Modi indicates restricting imports of goods that can be made in India

With this, the Centre has outlined a plan to reopen nearly all activities outside of containment zones starting Monday.

The Centre on Saturday eased the lockdown curbs significantly while announcing what it said was ‘’unlock 1’’ with an “economic focus”. With this, the Centre has outlined a plan to reopen nearly all activities outside of containment zones starting Monday. Places of worship, hotels, restaurants and malls can resume business by June 8, it has said. Coinciding with this, some states have extended the lockdown for 15 to 30 days.

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For areas in containment zones, the Centre has extended the lockdown till June 30. It’s up to the local authorities to demarcate containment and buffer zones. According to available data, Delhi has 122 containment zones including in commercial and residential areas, while Mumbai has 684. Around 90 per cent of the containment zones in Mumbai are in slums and chawls, including 11 in Dharavi. Kolkata had 286 such zones before the onset of cyclone Amphan, Bengaluru has 25, Pune 65 and Pimpri Chinchwad another 46. With lockdown 4.0 ending on Sunday, the Centre has issued detailed guidelines for phased reopening of all prohibited activities….Read Full Story

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Modi’s address Mission Shakti updates: India successfully tests anti-satellite weapon

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Twitter that he would address the nation around noon and make a very important announcement. Stay tuned for the latest updates from the address

Head administrator Narendra Modi on Wednesday reported that India had shown hostile to satellite rocket ability by shooting down a live satellite. Tending to the country, the head administrator said India’s activity was not coordinated against any nation.

Shooting down a low earth circle satellite is an uncommon accomplishment for the nation, he said. The satellite was circling at a height of 300 km, he stated, portraying India as a space control.

Mission Shakti, which was driven by the Defense Research and Development Organization, was gone for reinforcing India’s general security, he said PM Modi said “India joins USA, Russia and China with the ability to hit Low Earth Orbit satellite with an A-SAT rocket”. Modi said India’s rationale in being a space control was to spread the message of harmony, not war.

Modi said Mission Shakti is exceptional for 2 reasons:

(1) India is just the fourth nation to gain such a specific and current capacity.

(2) The whole exertion is indigenous.

The leader had publicized his location to the country on Twitter, considering it an essential message.”Do watch the location on TV, radio or internet based life,” he stated, setting off theory the nation over on what the theme was probably going to be.

Nitin Gadkari congratulates scientists for carrying out ‘Mission Shakti’

Nitin Gadkari: Congratulations to all the scientists for carrying out “Mission Shakti” successfully. India is moving fast towards becoming a world leader, and under PM Modi’s leadership, it is on its way to not only become a ‘super economic power’, but also a ‘super science power’.