Coronavirus lockdown | With no work or food, workers brave the long march home from Uttar Pradesh
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | With no work or food, workers brave the long march home from Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

Mungeli is more than 700 km away from the Uttar Pradesh capital. A construction worker staying in a slum colony in Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar area, Lalaram has been out of work since the lockdown began in late March. Since no bus or train services are operational to Chhattisgarh, the family is attempting the journey on foot, like several other migrant workers across the country desperate to reach home. Gaon mein marenge toh koi hamare parivar toh dekh lega,” says a clearly desperate Santoshi. Another member of the group, Tej Ram says since COVID-19 cases are rising, it will be calamitous if a poor labourer like him is infected, hundreds of kms away from home.

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COVID-19 second wave: Uttar Pradesh govt extends weekend lockdown to include Mondays
3 years, 8 months ago

COVID-19 second wave: Uttar Pradesh govt extends weekend lockdown to include Mondays

Firstpost  

All shops and other establishments will remain closed till 7 am on Tuesdays, the govt announced, adding that essential services will be allowed and the vaccination drive will continue Lucknow: Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the Uttar Pradesh government Thursday decided to increase the duration of weekend lockdown by 24 hours, announcing that it will now cover Mondays too. …

Coronavirus | Allahabad HC orders week-long lockdown in Lucknow, Allahabad, Kanpur Nagar, Varanasi, Gorakhpur
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Allahabad HC orders week-long lockdown in Lucknow, Allahabad, Kanpur Nagar, Varanasi, Gorakhpur

The Hindu  

Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to impose a week-long lockdown in Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur Nagar, Gorakhpur and Allahabad. A two-judge bench comprising justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar passed the order on a PIL on the condition of quarantine centres in the State and treatment of coronavirus patients. …

Former Covid-19 Patients are Delivering Groceries, Home Cooked Meals to Those in Isolation Now
3 years, 8 months ago

Former Covid-19 Patients are Delivering Groceries, Home Cooked Meals to Those in Isolation Now

News 18  

A Hyderabad law student has been winning hearts on social media with his prompt actions to help those in need as the country sees an unprecedented surge in cases. Delhi resident Ajaz Lone tweeted that he was “ready to volunteer for any Covid related support in and around South Delhi, can deliver medicines, food as well, let me know if …

Coronavirus India lockdown Day 208 updates | October 20, 2020
4 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus India lockdown Day 208 updates | October 20, 2020

The Hindu  

The World Health Organization on Monday cautioned against any relaxation of response actions following the recent slight decline in COVID-19 cases in the South-East Asia Region, saying the pandemic continues unabated and “our response only needs to be strengthened further to curtail virus transmission”. New Delhi Sufficient medical oxygen available: Health Ministry Health Ministry has augmented infrastructure for medical oxygen …

India's migrant workers would 'rather starve' than face humiliation of return to cities after coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 4 months ago

India's migrant workers would 'rather starve' than face humiliation of return to cities after coronavirus lockdown

ABC  

Rampukar Pandit has declared he will never return to the city where he worked as a migrant worker. Amid the flood of images showing the plight of migrant workers during India's coronavirus lockdown, a photograph of the 38-year-old breaking down in tears on the side of the road went viral. India's sudden lockdown meant migrant workers and their families were …

Coronavirus cases continued to fall after some lockdown measures were eased in June
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus cases continued to fall after some lockdown measures were eased in June

Daily Mail  

Coronavirus cases continued to fall after some lockdown measures were eased, a major study revealed today. Some 123 Britons were diagnosed with the infection out of a sample size of nearly 160,000 people between June 9 and July 8 — an incidence rate of 0.07 per cent. This was down by almost half from May, when 159 people out of …

Coronavirus Updates: Jharkhand extends lockdown restrictions till August 31
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus Updates: Jharkhand extends lockdown restrictions till August 31

India Today  

Live blog The coronavirus situation in India and around the world continues to worsen, with death toll in some countries rising exponentially. India, which has the third-highest coronavirus caseload in the world, has been witnessing gradual improvement in recovery rate. Despite faster recoveries, India’s caseload continues to be high as it continues to report nearly 50,000 cases on a daily …

Chhattisgarh govt extends lockdown in coronavirus-hit areas till August 6
4 years, 5 months ago

Chhattisgarh govt extends lockdown in coronavirus-hit areas till August 6

India Today  

The Chhattisgarh government on Monday decided to extend the ongoing lockdown in coronavirus-hit areas, including capital Raipur, Bilaspur and Durg, till August 6 to check the deadly infection's spread, an official said. Briefing the media after the meeting, Agriculture Minister Ravindra Choubey said, in view of the spurt in Covid-19 cases in several major cities like Raipur, Durg and Bilaspur, …

Coronavirus in India: Shops shut, transport off roads as lockdown enforced in West Bengal
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus in India: Shops shut, transport off roads as lockdown enforced in West Bengal

India Today  

Life came to a near standstill across West Bengal on Thursday as the state was put under a complete lockdown to break the chain of rapidly rising COVID-19 cases. All shops were shut and all modes of transport went off the road as part of the state government's plan to clamp restrictions two days a week. The death toll in …

Coronavirus Updates: Jammu and Kashmir to re-open tourism in phased manner from 14 July, to allow only air travel
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus Updates: Jammu and Kashmir to re-open tourism in phased manner from 14 July, to allow only air travel

Firstpost  

10:28 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus Outbreak in Maharashtra Latest Updates Latur city to have fortnight-long lockdown from 15 July Latur city in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region will be placed under a fortnight-long “strict” lockdown from the midnight of July 15, a senior official said on Sunday. The lockdown will help reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the district, Collector G …

Sunday curfew brings Karnataka to a standstill
4 years, 5 months ago

Sunday curfew brings Karnataka to a standstill

India Today  

Roads wore a deserted look and shops remained shut during the second Sunday curfew to help fight COVID-19, bringing Karnataka to a virtual standstill. Most vehicles stayed off roads today including city buses, autorickshaws, cars and two-wheelers with only essential activities permitted. In Bengaluru, police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao had appealed to the people on Saturday to abide by the curfew …

Coronavirus India lockdown Day 109 updates | July 11, 2020
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus India lockdown Day 109 updates | July 11, 2020

The Hindu  

A novel coronavirus vaccine will take at least 12 months to be commercially available and a realistic deadline for it would be some time next year, a group of government officials informed the Parliamentary Panel on Science and Technology headed by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh at a meeting held in the Parliament House complex on Friday. Here are the latest …

Coronavirus | Maharashtra extends lockdown till July 31
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus | Maharashtra extends lockdown till July 31

The Hindu  

The Maharashtra government on Monday extended its lockdown till July 31, without providing any further relaxations in urban areas amid mounting cases of COVID-19 in the State. Coronavirus, June 29 updates | State Helpline numbers for COVID-19 Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta issued the new guidelines a day after Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said he won’t be lifting restrictions after June …

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Chief medical superintendent in UP's Ambedkar Nagar district succumbs to COVID-19; state reports 389 new cases today
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Chief medical superintendent in UP's Ambedkar Nagar district succumbs to COVID-19; state reports 389 new cases today

Firstpost  

11:20 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus Pandemic Latest Updates In poor regions, easing virus lockdowns brings new risks As many countries gingerly start lifting their lockdown measures, experts worry that a further surge of the coronavirus in under-developed regions with shaky health systems could undermine efforts to halt the pandemic, and they say more realistic options are needed. Brazil, Mexico, …

Coronavirus | Skill mapping of returnees under way
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus | Skill mapping of returnees under way

The Hindu  

Recently, the Government of India launched SWADES to harness the skills of Indians returning home from abroad under the Vande Bharat Mission. The states governments have launched similar drives, thereby covering not only those returning from abroad, but also those from other Indian states, which include migrant labourers. The challenge of job creation has to be met to absorb extra …

India cautiously opens up even as coronavirus cases rise
4 years, 7 months ago

India cautiously opens up even as coronavirus cases rise

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — More states opened up and crowds of commuters trickled onto the roads in many of India’s cities on Monday as a three-phase plan to lift the nationwide coronavirus lockdown began despite an upward trend in new infections. In Prayagraj, a city in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state, hundreds of Hindu devotees took a dip in the sacred …

Coronavirus | Maharashtra begins phased emergence from lockdown
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus | Maharashtra begins phased emergence from lockdown

The Hindu  

Maharashtra government, on Sunday, announced phase wise unlocking of the nationwide lockdown. jogging / running / walking shall be permitted on public open spaces including beaches, public / private playgrounds, grounds belonging to societies/institutions, gardens and promenades with following conditions. Activities related to self-employed people like plumbers, electricians, pest-control and technicians with social distancing norms and usage of masks and …

More relaxations may be given in lockdown after May 31, says Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh
4 years, 7 months ago

More relaxations may be given in lockdown after May 31, says Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh on Wednesday interacted with India TV during its special coverage #HealthMinistersOnIndiaTV conference and discussed how well the state is prepared to deal the coronavirus outbreak. Speaking on lockdown situation after May 31, UP Health Minister said that more relaxations may be given after May 31 but people will have to strictly follow social …

Working safely: The Hindu Editorial on workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic
4 years, 7 months ago

Working safely: The Hindu Editorial on workplaces during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Hindu  

Opening up economic production from a lockdown, even partially, when the COVID-19 pandemic has not peaked in the country poses an extraordinary challenge. Fortunately, the first line of defence against the novel coronavirus is a set of simple measures that involves little expenditure: physical distancing of at least one metre, mandatory use of face masks or cover, frequent hand washing …

Coronavirus lockdown | U.P. government locks horns with Congress over buses for migrant workers
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | U.P. government locks horns with Congress over buses for migrant workers

The Hindu  

The Congress and the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday continued to spar over the issue of providing buses for stranded migrant workers and exchanged a volley of claims and allegations. This came minutes after the State government agreed to receive 1,000 buses from the Congress in Noida and Ghaziabad for ferrying stranded migrant workers to their hometowns. additional …

Coronavirus lockdown | Truck ditches ill man on road, friend stays back till his death
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Truck ditches ill man on road, friend stays back till his death

The Hindu  

Reaching home a couple of days late was all right for Yaqoob Mohammad but not returning to his village alone, without his friend Amrit Ramcharan. We had left home together to work in Surat and decided to return together,” said Mr. Mohammed. When his febrile friend was dumped along the highway in Kolaras of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh on …

Coronavirus lockdown | Image of a weeping Rampukar Pandit becomes symbol of India’s migrant worker tragedy
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Image of a weeping Rampukar Pandit becomes symbol of India’s migrant worker tragedy

The Hindu  

Rampukar Pandit, who became a snapshot of India’s migrant tragedy with his photograph sobbing by a road in Delhi, is back in Bihar, broken at not being able to see his son before he died. This is lockdown, you can’t move’.” A woman in Delhi and a photographer — he did not know Mr. Yadav’s name — were his saviours, …

Coronavirus lockdown | Priyanka urges U.P. CM to allow Congress ferry migrants back home
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Priyanka urges U.P. CM to allow Congress ferry migrants back home

The Hindu  

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on May 17 urged Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to allow the party ferry migrant labourers back home in buses arranged by it and kept ready at the State border. Full coverage on coronavirus She made the appeal in a video message posted on Twitter, a day after 24 migrant workers were killed …

Coronavirus lockdown | Congress indulging in theatrics over migrant workers, says Nirmala Sitharaman
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Congress indulging in theatrics over migrant workers, says Nirmala Sitharaman

The Hindu  

Lashing out at the Congress’s criticism of the government over the plight of migrant workers, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday accused the party of indulging in “dramebaazi” or theatrics in sitting with workers on the roads rather than directing the State governments to work with the Centre to send more migrants home by train. On Saturday, Congress leader …

India's coronavirus lockdown: The good, the bad and the ugly of Narendra Modi's COVID-19 measures
4 years, 7 months ago

India's coronavirus lockdown: The good, the bad and the ugly of Narendra Modi's COVID-19 measures

ABC  

India is in no man's land. "India started off reasonably well," said the Public Health Foundation of India's Professor K Shrinath Reddy. According to researchers at Oxford University, who have rated the strength of lockdowns across the world from zero to 100 using a "stringency index", India's lockdown scored the highest rating of 100. While India's aggressive lockdown and social …

Coronavirus package | Will migrant workers benefit from the Centre’s measures?
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus package | Will migrant workers benefit from the Centre’s measures?

The Hindu  

The story so far: In her second tranche of COVID-19 relief package announcements, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the steps taken by the government for migrants and farmers during the national lockdown, including free ration for stranded workers. Acknowledging the significance of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme during the pandemic, she said it had helped provide jobs …

Coronavirus lockdown | Madras High Court directs Centre to disclose number of migrant labourers who died on the way to their home States
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Madras High Court directs Centre to disclose number of migrant labourers who died on the way to their home States

The Hindu  

“One cannot control his/her tears after seeing the pathetic condition of migrant labourers shown in the media for the past one month. It is nothing but a human tragedy,” the Madras High Court has said and called for a report from the Centre on the number of migrant labourers who had died on their way to their home States during …

Coronavirus lockdown | 25 migrant workers die in Uttar Pradesh road accident
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | 25 migrant workers die in Uttar Pradesh road accident

The Hindu  

Twenty-five migrant workers were killed and several injured when a trailer truck they were travelling in rammed into a supply lorry near Auraiya in Uttar Pradesh early on Saturday, said police. The supply truck, which was going from Delhi to Madhya Pradesh, had stopped near a dhaba on the side of the highway near Chiruhali, when the trailer, which allegedly …

Return To Work Reveals There’s Nothing Equal About the Coronavirus Pandemic
4 years, 7 months ago

Return To Work Reveals There’s Nothing Equal About the Coronavirus Pandemic

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Following his announcement that workers should start returning to their offices and job sites this week, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson argued that the best way to curtail the spread of the coronavirus was for the public to use “good, solid British common sense.” “I think everybody understands what we are trying to do together, and that …

Coronavirus | Govt. insensitive to sufferings of migrant workers: Opposition
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus | Govt. insensitive to sufferings of migrant workers: Opposition

The Hindu  

The Opposition parties on Thursday panned the announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for migrant workers calling out the government for being insensitive towards the sufferings of those who are trudging back hundreds of kilometres to return to their homes. Citing Ms. Sitharaman’s announcement that migrant workers will be provided with jobs under the Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment …

Coronavirus lockdown | Migrant exodus chokes Maharashtra-M.P. border
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Migrant exodus chokes Maharashtra-M.P. border

The Hindu  

Having walked and hitchhiked from Navi Mumbai for almost a week, Sonu Kumar, 18, was both elated to sit at last when he boarded a Maharashtra government bus. Dropped back 2 km from the border, as an array of trucks, buses, motorcycles, scooters, cars, autorickshaws, bicycles and trailers — all carrying migrant workers — clogged the Mumbai-Agra Highway, he trudged …

Coronavirus lockdown: 5 killed, 11 injured after truck carrying labourers overturns
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown: 5 killed, 11 injured after truck carrying labourers overturns

Op India  

In another unfortunate incident, 5 people have lost their lives while 11 have been injured after a truck laden with mangoes carrying labourers from Telangana’s Hyderabad to Uttar Pradesh overturned near Patha village in Narsinghpur in Madhya Pradesh. One of them has cough, cold & fever since 3 days so we've conducted samplings of all of them, including the dead: …

Coronavirus lockdown | Weary migrant workers lug crashed hopes en route their homes
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Weary migrant workers lug crashed hopes en route their homes

The Hindu  

As the sun soared over the highway in Indore district, Madan Kumar Saroj had to make a tough choice. Coronavirus lockdown | Three migrant workers on way to Uttar Pradesh die on Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border Spotting a patch of shade under a neem tree beside the Mumbai-Indore highway, the family’s 28 members who were all riding on a clutch of …

Coronavirus lockdown | Three migrant workers on way to Uttar Pradesh die on Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Three migrant workers on way to Uttar Pradesh die on Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border

The Hindu  

Three migrant workers who were on their way to Uttar Pradesh from Maharashtra, mostly walking, died in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, officials said. The trio were among thousands of migrant workers who have set out on foot for their home states from Maharashtra in the last few weeks amid lockdown on account for coronavirus. Their health deteriorated …

Coronavirus lockdown | How can inter-State workers be protected?
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | How can inter-State workers be protected?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On Friday, May 8, 16 migrant labourers who were trying to return to Madhya Pradesh, their home State, on foot were killed when a goods train ran over them between Jalna and Aurangabad districts in Maharashtra. Coronavirus lockdown | Weary migrant workers lug crashed hopes en route their homes What are the beneficial provisions for inter-State …

Coronavirus Lockdown: 'No dignity in living like this, it is humiliating', migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh on why they want to leave Mumbai
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Lockdown: 'No dignity in living like this, it is humiliating', migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh on why they want to leave Mumbai

Firstpost  

Hundreds of such migrant workers in Mumbai walked in the blistering heat along the eastern express highway with their belongings on their head. I don’t want to die here.” Those were the words of Ramodar, an 18-year-old boy in Mumbai, desperate to go back home in Uttar Pradesh and see his parents. “I would get my hopes up of going …

Coronavirus lockdown | Back in U.P., migrants stare at an uncertain future
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Back in U.P., migrants stare at an uncertain future

The Hindu  

The palatial red-white façade of the Charbagh railway station towers above Manfur Nishad and his two young sons. While the migrants said they were charged for the train journey, ranging from ₹600 to ₹800 each — they carried tickets displaying a fare of ₹555 — Mr. Nishad and his 12 colleagues managed with some monetary help from a senior policeman …

Coronavirus lockdown | Centre urges unions to convince labour to stay, return to work
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Centre urges unions to convince labour to stay, return to work

The Hindu  

Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Wednesday urged trade union leaders to convince workers to return to work, even as he skirted the concerns raised by them about the non-payment of wages during the ongoing lockdown, union officials said. Addressing a meeting via videoconferencing with representatives of central trade unions to discuss labour welfare measures during the ongoing …

Coronavirus lockdown | Nod for return of stranded Indians
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Nod for return of stranded Indians

The Hindu  

The government has decided to allow hundreds of thousands of Indians stranded in different parts of the world to return home in a “phased manner” beginning May 7, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on Monday. In the first phase, “distressed citizens” will be brought back on commercial aircraft and naval ships, according to a list prepared by the respective …

Coronavirus lockdown | Bihar to reimburse fare of returning migrants
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Bihar to reimburse fare of returning migrants

The Hindu  

Hours after Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced on Monday that her party would pay the train fare for migrants heading home on special trains and Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejaswhi Yadav offered to foot the bill for the first 50 trains to Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said while migrant workers will be reimbursed the entire expenses they incurred on …

Coronavirus cases in India near 40,000-mark; 1,301 deaths. Check state-wise list
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus cases in India near 40,000-mark; 1,301 deaths. Check state-wise list

India TV News  

India coronavirus positive cases are nearing 40,000-mark as total confirmed patients in the country are now at 39,980 including 1,301 deaths while 10,633 have recovered, according to health ministry's figures released on Sunday. Today is the last day of nation-wide lockdown phase 2 as from May 4, the country will enter another extended phase of lockdown i.e lockdown 3.0. The …

Coronavirus lockdown | Despair packs migrant workers from U.P. into a concrete mixer truck
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Despair packs migrant workers from U.P. into a concrete mixer truck

The Hindu  

Desperate to get back to their homes, four drivers took turns crawling into the steel drum of a concrete mixer truck as they set out on a 1,380 km bumpy ride back home in Uttar Pradesh. “We have taken them to a quarantine centre, where they have been screened and given food,” said Sunil Yadav, in-charge of the Sanwer police …

Coronavirus lockdown | India’s first 'Shramik Special' train carrying 1, 200 migrants reaches Ranchi
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | India’s first 'Shramik Special' train carrying 1, 200 migrants reaches Ranchi

The Hindu  

A ‘ Shramik Special’ train carrying 1200 migrant labourers of Jharkhand reached Ranchi on Friday. The train – first one to be run in the country following enforcement of lockdown to contain COVID-19 spread – started its journey from Lingampalli Railway Station in Telangana and travelled non-stop to arrive at Hatia Railway Station near Ranchi. The Hemant Soren Government heaved …

Coronavirus lockdown | MHA order a cruel joke, says Congress
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | MHA order a cruel joke, says Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress on Friday accused the Union government of ‘mercilessly’ abandoning the migrant labourers and asserted that the Home Ministry’s order allowing the inter-State movement of those stranded was a ‘cruel joke and non-starter’. Prepare Exit strategy after current lockdown ends on May 3 and announce a Paycheque Protection Programme for low-salaried tax payers,” he said. ‘Mismanagement’ Addressing an online …

India coronavirus lockdown extended by two weeks with some easing
4 years, 8 months ago

India coronavirus lockdown extended by two weeks with some easing

Al Jazeera  

World’s biggest lockdown extended with ‘considerable relaxations’ in lower-risk areas marked as green and orange zones. The Indian government has extended the world’s biggest coronavirus lockdown by two weeks starting May 4, but with some easing of restrictions. India’s Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday said in a statement in view of “significant gains in the COVID-19 situation,” areas with …

Coronavirus | West Bengal to continue lockdown till end of May
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | West Bengal to continue lockdown till end of May

The Hindu  

The West Bengal government will continue the lockdown till the end of May, but will allow small shops and selective sectors to resume business from Monday in the green zone. “Small neighbourhood shops for both essential and non-essential items, stand-alone electronic goods sellers but not big markets, stationery stores, paint shops, mobile and battery charging points, hardware, laundry and shops …

Coronavirus | Punjab extends lockdown by two weeks, with limited relief
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Punjab extends lockdown by two weeks, with limited relief

The Hindu  

Punjab on Wednesday became the first State in the country to announce that it would extend the lockdown till May 17, while permitting the opening of shops in a staggered way on rotation for four hours every morning from April 30. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in a video address also unveiled steps for limited lifting of the lockdown restrictions from …

Coronavirus | Uttar Pradesh to bring back migrant workers in phases
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | Uttar Pradesh to bring back migrant workers in phases

The Hindu  

Uttar Pradesh will bring back labourers and workers who are stranded in other States and have completed 14 days of quarantine in a phased manner. government estimates that around 5 to 10 lakh migrant workers could return to the State in the next two months, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath told district-level officials in a meeting on Friday evening. Additional Chief …

Coronavirus warnings for Ramadan as some pandemic shutdowns ease
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus warnings for Ramadan as some pandemic shutdowns ease

India TV News  

BANGKOK — The world inched toward a new phase in the coronavirus crisis on Thursday, as some countries like Vietnam and New Zealand with few new cases moved toward ending their shutdowns while others like Singapore and Japan were tightening measures to prevent a surge in infections. Neighboring Vietnam, which moved quickly to close its borders and trace coronavirus cases, …

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