- Home Minister Amit Shah has approved the release of Rs.11,092 crore under State Disaster Risk Management Fund (SDRMF) to all states.
- World Bank has offered $1 billion to Indian Government for a proposed India COVID-19 emergency response and health systems preparedness project.
- Government has launched "Aarogyasetu" a Mobile App to bring the people of India together to fight against COVID-19.
- PhonePe has launched Coronavirus Hospitalisation Insurance Policy "Corona Care".
- BharatPe inks partnership with ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited to introduce "COVID-19 Protection Insurance Cover".
- Karnataka Government has launched "Corona Watch" app.
- A Science and Technology Empowered Committee for COVID-19 response has been constituted and will be chaired by Vinod Paul, member of NITI Aayog and K.Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser to Government.
- DRDO has designed a Casualty Evacuation Bag to transport or isolate persons infected with COVID-19.
- Government of India has launched a coronavirus risk tracking app called "Corona Kavach".
- Jharkhand Government has launched a mobile app "PRAGYAM" to issue e-passes to everyone associated with the delivery of essential services during the national lockdown to combat COVID-19.
- India's largest COVID-19 hospitals will be set up in Odisha.
- Prime Minister Modi called for donates to newly instituted "PM-CARES" fund to fight the virus.
- India's cleanest city, Indore has deployed drones to sanitize city areas against the coronavirus scare.
- Goa has become 1st Indian state to launch a self-assessment tool for COVID-19.
- Dr. Harsh Vardhan has launched the COVID-19 National Teleconsultation Centre (CoNTeC).
- High-Level Committee chaired by Amit Shah has approved over Rs.5751 crore to 8 states for clarity damage relief under National Disaster Response Fund.
- U.S. centres of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has introduced an Artificial Intelligence bot "Clara" to help people assess potential symptoms of COVID-19.
- United Nations has launched a 2 billion dollar global humanitarian response plan to fight coronavirus in World's Poorest Countries.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a provision of Rs.15,000 crore to strengthen the country's health infrastructure to tackle coronavirus.
- First made in India test kit to diagnose COVID-19 has got commercial approved by Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO).
- Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has set up India's 1st COVID-19 dedicated hospital in Mumbai.
- Punjab has become the 1st state to impose Curfew amid COVID-19.
- SBI has open emergency credit line to meet any liquidity mismatch for its borrowers. The name of this credit line is COVID-19 Emergency Credit Line (CECL).
- Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has pledged $5 million to COVID-19 emergency fund.
- Kerala Government has launched mass handwashing campaign named "Break the Chain" to combat coronavirus.
- In an effort to argument India's fight against the spread of COVID-19, Indian Navy has set up Quarantine Camp at Vishakhapatnam.
- India was provided assistance to the Maldives to tackle COVID-19 crisis as the neighbouring country declared a state of public health emergency to fight the situation.
- India-America health Policy Consultant Seema Verma has been appointed as one of the key members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
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