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                                                                Nationwide lockdown


                                                                             Prime minister narender modi has declared
                                                                             nationwide lockdown for 21 days and asked 1.3 bil-
                                                                             lion people in the country to stay inside their homes
                                                                             to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
                                                                               “there will be a total ban of coming out of your
                                                                             homes’’ the prime minister, announced on televi-
                                                                             sion on march 24 night. “every state, every district,
                                                               every lane, every village will be under lockdown,’’ modi said.
                                                                  the Prime minister said, “From midnight, the entire country will be in
                                                               lockdown, total lockdown. to save india, to save its every citizen, you, your
                                                               family.’’ shortly after modi announced complete lockdown, the Centre said
                                                               all road, rail and air services will remain suspended during this period.
                                                                  earlier, modi had announced ‘’Janata Curfew’’ on march 19. modi also
                                                               announced a Central allocation of  15,000 crore to strengthen the health
                                                               infrastructure to tackle the disease.
                                                                  after fears over the spread of the disease have already led many state
                                                               governments and union territories to clamp a lockdown till march 31.
                                                                  However, during the lockdown, freight movement will continue to make
                                                               essential commodities available across the country.
                                                                  Prime minister in his address said to the people that if you will not cross
                                                               the “Lakshman rekha’’, you will save yourself and your family.
                                                                  meanwhile, the prices of essential commodities were seen soarin,
                                                               everywhere under the very nose of the administration. there is also lack
                                                               of facilities in the hospitals. most hit by the lockdown are poor and daily
                                                               wagers.


                                                               China faces $20trn lawsuit


                                                               tHe First big development related to Covid-19 conspiracy theories is
                                                               a $20 trillion lawsuit was filed against Chinese authorities in the United
                                                               states (Us) over its outbreak from Wuhan in China.
                                                                  Us lawyer Larry Klayman and his advocacy group ‘’Freedom Watch’’
                                                               along with texas company buzz Photos have filed the lawsuit against the
                                                               Chinese government, Chinese army, the Wuhan institute of Virology, direc-
                                                               tor of Wuhan institute of Virology shi Zhengli and Chinese army’s major
                                                               general Chen Wei. according to the reports he plaintiffs have sought $20
                                                               trillion, which is a bigger amount than China’s gdP, claiming coronavirus is
                                                               the result of a biological weapon prepared by the Chinese authorities.
                                                                  reports said that they have accused China of aiding and abetting death,
                                                               provision of material support to terrorists, conspiracy to cause injury and
           On March 21, US Secretary of State Mike Ponpio      death of Us citizens, negligence, wrongful death, and assault and battery.
         made several direct allegations against China         they allege the virus had released from the Wuhan Virology institute.
         regarding Corona. Ponpio not only described the          the plaintiffs stated that the CoVid-19 virus was “designed” by China
         Coronavirus virus as the “Wuhan virus” but also made   to kill mass populations. biological weapons were outlawed in 1925 and
         another very serious matter. Ponpio said that “We had   hence such a biological weapon is a terrorist-related weapon of mass
         proposed to China that our experts would go to China   destruction, the lawsuit mentioned. according to the reports appeared in
         to help them and WHO but we were not allowed to.”     various media said that the american group cites multiple media reports
         Such things were done by the Chinese Communist        that said that there was only one microbiology lab in China that handled
         Party, which has put the people of the world and the   advanced viruses like the novel coronavirus in Wuhan. to cover up, the
         world at risk.                                        plaintiffs alleged, China linked statements on coronavirus with national
           There is another doubt on China. The Chinese        security protocols.


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