Actress Kavita Kaushik has made a horror film during the lockdown, to entertain fans.
The short film, titled “Do Not Dream”, is directed by Abhinav Shukla.
“Do Not Dream” is about the girl who is tormented by bad dreams and she is home alone during the COVID -19 lockdown.
According to the makers, no isolation rules were violated while shooting the film, as it was entirely shot at Kavita’s home.
Kavita’s husband Ronnit Biswas has co-produced the movie along with Abhinav.
Amid lockdown, Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu is making the most of his time by bonding with his children, as his latest video with son Gautham proves.
In his latest Instagram video, the actor is seen playing ‘who is taller’ with his 13-year-old son. In the clip, Gautam tells his father that he is not that tall, and the actor then challenges his son to see who is taller. Gautam bursts out laughing.
“Height check!! He’s tall #LockdownShenanigans,” the actor wrote while sharing the video.
Their daughter Sitara also makes a cameo in the video. She is seen playing around and then joins her father and brother in the video.
Mahesh Babu’s sister Manjula Ghattamaneni commented on the post. She wrote: “I think Gautam is taller. At 13 you were not even close to his height.”
Throughout the lockdown, the actor has used social media to give a glimpse of his lockdown life with wife Namrata Shirodkar and children.
The Indian Railways has operated over 2,600 Shramik Specials and transported over 36 lakh people across the country operating interstate and within the state since May 1 and plans to operate 2,600 more trains in the next 10 days, said Chairman Railway Board V.K. Yadav.
Addressing a press conference here for the first time amid the nationwide lockdown, Yadav said, “We started to run the Shramik Special trains from May 1 to transport the stranded migrant workers. To date we have operated 2,600 Shramik Specials and over 26 lakh people have been transported in the interstate services and over 10 lakh passengers within the state.”
He said after the decision of operating the Shramik Special trains, the national transporter on May 1, the first day of the services, operated four trains and transported over 4,000 people. “In the last four days we have been running over 260 trains per day and transporting over four lakh people on a daily basis,” said Yadav.
He said out of the 2,600 Shramik Specials, over 80 percent of them have been used by Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Sharing the national transporter’s furture plan on the operations of Shramik Specials, Yadav said, “The railways with the state governments has prepared a plan for the next 10 days. Over 2,600 trains are scheduled in the coming days and we will transport over 36 lakh passengers.”
The Chairman said the railways has also requested the state governments to share their plans with it. “We will arrange the trains on the request of a state government as our trains are placed in every division. We are ready to run the train within a state,” he said.
He assured the migrant laborers that the railways has made all arrangements to transport them.
On the railways facing the flak for the high cost of Special AC train tickets and migrant workers unable to access the IRCTC wesbite, Yadav said: “We have received the complaints that people were unable to book tickets online. We have now opened over 1,000 windows across the country and more will open in the coming days”.
Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Saturday recalled that during his tenure (2011-16) he gave maximum emphasis to the health sector and several of the programs that were launched still continue now, while some of them have not been taken forward.
“We felt that it was not just a health problem, but a social issue and concentrated on improving the health sector. When we assumed office the allocation to the health sector was a mere Rs 166 crore and it rose to Rs 665 crore. Kerala, during our time stood first with a total score of 76.5. Today even though Kerala stands first, the total score is 74.01,” said Chandy.
Chandy pointed out that his government started the cochlear implant surgery and fixed a target of 100, but later decided to carry forward the scheme and when demitted office in 2016, 640 surgeries were done, giving a new lease of life to kids aged below 5, who were hearing impaired.
“Our dream project was to ensure a medical college in every district and planned for 14 new colleges. But the present government was doing everything to close down a few, that we began, like in Idukki. They closed that, but later they have now opened it. At Thiruvananthapuram, a second medical college was cleared and staff were also appointed, but they closed it down. Had that been there, now we could have had a full-fledged Covid medical college here, and that opportunity has been lost,” added Chandy.
He said he started 2 new dental colleges and increased the total seats from 140 to 240 and after four years, the seats remain the same.
Numerous programs of health care facilities were started pertaining to better health care which includes opening of ayurveda and homeoeo hospitals and pharmacies. But in the present government’s four-year tenure, such things in these sectors have not happened. The Karunya health programme was a flagship program of the then Finance Minister K.M. Mani and it turned out to be a succour for many. We had opened 50 Karunya pharmacies and today I doubt if any of that is there now,” added Chandy.
Chandy also pointed out that during his tenure, he had created 5,000 new posts in the health sector and their Mrithasanjeevini (organ donation) was started.
“In that program, 114 organ transplants were conducted. During our tenure, the first heart and liver transplant was also conducted. We started 80 urban health centres and the present Left government has so far opened just 12,” added Chandy.
The then Health Minister V.S. Sivakumar said that the liver transplant centre in the State-run Medical College hospital here, has by now been closed.
“Our aim was to turn Kerala into a medical hub and that’s the reason why we wanted to have a medical college in every district. But the Left government played politics and did not go forward in a few areas where we had concentrated. The closing down of the second Medical College in the state capital is totally unacceptable, as we had done everything,” said Sivakumar.
Uma Gurbaksh Singh (93), the first Punjabi theatre actress and daughter of novelist Gurbaksh Singh Preetlari, passed away in Amritsar on Saturday after a prolonged illness, her family members said. She was cremated in her hometown.
Gurbaksh was just 13 when she acted in the play ‘Rajkumari Latika’, written by her father.
Before Independence, she staged several plays. In 1944, she was jailed along with seven other artistes for staging the play ‘Hulle Hulare’ against the British rule, said her younger brother Hirdaypaul Singh, who is the General Secretary of the Gurbaksh Singh Nanak Singh Foundation.
After creating an uproar that her five-year-old daughter still wears diapers, actress Kristen Bell has clarified that her daughter only wears diapers at night.
In an episode of “Momsplaining with Kristen Bell” earlier this week, the actress had revealed that her daughter Delta was “still in diapers”. Following the confession, a segment of fans expressed their shock as children mostly stop wearing diapers at age three.
The actress took to Twitter to set the record straight, reports dailymail.co.uk.
“My daughter doesn’t wear diapers during the day, just at night cuz her tiny bladder isn’t up for the 10 hr challenge yet,” she posted, noting that people were looking for “sensation” over her reveal.
“It’s ok, I promise. The article was looking for sensation, and everyone fell for it as they so often do. They left out that she’s only in diapers at night, which is pretty normal for a 5 yr old who’s tiny bladder can’t take the 10 hr challenge yet,” she wrote while responding to an article.
“I also don’t think it’s humiliating if your kid wears diapers late. Everyone is different. My 5yr old wouldn’t be embarrassed even if she was in diapers during the day! She’s confident & goofy & doesn’t see anything about her beautiful unique self something to apologise for,” she added.
In the episode of “Momsplaining with Kristen Bell”, the star made the confession while talking to Maya Rudolph and Casey Wilson.
“Every kid is so different,” she said.
“My oldest daughter at 21 months, we merely suggested that she use the toilet in the other room and (she) never wore another diaper beyond that. We were lying in bed giggling about this, my husband (Dax Shepard) and I, like, ‘Why does everyone make a big deal out of this potty training? It’s so easy. Just tell the kid to use the toilet’,” she added.
“Currently, my youngest is five-and-a-half, still in diapers,” Bell revealed.
To this, Rudolph, who has four children, replied: “It’s real relative, isn’t it?”
The actress agreed, saying: “Yes, because every kid is so different.”
Bell recently admitted she has been having a bit of trouble with homeschooling under quarantine, saying: “I gave up. I attempted to give her some math problems.”
Financial technology company Lendingkart Technologies, which raised over Rs 319 crore in Series D round of funding this week, has reportedly laid off nearly 200 employees (30 percent of the workforce) in the Covid-19 times.
In an internal email, being circulated in the media, the company has been quoted as saying, “the ongoing period has had a debilitating effect on micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), where everything has come to a virtual standstill. NBFCs have been significantly impacted, with loan disbursements coming to a halt and moratorium impacting collections”.
The management and leadership team has also taken a pay cut.
An email sent to Lendingkart for a detailed statement went unanswered.
Lendingkart joins a growing list of startups and unicorns, like Zomato, Swiggy, Ola, Uber, Livspace and Sharechat, that have sacked employees in recent days.
Set up in 2014, Lendingkart has raised over Rs 1,050 crore of equity capital from investors.
“The outbreak of Covid-19 and the resultant slowdown have had a tremendous impact on the economy. During these unprecedented times, the MSMEs, backbone of the economy, have suffered significantly grappling with varied economic uncertainties,” Harshvardhan Lunia, co-founder & Managing Director of Lendingkart Technologies, said in a statement earlier this week.
Since its inception, Lendingkart Finance, a non-deposit taking NBFC arm of Lendingkart Group, has evaluated nearly half a million applications, disbursing more than 1,00,000 loans to over 89,000 MSMEs in 1,300 cities across 29 states and Union Territories.
Lendingkart, which has offices in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi NCR and Kolkata, has a service reach across the country.
In a goodwill gesture, Chandigarh Police on Saturday distributed notebooks and other stationery items to schoolchildren residing in a containment zone.
The act followed after children of Bapu Dham Colony in Sector 26 — the worst affected by coronavirus infections in the city — put up requests outside their houses that they needed notebooks, textbooks and stationery items.
The policemen provided them two English, one Hindi and one mathematic textbooks each.
In a video clip posted on the social media, the cops can be heard asking the children about their classes and accordingly handing them textbooks and stationery.
Punjab Governor and UT Administrator V.P. Singh Badnore expressed gratitude to Nestle India for providing chocolates worth Rs 6.5 lakh for the children of Bapu Dham.
“A humble gesture to express gratitude to the people for supporting medical teams, the police, volunteers and the administration in the task of combating coronavirus,” Badnore tweeted.
Meanwhile, UT traffic police conducted a Covid-19 awareness drive at Mauli Jagran Colony, another locality inhabited by economically weaker sections in the city.
Residents were made aware of precautions like social distancing, proper handwashing, the mandatory wearing of mask, and downloading of Aarogya Setu app.
Three more people on Saturday tested corona positive in Bapu Dham Colony, taking the total tally in the city to 222. There are 41 active cases, with 178 patients cured and discharged.
The corona death toll in Chandigarh is three.
The coronavirus cases count in the national capital jumped to 12,910 with 591 new cases reported in the last 24 hours and the toll reached 231 with 23 deaths in the past 24 hours, the Delhi Health Department said on Saturday.
With 23 deaths in 24 hours, the national capital recorded one death almost every hour.
The Health report said that the cumulative death figures refer to fatalities where the primary cause of death was found to be the infection, as per the report of the Death Audit Committee on the basis of case sheets received from various hospitals.
Out of the total cases, 6,412 are active, and at least 6,267 patients have recovered from the disease so far, the Health Department said.
Pixar Animation Studios has created animation genre history with its short film “Out”. The studio introduces its first gay lead character in the film.
The Disney-owned computer-generated animation studio premiered the LGBTQ-themed short film on Disney+ streaming service as part of its more experimental SparkShorts program, reports dailymail.co.uk.
The nine-minute film follows a man named Greg who is trying to hide his sexuality from his parents, and attempts to remove traces of his boyfriend Manuel ahead of a visit from his parents.
The official Twitter account of the streaming platform posted a ‘heartwarming’ teaser of the film.
In the clip, Greg, who has a thick red beard, is seen trying to talk himself into coming out to his parents.
“Just look them in the eyes and say, ‘Mom, Dad, I’m…”, he said in the clip before he gets interrupted by his parents, who ring the doorbell.
The short film is the first Pixar release to feature a gay lead character, and it is also the first time Disney has featured an animated gay main character.
However, the official synopsis of the movie makes no mention of the word ‘gay’ and or Greg’s sexuality. The term is not used in the clip either, but a loved-up photograph of Greg and his boyfriend hints at the fact.
Pixar didn’t release a film with an openly gay character until “Onward” earlier this year, which featured Lena Waithe voicing the small role of a female police officer who references having a girlfriend.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind K. Jugnauth on Saturday and praised their efforts in handling Covid-19 outbreak.
Taking to Twitter, the Prime Minister said: “Thank you, Prime Minister @PKJugnauth for our warm conversation today! Congratulations for successfully controlling Covid-19 in Mauritius.”
“Our people share warm and specialties, based on shared culture and values. Indians will stand by their Mauritian brothers and sisters at this difficult time,” Modi tweeted.
Hailing Rajapaksa, Modi said: “Sri Lanka is fighting Covid-19 effectively under his leadership. India will continue to support our close maritime neighbor in dealing with the pandemic and its economic impact.”
However, the chat with the Sri Lankan President wasn’t limited to Covid-19 alone. Modi said, “We agreed to accelerate Indian-assisted development projects in Sri Lanka, and also strengthen investment links.”
The Prime Minister has been talking to heads of states regularly.
Had an excellent talk with President @GotabayaR. Sri Lanka is fighting COVID-19 effectively under his leadership. India will continue to support our close maritime neighbour in dealing with the pandemic and its economic impact.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 23, 2020
Thank you, Prime Minister @PKJugnauth for our warm conversation today! Congratulations for successfully controlling COVID-19 in Mauritius.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 23, 2020
Players will be allowed to go home and there will be no physical contact outside of what is required during normal play at training, according to the Standard Operating Procedure for the resumption of training at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Bengaluru center.
Teams can train in groups of a maximum of six people in an area of 40x20m. Players are allowed normal physical contact during training but celebrations such as high fives, first bumps are banned. They have to carry their own training gear, hand sanitizer and towel. All training equipment will be sanitised after each session. Players are also not allowed to contact with those from other teams.
The probables for the Indian men’s and women’s senior hockey teams have been placed in the campus since before the start of the lockdown on March 25. Hockey India stated that players and staff who are feeling homesick shall be allowed to go home.
“Government of India, SAI and Hockey India will determine the duration of this leave-in consultation with the respective Chief Coaches. Each party has the option to change the duration based on the information at hand. At all times the safety of the athlete and staff member is paramount,” says HI in the SOP.
Players have been provided instruction of avoiding contact with anyone outside of their direct family while at home. They are also to leave home only for necessary requirements with enough protection. Once they return to the camp, they will be placed in “strict quarantine for 2 weeks.”
“If testing is available on day 10 of return, then the person will be tested. If a person tests negative/doesn’t have the virus they can leave quarantine. If person has the virus, then that person will stay in quarantine and follow medical guidelines provided by designated medical personnel. If testing is not available every individual must complete the full 2 weeks of quarantine and will follow rules of social distancing anywhere and everywhere for week 3,” says HI.
Andhra Pradesh’s tally of positive cases touched 2,561 with 47 new cases detected in the past 24 hours ending 10 a.m. on Saturday.
Even as the state’s tally of positive cases has been inching upwards, the number of active cases has been slowly coming down, with 727 persons receiving treatment in various hospitals.
The state nodal officer reported that 9,136 samples were tested during the past 24 hours as against 8,415 samples that were tested during the preceding testing cycle.
One more death, the second in two days, was reported from Krishna district, taking the death toll in the state to 56 on Saturday morning. As many as 47 persons were cured and discharged by Saturday morning, taking the state’s tally of cured persons to 1,778.
On Saturday, fewer positive cases were attributed to people with a travel history to the Koyambedu market in Chennai. While Chittoor district reported 3 cases, Nellore reported 2 cases with travel histories to the Koyambedu market which has since been closed. Andhra Pradesh has been aggressive in conducting COVID-19 tests.
As on May 23, the state has tested 2,92,969 samples, ranking behind Maharashtra’s 3,32,777, and Tamil Nadu’s 3,84,682. The Andhra Pradesh average of 5,486 tests conducted per million population, ranks below Delhi’s 8,218, and Jammu & Kashmir’s 8,508.
A total of 2,834,798 tests have been conducted across India, with an average of 2044 tests conducted per million population.
Meanwhile, the cumulative tally of COVID-19 cases among returnees from other states remained static at 153. However, the active cases tally stands at 128 as 25 persons in this category have been discharged.
Microsoft Azure IoT platform is currently leading the overall Internet of Things (IoT) landscape in 26 out of 35 capabilities across Edge IoT, Cloud IoT and Platform Performance categories, a new report has documented.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) led in 10 out of 35 capabilities in the overall IoT evaluation while Huawei ranked third offering edge to cloud capabilities, according to Counterpoint Research which used its proprietary CORE (Competitive Rankings & Evaluation) framework that evaluated leading 20 IoT platform players to reach this conclusion.
“The IoT market is largely still a blue ocean and in the nascent stages, with enough room for every IoT platform to grow and be successful as we see millions of enterprises and governments kickstart their digital transformation initiatives,” said Neil Shah, VP Research at Counterpoint.
“Moving into the new decade, we also expect healthy mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity to address several capability gaps between incumbents and startups identified by our research,” Shah added.
Coming from a strong enterprise cloud business, Microsoft Azure IoT is the only end-to-end platform that has successfully built its Edge IoT capabilities and offers greater interoperability with other value chain players.
“Amazon AWS IoT has also done well in terms of completeness benefiting from a robust Cloud IoT and Application Enablement capabilities. Further, AWS has been building its edge capabilities via AWS Greengrass,” said the report.
However, the report said, AWS Greengrass still lags Microsoft and other edge-first vendors to offer an advanced and scalable edge data analytics engine. Amazon was the leader in 10 out of 35 capabilities in our evaluation.
Huawei Ocean Connect offers several edge components offering edge chipsets, to devices, to software, complementing its Cloud IoT capabilities.
“Huawei has a growing customer base within China and Europe, however, current US sanctions could slow its enterprise IoT business outside China,” the report added.
IBM leads in Cloud IoT components, benefitting from its industry-leading position in Cloud and ML/AI space. RedHat acquisition also strengthens the edge software, security and virtualization offering.
“However, IBM needs to advance its edge analytics capabilities and expand its partnership roster to capitalize on the Edge IoT opportunity,” the report mentioned.
IoT is becoming more pervasive as more and more devices are being connected to the cloud via the internet to monitor, analyze, and take action.
“The next wave of digital transformation will be driven by these intelligent edge devices and corresponding highly scalable and secure IoT software,” said Peter Richardson, VP Research.
Actress Rakul Preet Singh says the lockdown pushed her to do 108 Surya namaskars at least two to three times a week.
In a video she shared on Instagram, Rakul Preet is seen practising the yoga position.
“This lockdown has pushed me to do 108 surya namaskars atleast 2-3 times a week and The feeling post-practice is indescribable #sunsalutation helps you build inner and outer strength, create mind-body balance and churns every organ of your body to release toxins @anshukayoga #morningroutine#balanceoflife,” she captioned the image.
Rakul recently shared that her yoga journey began two years back and since then it has been a joy for her.
Rakul took to Instagram, where she shared a throwback photograph of her doing a complicated inversion yoga pose and said that life is all about balance.
On the acting front, Rakul will soon be seen in a cross-border romantic-comedy with actor Arjun Kapoor. The film is directed by debutant Kaashvie Nair and produced by John Abraham, Nikkhil Advani and Bhushan Kumar.
Rakul Preet will also be seen in Kamal Haasan’s ambitious upcoming film “Indian 2”, which co-stars Kajal Aggarwal and Vidyut Jammwal.
With the Centre and states government not allowing the opening up of the swimming pools in the national capital, there will be no splash in the pools this summer even as the mercury crossed 40 degrees Celsius.
According to a government official, while it will totally depend on the Centre’s guidelines for opening up of the pools, the state government also is not too much in support of opening up of swimming pools.
“The Covid cases are rising in the national capital and social distancing inside the pool is very difficult. Also, with so many people involved, the sanitization of the area will also be difficult. With only limited changing rooms and common areas, keeping a check on the infection will also be a difficult task,” the official said.
While there has been no evidence of spread of COVID infection through water, there is also no proof that the infection is not spreading through it, the official added.
However, not just the authorities, but the common people are also scared of using the facility.
“I have been swimming since I was eight-year-old during summer. Now, no matter how much I miss it, I will not be going for it even after the government allows for the same. It will be very risky,” said 29-year-old Rahul Singh.
As per government data there are just 182 swimming pools in the city with about 50 of these in schools.
Also, with the population of the city about two crores, there is one pool for more than one lakh people.
“Although, there will be just limited people in the pools, it will be too risky to be in a pool without knowing who is carrying the infection. Just thermal screening is not enough as we know people are asymptomatic as well,” said 26-year-old Jyoti.
Delhi has extended the lockdown till May 31 and even though a number of relaxations, including public transport, have been allowed, pools are still barred.
Also, coronavirus positive cases in the city reached 12,319 on Friday.
Action on the badminton court will resume with the Hyderabad Open in August, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced on Friday. All badminton has been suspended since March as a precautionary measure against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Slowly and steadily, sports around the globe have been tying to find their feet during these unprecedented times and badminton became the latest entrant in this exclusive club.
Due to the ongoing crisis, as many as 10 tournaments have been cancelled since March — Orleans Masters 2020 (March 24-29), Singapore Open (April 7-12), Badminton Asia Championships 2020 (April 21-26), XXIV Pan Am Individual Championships 2020 (April 23-26), US Open 2020 (June 23-28), Canada Open 2020 (June 30-July 5), Russian Open (July 7-12), Akita Masters 2020 (August 18-23), Vietnam Open 2020 (August 25-30) and Indonesia Masters 2020 Super 100 (September 29-October 4) — While ‘suitable replacement dates are still being finalised for four suspended tournaments’ — German Open (March 3-8), Swiss Open (March 17-22), European Championships (April 21-26) and Australian Open 2020 (June 2-7)
So, the BWF coming up with a revamped calender will be music to the ears of shuttlers around the world. The Hyderabad Open (August 11 to 16) will become the first world event to return to the court and is one of three Indian tournaments on the roster alongside Syed Mushtaq Ali (Nov 17-22) and India Open (Dec 8-13).
The BWF, however, warned that the dates shouldn’t be taken for granted considering the ever-changing scenario the world finds itself in currently.
“At this point in time, it is difficult to predict when international movement and entry restrictions will be lifted by individual countries and territories, but we will not resume competition unless it is absolutely clear that is safe to do so,” BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund said in statement uploaded on their website.
The BWF seemingly trying to avoid another controversy similar to that of All England Championships, as earlier this year, top international players hit out at the officials for continuing with tournaments despite the virus crisis. This time, they made it crystal clear that players will return to the court only if the conditions can be made safe for everyone.
“The health, safety and wellbeing of all athletes, their entourage, officials and the greater badminton community remains our No.1 priority,” Lund said in the statement.
“We have also tried to ensure the continued livelihoods of our badminton players, including supporting all our Member Associations, by making considered preparations for badminton’s return at the soonest possible chance at all levels across the world.”
Bollywood couple Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khans daughter Suhana has turned 20 today, and to ring in her special day, her close friend Ananya Panday spammed social media with adorable throwback pictures of the birthday girl.
“The two things I miss the most – the great outdoors and SUHANA!!! Happy 20th bday Sue…you will be my little baby forever,” Ananya wrote on Instagram along with a picture that shows the two posing against the backdrop of sunset at the beach.
In another image, Suhana is seen enjoying a piggyback ride on Ananya.
“Always got your back,” Ananya captioned the snap.
Reacting to the post, Suhana commented: “Hahaha you found one not bad. I love you. Thank you. Miss you.”
Suhana is studying filmmaking in New York. Currently, she is in Mumbai and spending time with her family.
Instagram is the latest in Facebook’s family of apps to be integrated with the new group video chat feature Messenger Rooms.
With the latest update, Instagram users will be able to invite up to 50 people for a video chat session.
“Beginning in the present day, you’ll be able to create @messenger Rooms on Instagram and invite anybody to hitch,” Instagram said in a tweet on Friday.
Meanwhile, Instagram also shared a video revealing the steps to make use of the brand new characteristic.
A user first needs to go to Instagram Direct messages. There, tap on the video chat icon. Then select Create a Room. One can now send invitations for the room to their Instagram friends.
Instagram will then create a room and show a link to it. It will also give an option to Join Room or Send Link and if a user taps on Join Room, Instagram will ask to open the room in the Messenger app.
Messenger Rooms integration is also coming to WhatsApp and has been noticed in the beta version.
Last month, Facebook announced Messenger Rooms which allow group video calls of up to 50 people with no time limit.
People can create a room right from Messenger or Facebook, and invite anyone to join the video call, even if they don’t have a Facebook account.
In Facebook Messenger Rooms, the users can post links in their News Feed or in Groups or event pages.
An easy way to video chat with up to 50 of your favorite people? Yes please 🙋♀️
Starting today, you can create @messenger Rooms on Instagram and invite anyone to join 👇 pic.twitter.com/VKYtJjniEt
— Instagram (@instagram) May 21, 2020
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Friday that the state has witnessed the highest single-day spike in the past 24 hours, reporting 42 new Covid-19 cases, taking the number of cases presently under treatment to 216.
Till Friday, a total of 732 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the southern state.
“Of the 42 new cases, 21 came from Maharashtra, while 17 came from abroad. This is a serious spike and is a message that we should be more alert. More and more of our people are going to come from outside the state. The doors will be open to all. But we are ready with all the required facilities,” said Vijayan.
“We have relaxed the lockdown measures, not for celebrations, but to ensure that life moves forward. But we are noticing that many people are coming out, which should not happen. Many are forgetting that we have to be very serious in tackling this pandemic. It cannot be taken lightly,” added the Chief Minister.
Vijayan pointed out that at present, there are 83,649 people under observation at their homes while 527 are in various hospitals.
There are 28 hotspot areas in the state currently, while over 91,000 people have entered the state from outside using different modes of transportation.
“The remaining Class X and XII examinations have been announced from next week. All those students who have family members who are under home quarantine will be allowed to sit separately to write the examinations. The students will be screened before they take their seat. Soaps and sanitizers are must in all the schools and masks will be given to all the students,” Vijayan said.
He also assured that students need not worry if they miss any exam, as fresh dates will be announced for such students to ensure that they don’t lose a year.
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