In Lockdown

The Hindu Newsletter - In Lockdown Wednesday 25, March 2020 [alt_text]( The Morning Filter Welcome to The Morning Filter, your best way to start the day one step ahead of the news cycle. We hope you are staying safe and staying home. Here are the latest updates and the biggest stories you need to know about today:    1) India begins 21-day lockdown India will begin the [world's largest lockdown]( after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to citizens to stay inside or risk inviting the pandemic into their homes, and pledging $2 billion to bolster the country's beleaguered health care system. "To save India and every Indian, there will be a total ban on venturing out," [Modi said Tuesday night](, acknowledging that the 21-day lockdown would be a major blow to the economy, but that the alternative could set the country back 21 years. We have a quick guide [here]( on what will be available and what will be closed during the lockdown. 2) Supreme Court to hold virtual court hearings from today The Supreme Court will hold [two virtual courts]( through video-conferencing on the "Vidyo" app to hear certain urgent matters.No court-rooms are specified in the cause list for today, which means judges will be hearing 15 matters listed in the cause list from their respective chambers or offices. 3) Tamil Nadu's second day of lockdown - isolation ward to be ready The Tamil Nadu government is scaling up the infrastructure in its fight against coronavirus, with a 350-bed isolation ward at a city government hospital set to be ready, Health Minister C Vijayabaskar said on Tuesday. 4) Day 2 of Kerala Lockdown Police makes self declaration form mandatory for people to travel in private vehicles, restriction on autos, cabs 5) Coronavirus: Curfew in Chandigarh to be relaxed on Wednesday The curfew imposed in Chandigarh to check the spread of coronavirus will be relaxed today, the UT administration said as it assured people that there would be no scarcity of items of daily need.  7) NSE, BSE to carry out normal operations on Wednesday An NSE spokesperson said operations would be normal at the exchange on Wednesday. "BSE day to operations @BSEIndia will continue," the bourse's MD and CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan said in a tweet. 8) Brazil's lower house to vote on emergency budget The Bill to battle the coronavirus outbreak would not be subject to normal fiscal rules, speaker Rodrigo Maia told reporters on Tuesday. Maia added that he believed it would be appropriate to negotiate reductions in public workers' salaries at this time by 15% to 20%, although that would not apply to the lowest earning public servants, he said. 9) Italy's petrol stations will start to close on Wednesday night Italy's petrol stations will start to close down because of the [coronavirus epidemic](, with pumps on the countries motorway network shutting as of Wednesday evening, the sector's operators said. The operators said it had become impossible to guarantee health safety standards and keep businesses going. 10) Egypt imposes night-time curfew for two weeks: PM Egypt is to impose a night-time curfew for two weeks from Wednesday to contain the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli announced. “Movement will be banned on all public roads from 7 pm to 6 am... for two weeks,” Madbouli told a Tuesday news conference. Morning Filter will return tomorrow. Stay safe! You are receiving this email because you are a user of [thehindu.com]( If you do not wish to receive any such emails, [unsubscribe here.](mailto:rm-0b4cx1x5bf2f90kauhrxfebysa8hkh7@newsalert.thehindu.com?subject=Unsubscribe&body=You will be unsubscribed from our mailing list.) To ensure you continue to receive emails from The Hindu in your inbox, please add newsletters.th@newsalert.thehindu.com to your contact. If you can't see the mailer, please [click here.]( Group Sites [The Hindu]( | [இந்து தமிழ் திசை]( | [Business Line]( | [BL on Campus]( | [Sportstar]( | [Frontline]( | [The Hindu Centre]( | [Images]( | [roofandfloor]( | [Classifieds]( Copyright @ 2019, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. [About Us]( | [Contact Us]( | [Subscription](