A day after its move to curb the movement of lakhs of migrant workers across states in an exodus prompted by a 21-day nationwide lockdown to mitigate COVID-19 spread, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday announced that the situation is under control and the states have been directed to "enforce" the norms....
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to file a status report by Tuesday detailing on the steps taken to address issues emerging from exodus of migrant workers from cities to their native villages amid the nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak....
The Supreme Court has been moved, seeking a direction to the Karnataka government to open the borders with Kerala, particularly the Kasargod-Mangalore border at Talappadi, to allow movement of ambulances, trucks and non-essential items to Kerala....
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan saidm, hare on Monday, 32 more people tested Covid-19 positive, taking the state's tally to 213. ...
The death toll around the world due to coronavirus crossed 35,000 on Monday evening, with Italy heading the list of 35,097 deaths with 10,779, while the number of cumulative cases rose to 737,929, with US leading with 143,055 of them, as per data from the Johns Hopkins University's Coronavirus Resource Centre....
Amid the loss of business due to the nationwide lockdown to thwart the COVID-19 spread, the Congress has demanded that the government should bring a law that there should be no retrenchment of employees in the next six months, which should be applicable to every company and enterprise. ...
Coronavirus outbreak in India is, technically, still in local transmission stage, and there has been no community transmission so far, the Union Health Ministry announced on Monday....
The migrant labourers returning to Bihar has posed a big challenge to the state government -- to keep them in 14-day isolation to contain coronavirus spread....
Public sector hydropower major Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVNL) on Monday announced to contribute Rs 5 crore to the Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund to deal with the coronavirus pandemic....
With Panaji reeling under severe food and groceries shortage amid the ongoing lockdown like other parts of Goa, former Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal on Monday, participated in a drive to deliver essential groceries to 500 people living in the late Defence Minister's home constituency....
