NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD, India – Police in western India fired tear gas to disperse a stone-pelting crowd of migrant workers defying a three-week lockdown against the coronavirus that has left hundreds of thousands of poor without jobs and hungry, authorities said on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the […]
Rishikesh, Mar 30: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences here began testing suspected coronavirus cases on Monday, officials said. Initially, 30 samples of suspected coronavirus cases will be tested at the facility per day which may gradually be increased up to 100, coronavirus tests coordinator at AIIMS, Rishikesh, […]
New Delhi, Mar 30: The government on Monday said there was no plan to extend the 21-day lockdown which came intro force on Tuesday midnight. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting tweeted, saying Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has denied media reports claiming […]
Kolkata, Mar 30: A woman has been arrested here for allegedly sharing fake information pertaining to COVID-19 on WhatsApp, a senior police officer said on Monday. She had apparently claimed in her post that 15 people have tested positive for novel coronavirus in New Alipore area of the […]
New Delhi, Mar 30: The number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 1,071 in India on Monday, while the death toll rose to 29, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 942, while 99 people were either cured or discharged and one had […]
Chandigarh, Mar 29: Punjab has not reported any fresh case of coronavirus in the last two days, officials said on Sunday. Out of the 977 samples tested so far, 749 were negative while reports of 190 still awaited, they said. The total number of positive cases stood at 38. […]
New Delhi, Mar 29: The Centre on Sunday asked state governments and Union Territory administrations to effectively seal state and district borders to stop movements of migrant workers during lockdown, officials said. During a video conference with Chief Secretaries and DGPs, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba and Union Home Secretary […]
CHENNAI, India – India’s power ministry said on Saturday state-run firms will supply electricity to distribution companies including ones with large payments due, to ensure supply to people whose ability to pay bills has been hit by a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. The ministry has also directed the federal […]
New Delhi, Mar 28: The number of COVID-19 cases climbed to 873 in India on Saturday with the death toll rising to 19, according to the Union Health Ministry. In its updated figures at 9.30 am, the ministry mentioned two fresh deaths — one each in Maharashtra and Madhya […]
With India locked down over the coronavirus and no way to earn money, Dilipji Thakor faces a grim choice: either walk home or die hungry. Thakor is among millions of migrant workers left jobless and penniless by the full shutdown of the country on Wednesday that has sparked […]
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