9 Minutes  

While there are worries that the sudden switching-off of lights tonight (April 5) at 9 pm for 9 minutes will cause a collapse, here’s how the government plans to counter it. 

The Karnataka government has decided not to give free food to public in Indira canteens as efforts to provide free food to the needy at their doorstep has already taken place. The Edgbaston cricket stadium in England will be used a testing centre for Covid-19 suspects.

Maharashtra’s housing minister Jitendra Awhad has slammed the PM over his call to the nation to hold torches or candles for 9 minutes at 9 pm on April 5. 

Addressing the nation, PM Modi though a video requested 9 minutes of people's time, urging them to switch off lights at home and stand in their balconies or at doors and light lamps, candles, torches or mobile flashlights on April 5 to fight the darkness of COVID-19