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 […]
LUCKNOW/AHMEDABAD, India – After India imposed a 21-day nationwide lockdown on Tuesday to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the plywood factory near Uttar Pradesh’s state capital Lucknow where Surendra Pandey works was forced to shut down. On Thursday morning, with no way of earning a living, the 28-year-old […]
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI – As the coronavirus spread across Asia in February, Indian manufacturers of personal protective equipment contacted the health ministry urging the government to stock up. They got no response, according to Sanjeev Relhan and Rajiv Nath, the heads of two health-sector manufacturing associations. They and other […]
New Delhi, Mar 27: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 17 in the country on Friday and the number of coronavirus cases climbed to 724, according to the Health Ministry. In its updated figures at 9.15 am, the ministry stated that four deaths were reported from Maharashtra […]
Centre caps MRP of 3 ply meltblown face masks at Rs 16/piece till June 30. PTI March 26, 2020
BENGALURU – Indian shares pulled back in afternoon trade on Thursday after the government’s 1.7 trillion rupee ($22.58 billion) relief package for the poor amid a nationwide lockdown failed to impress investors. Two days after India ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the virus […]
New Delhi, Mar 26: The BJP on Thursday welcomed the Rs 1.7-lakh-crore relief package announced by the Union government, saying it will help the poor, farmers and other needy sections of the society when the nation is on a 21-day lockdown to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Party president J […]
Ballia (UP), Mar 26: The Samajwadi Party has withdrawn its application seeking disqualification of its senior leader Shivpal Singh Yadav from the Uttar Pradesh assembly under the anti-defection law. Leader of Opposition and senior SP leader Ram Govind Chaudhary on Thursday said he has written a letter to Uttar […]
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