December 15, 2025 12:49 am (IST)

Make this your homepage

News

Caught in Thailand! Fugitive Goa nightclub owners detained after deadly fire kills 25 | After Putin’s blockbuster Delhi visit, Modi set to host German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in January | Delhi High Court slams govt, orders swift compensation as IndiGo crisis triggers fare shock and nationwide chaos | Amazon drops a massive $35 billion India bet! AI push, 1 million jobs and big plans revealed at Smbhav Summit | IndiGo’s ‘All OK’ claim falls apart! Govt slaps 10% flight cut after weeklong chaos | Centre finally aligns IndiGo flights with airline's operating ability, cuts its winter schedule by 5% | Odisha's Malkangiri in flames: Tribals rampage Bangladeshi settlers village after beheading horror! | Race against time! Indian Navy sends four more warships to Cyclone Ditwah-hit Sri Lanka | $2 billion mega deal! HD Hyundai to build shipyard in Tamil Nadu — a game changer for India | After 8 years of legal drama, Malayalam actor Dileep acquitted in 2017 rape case — what really happened?

Lockdown can only be last resort: PM Modi addresses nation on Covid19 situation

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | Apr 21, 2021, at 02:13 am

#PMModiAddress #COVID19

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins addressing the nation on the Covid19 situation amid a massive spike in the cases nationwide. He said the country has to be spared a lockdown and it should be the last resort only. Focus can be on containment zones.

The PM ruled out lockdown at the moment calling it as the last resort. Pointers of what the PM said:

I thank India's Covid warriors and condole the deaths. Let us fight it with patience.

Oxygen demand is high and we are attending it with full priority. We are trying to make it available to all. We are trying to increase production.

Production of medicines is much higher now and it is being expedited. Pharma firms are helping in every way.

We have a strong pharma sector.

We are trying to increase the number of beds in hospitals. Big and special Covid hospitals are being built.

We are conducting the world's biggest vaccination drive in the world and ensuring that it reaches most number of people who need it.

Corona warriors and senior citizens have got it.

Half of the vaccines produced in India would reach the states and hospitals

I urge the states to assure the labourers working there that they would get vaccine where they are.

We now have infrastructure to fight it.

Please make such a conducive situation at home that people do not venture out much.

Modi reiterated "dawai bhi kadai bhi" (Medicines and Strictures both are essential)

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.

India
International

Related Images

In Images: President Droupadi Murmu attends Human Rights Day celebration in New Delhi Dec 10, 2025, at 03:53 pm

In Images: Modi addresses Hindustan Times Leadership Summit Dec 08, 2025, at 03:58 pm

In Images: Amit Shah inaugurates 861 newly constructed EWS Dec 07, 2025, at 07:01 pm