.destination-kerala.com/take-ipo-route-raise-funds-kris-tells-startups

Infosys Co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan was inaugurating the fifth edition of ‘Seeding Kerala’, organised by the Kerala Startup Mission in Kochi