India’s armed forces will conduct fly-pasts, light up ships at sea and shower petals on hospitals in an elaborate display on Sunday to thank doctors, medical staff and other front-line workers battling the COVID-19 outbreak, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said this evening.The announcement, alongside all three service chief, came shortly before the Home Ministry released a statement extending the nationwide coronavirus lockdown by two weeks; the lockdown, which has been in force since March 25, had been due to end on Sunday.
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