Legendary Singer Lata Mangeshkar Donates To Combat COVID-19

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Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar on Tuesday announced on Twitter that she will be contributing an amount of Rs 25 lakh to the Chief Minister’s assistance fund, as a part of her duty to help the government during the time of crisis.
Amid the 21-day lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, more and more celebrities from the entertainment industry are coming forward to aid in grappling with the crisis. “I have a humble request to all that we should help the government as much as possible in the fight against the corona-virus’’, the veteran singer wrote.
Other celebrities who have supported the fight are Priyanka Chopra Jonas, along with her pop star husband Nick Jonas. They donated an undisclosed amount to ten charities, including Prime minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situation Fund.

Nick and I have donated to these charities: @unicef, @FeedingAmerica, @goonj, #DoctorsWithoutBorders, @nokidhungry, @GiveIndia, and @sagaftra, #IAHV, #Aseema, and #PMCARES fund.

— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) March 31, 2020

Alia Bhatt pledged her contribution to the PM-CARES fund and the Chief Minister’s relief fund of Maharashtra; Vicky Kaushal said he has contributed a sum of Rs 1 crore to PM CARES and Maharashtra’s Chief Minister’s Relief fund.

🙏 #StayHomeStaySafeSaveLives pic.twitter.com/lTl8MoSYNM

— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) March 31, 2020

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Many in the industry have stepped forward to pledge donations to various relief funds, including Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Varun Dhawan, Sonam Kapoor, Rajkumar Rao, Kartik Aryan, Prabhas, and Mahesh Babu among others.
According to the union home ministry, the death toll due to COVID-19 has risen to 58 and the number of total positive cases in the country are 2,032 presently.