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Switch off lights and light diyas for nine minutes

PM Narendra Modi on April 3 asked the countrymen to light lamps or candles for nine minutes at 9 p.m. on Sunday.

"On April 5 (Sunday), at 9 p.m., turn off all the lights in your homes, stand at your doors or in your balconies, and light candles or diyas, torches or mobile flashlights for 9 minutes," Modi said, adding this is to challenge the darkness caused by the coronavirus.

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