Afternoon News - 30 March, 2020
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**Follow lockdown, says PM Narendra Modi during his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat - **Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday during his monthly radio programme ‘Mann Ki Baat’ appealed to people not to violate nationwide lockdown imposed to fight against coronavirus pandemic and follow the norms even as he apologised for taking harsh steps to contain the spread of the virus and stressed upon “increasing social distancing but reducing emotional distancing.”

**No coronavirus positive case in Assam so far: State Health and Family Welfare Department - **There is no coronavirus positive case in Assam so far, said sources in the State Health and Family Welfare Department.

**NRL to produce more LPG by 8% to prevent any crisis during an ongoing nationwide lockdown - **The Numaligarh Refinery Ltd has decided to increase its LPG production by around 8% with an aim to prevent any crisis of the commodity during the ongoing nationwide lockdown.

**Masks made from gamosa distributed among children in Lakhimpur - **In order to prevent from possible infection of coronavirus, Sulekha Hazarika of Ghilamora under Dhakuakhana subdivision of Lakhimpur district has been making masks from gamosa day and night.

**20 arrested for breaking lockdown guidelines in Barpeta District - **Barpeta district police administration has till now arrested 20 persons for venturing out during the time of lockdown. The police also registered case individually against those law breakers under Indian Penal Code and Disaster Management Act.

**Tinsukia district administration cancelled Permision to Hindustan Unilever Limited - **The stand-off between Doomdooma based Hindustan Unilever Limited and the workers’ union has been finally resolved after Tinsukia district administration cancelled the permission accorded to Hindustan Unilever Limited permitting the company to manufacture essential commodities amid countrywide lockdown.

**GMC along with Fire & Emergency Services continues sanitization drive to prevent coronavirus - **The Guwahati Municipal Corporation along with the teams of Fire and Emergency Services continued the sanitization drive to tackle the corona outbreak in the state, on Friday. Three teams of the GMC are carrying out the sanitization process.

**Assam Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna reviews coronavirus management - **The daily meeting of State Level Task Force to review the status and action for management of coronavirus was held under the chairmanship of Assam Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna, on Sunday at Janata Bhawan, Dispur.

**Assam College Teacher Association donates one-day salary to fight against coronavirus - **The Assam College Teacher Association has decided to offer a one-day salary of its members as a contribution to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

**Target people for isolation who has come to State from a foreign country: Ganesh Saikia - **Who are the target people the entire force of the State Health Department wants to isolate for their and others’ safety in the State? To be specific, this target group comprises anyone who has come to the State from a foreign country, the people who have mingled with them knowingly or unknowingly, anyone to have come to the State from other States of the country. This has been revealed in a conversation on coronavirus which this reporter had with Joint Director of Health, Kamrup metro district, Ganesh Saikia.