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Two Indias — one at home doing yoga, other fighting for survival: Sibal Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Wednesday took a dig at the government, saying there were two Indias with one at home doing yoga, watching Ramayan and playing antakshari, and the other trying to reach home and fighting for survival. A large number of migrant labourers have been leaving their work places in parts of the country and walking down to their native places, hundreds of kilometres away, due to the lockdown imposed to curb the COVID-19 outbreak. Source: The Hindu

‘It’s special’: PM Modi lauds young India for contributing to PM CARES fund Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been taking to Twitter and expressing gratitude toward those contributing to the PM CARES fund in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. In a touching post, the Prime Minister thanked children who have been coming forward and donating from their little savings. “Have been seeing thoughtful messages of young children contributing to PM-CARES,” PM Modi tweeted out on Tuesday.   He said it is very special to see children making their contribution from their piggy banks. Source: Hindustan Times

Over 8.5k military docs, support staff ready to help tackle Covid-19: Army chief More than 8,500 military doctors and support staff are ready to extend assistance to the civil administration to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane said on Wednesday. His comments came during a video-conference chaired by defence minister Rajnath Singh to review the ministry’s efforts to fight the novel coronavirus. The army has alerted retired health professionals to stay prepared in this time of crisis. Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat told the minister that the armed forces have made more than 9,000...

Coronavirus: Rohit Sharma donates ₹80 lakh Star India batsman Rohit Sharma has donated ₹80 lakh to fight the rapidly-spreading COVID-19 pandemic, saying the onus is on the citizens to help the country get back on its feet. Rohit, who is the vice-captain of the Indian ODI team, has donated ₹45 lakh and ₹25 lakh to the PM and CM’s Relief Fund (Maharashtra) respectively. He has given ₹5 lakh to ‘Zomato Feeding India’, which is helping families affected by the ongoing national lockdown, and another ₹5 lakh to help aid the welfare of stray dogs. Source: The Hindu

Lionel Messi has named 15 “youth on the rise” players The Barcelona legend has won a record-breaking six Ballon d’Ors in his career while he’s scored a quite ridiculous 627 goals in 718 appearances for the Camp Nou club. But what will Messi do when he eventually hangs up his boots? Will he stay in the game and turn his hand to management? One thing is for sure, he will know a good player when he sees one. And the Argentine proved that when he was asked to name 15 “youth on the rise” players for Topps Champions League cards....

Bhaichung Bhutia opens his doors for migrant workers in Gangtok NEW DELHI: At a time when thousands of migrant workers around the country are struggling to make ends meet and have no shelter due to the 21 day lockdown, former Indian football captain and one of the biggest sports stars India has produced, Bhaichung Bhutia has come forward to help. Bhaichung has offered shelter to migrant workers in Sikkim, who mostly hail from Bihar and West Bengal at his new building in Lumsey, Tadong in Gangtok. About 100 people can be provided shelter in the building. Talking to TimesofIndia.com, Bhutia...

Randeep Hooda on his Hollywood debut: ‘It is a dose of extra action and emotion’ Actor Randeep Hooda is all set to make his Hollywood debut in the Netflix film Extraction, starring Chris Hemsworth, and the actor is naturally super excited. “20 years after I thought I’ll make a showreel to work over there. It finally happened. So grateful to most amazing crew and cast. It is a dose of Extra Action and emotion,” he tweeted. Extraction was initially titled Dhaka. It also stars Indian actors Manoj Bajpayee and Pankaj Tripathi. The movie revolves around Tyler Rake (essayed by Hemsworth), a fearless,...

BR Ambedkar received Bharat Ratna posthumously, other important events of March 31 Today’s date is not just any other day, it holds a greater significance for the nation. It was today, three decades back when Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously. BR Ambedkar was conferred Bharat Ratna on March 31, 1990. Ambedkar was born on April 14, 1891 in present-day Madhya Pradesh’s Mhow. The architect of the Constitution of India, Ambedkar led a crusade for the upliftment and empowerment of Dalits in the country. Source: Hindustan Times

Dr. Anthony Fauci sees ‘glimmers’ that social distancing is ‘dampening’ coronavirus outbreak U.S. health officials see “glimmers” that social distancing efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus are beginning to dampen the outbreak, White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday. Americans are still “in a very difficult situation,” the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said on CNN. “We hope and I believe it will happen that we may start seeing a turnaround, but we haven’t seen it yet. We’re just pushing on the mitigation.” Source: CNBC

We have done more success in getting people to self-isolate, says Canadian PM Justin Trudeau The Canadian Government is prepared to mobilise nearly 24,000 troops to assist in the effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, even as its Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pointedly said the country was on a different “trajectory” from the spread of the disease in the United States. Addressing his daily press conference, Trudeau said, “I think I would say we’re not necessarily on the same trajectory. We were quicker to get the screening done, and I think we have had more success in getting people to...