Amid rising cases of COVID-19, Kerala woke up to deserted streets and closed shops as the nine-day statewide lockdown came into effect from 6 am Saturday.
The Kerala government on Thursday announced a complete lockdown in the state from May 8 morning in view of the severe COVID-19 surge in the second wave of the pandemic.
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday that it has deployed multi-disciplinary teams to bird flu affected Alappuzha and Kottayam districts in Kerala and Panchkula district in Haryana.
The CPIM-led LDF government called for a special assembly session on Wednesday, 23 December for a resolution against the contentious farm laws that were passed by the Centre earlier in October.
