90 new coronavirus cases on Day One of lockdown
(WorldNews India)

India on Wednesday went into a full-fledged 21-day lockdown in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus amid unprecedented nationwide restrictions that saw anxious people making a beeline for grocery stores and hundreds being detained by police for violating prohibitory orders. Underscoring the enormity of the health challenge before the country that led to imposing the lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said winning the war against coronavirus will take 21 days as opposed to the 18 days taken to win the epic war of Mahabharata. Modi was addressing the people of his parliamentary constituency in Varanasi through a video link. In his second national broadcast in a week on Tuesday night,...