Coronavirus Daily Updates

CORONAVIRUS DAILY UPDATE

19 states, UTs under lockdown as cases mount to 433   Coronavirus latest updates March 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to state governments to ensure that rules and regulations of the coronavirus lockdown are enforced while pointing out that many people were not taking the measure seriously.     Over 300 Indian students stranded at Kazakhstan airport, seek ‘just one flight home’   Trapped between India’s travel ban and Kazakhstan’s shutdown, students said they are also facing discrimination amid coronavirus outbreak.     Forced to return home, unorganised workers ask: Who will compensate for loss?   India’s unorganised workers make up 82.7 per cent or 39.14 crores of the total 47.41 crore estimated employed persons, according to last NSSO Employment and Unemployment Survey, 2011-12.     Action for violating lockdown — what is Section 188 under which you will be booked   The government has announced that anyone found violating the coronavirus lockdown imposed in several parts of the country will be fined Rs 1000 or could face a jail term of six months. What is the section 188 under which these rules have been imposed?     Samsung, Oppo too confirm closure of manufacturing units   From Samsung to Oppo and Realme, major smartphone players are closing down their manufacturing units in view of the lockdown orders given the coronavirus outbreak.