India turns off lights for 9 minutes to show solidarity

Adhering to the appeal made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi citizens of India switched off their lights and lit candles lamps and flashed their mobile torch lights to show solidarity to fight against the Coronavirus outbreakSpeaking to the citizens via video conference Modi had said On April 5 Sunday at 9pm I want 9 minutes from all of you Turn off all the lights in your homes stand at your doors and balconies and light candles diyas or mobile flashlights for nine minutesOn Sunday PM Modi also lit candles and joined citizens in the fight against the pandemicagravecurrenparaagraveyenAcircAcircu00c2u0081agravecurrenshyagravecurrenAcircAcircu00c2u0082 agravecurrenAcircAcircu00c2u0095agravecurrendegagraveyenAcircAcircu00c2u008bagravecurrencurrenagravecurreniquest 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Ashish Shelar lit candles along with his family members and said We salute the selfless heroesThank you BKS Mumbai for lighting diyacandletorch today to show solidarity to the health warriorsThis shows we are united against Covid_19We Salute the Selfless Heroes Thank you narendramodi Ji for bringing the country together in this way 9agravecurrennotagravecurrenAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009cagraveyenAcircAcircAcircu00c2u00879agravecurrenregagravecurreniquestagravecurrenumlagravecurrenAcircAcircAcircu00c2u009f IndiaFightsCorona pictwittercomOO4K7H9pQZmdash Adv Ashish Shelar agraveyensup2agravecurreniexcl agravecurrenAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0086agravecurrenparaagravecurreniquestagravecurrenmiddot agravecurrenparaagraveyenAcircAcircAcircu00c2u0087agravecurrensup2agravecurrenfrac34agravecurrendeg ShelarAshish April 5 2020Minister for Textiles and Women amp Child Development Smriti Irani said it was the light of hope and resilience9baje9mintues the light of hope and resilience 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home Antilla at Peddar Road were also switched of Photo Bipin KokateMumbai Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani lit candles and earthen lamps at their residence Antilia People across India switched off lights in their houses for 9 minutes at 9 PM todayamplit a candle diya or flashlight to mark Indias fight against Coronavirus as per PMs appeal pictwittercomVMqdRyMbkXmdash ANI ANI April 5 2020According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare the total number of COVID19 positive cases in the country has gone up to 3577 as on Sunday So far 83 people have died of the coronavirus Among States the tally in Maharashtra stood at 690Catch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates