India in panic, government in quarantine

India's battle with corona is getting tougher each day, the number of cases have surpassed 3 lakh 8 thousand and India now ranks 4th in the world in terms of Covid-19 positive cases

1.India's battle with corona gets tougher

India has recorded the highest single-day jump so far of 11,458 fresh cases, pushing the total number of cases to 3,08,993, the latest data from the Union Health Ministry shows.

2. Highest single-day jump reached 11,458

Number of cases are reaching record high each day while people are clueless about how to deal with the situation.The healthcare infrastructure has exhausted long back as patients have been reporting negligence and number of deaths is also rising

3.Healthcare infrastructure has exhausted as patients are reporting negligence

India has largest number of Covid patients in world tally after the US, Brazil and Russia.The lockdown did not work for India and now when the situation is out of hand, unlock 1 is witnessing steep rise in cases.

4. Lockdown failed to contain the spread, cases increased and economy collapsed

With the highest single-day spike of 2,137 COVID-19 cases, Delhi's tally of coronavirus infections crossed the 36,000-mark on Friday as the number of deaths due to the disease climbed to 1,214, authorities said

5.Delhi recorded highest single day spike of 2,137 on Friday taking the tally to 36,000

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an interaction with Chief Ministers of various states next week to discuss the coronavirus situation in India

6. PM will interact with Chief Ministers on June16 and 17

The previous online meetings of PM with CMs have failed to reach a consensus about locking and unlocking,Central government has been putting the responsibility onto the states

7. Virtual meetings have done no good in controlling the situation

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday used a quote, often misattributed to Albert Einstein, to hit out at the government over its lockdown strategy to point out that the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has not been halted because of the restrictions.

8.Rahul Gandhi hit out at the government for its failed strategy

The former Congress president also used graphs showing the rise in Covid-19 cases during the last four phases of the national lockdown.

9.Rahul Gandhi used graphs to show the rise in 4 phases of the national lockdown

”Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,” Gandhi tweeted.

10. Rahul Gandhi tweeted to lash out at the government

On Friday, he had criticised the government’s Covid-19 containment efforts and alleged that India’s fast rise among the nations worst-affected by the coronavirus pandemic across the world was due to a “lethal blend of arrogance and incompetence”.

11. India is suffering due to the lethal blend of arrogance and incompetence:Rahul

Rahul Gandhi had also used a graph to show India overtaking other badly-affected countries with a rapid rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country.

12.Rahul Gandhi questioned the government on rapid rise

“India is firmly on it’s way to winning the wrong race. A horrific tragedy, resulting from a lethal blend of arrogance and incompetence,” he had tweeted on Friday.

13.India is on its way to winning the wrong race

Rahul Gandhi has been questioning the Centre’s handling of the coronavirus crisis.

He has alleged that the lockdown imposed to contain the rise of Covid-19 cases and the subsequent phase-wise unlocking to revive economic activity in the country was ill-timed.

14. India is suffering due to the ill timed locking and unlocking