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Cochin Port Trust continues operating with precautions for employees durin
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 8 (ANI): While the country battles with lockdown imposed to prevent the further spread of coronavirus, there are sectors dealing in essential commodities and services which have continued functioning to ensure that the citizens don't face any hassles during t
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Lockdown blues : Thousands in Delhi battle hunger pangs as govt, NGOs effo
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): As Delhiites take to cooking and posting photos of scrumptious-looking cuisines online, there are thousands in the national capital who are forced to spend their days in the hope of two square meals and end up surviving solely on water, even as the Delhi g
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Home Secretary writes to States, UTs to ensure availability of essential g
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla has written to all the state chief secretaries to ensure the availability of essential goods by invoking provisions of the Essential Commodities Act 1955.
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Andhra officials provide door step delivery of essential commodities in 'R
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 7 (ANI): In a bid to provide relief to the locals during the lockdown, the offcials in Machilipatnam town on Tuesday distributed essential commodities to the people residing in 'Red Zone' at their door step amid coronavirus spread.
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Officials distribute essential commodities to families in Andhra Pradesh's
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 6 (ANI): Amid the coronavirus lockdown imposed in the country to combat the spread of the disease, officials in Palasa Kasibugga town in Srikakulam district distributed essential commodities to 10,000 poor families.
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Railway officials provide ration, cash to licenced porters at Vijayawada J
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Vijaywada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 5 (ANI): To help the license porters at the time of crisis due to the spread of coronavirus, Vijaywada South Central Railway on Sunday extended its support to the needy by donating them essential commodities.
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12 shops on wheels launched in Thiruvananthapuram for delivery of essentia
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 5 (ANI): Triveni Super Market, which operates under the Kerala State Co-operatives Consumers' Federation Ltd (Consumerfed), has launched 12 supermarkets on wheels to deliver essential commodities amid lockdown.
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Indore Police to deliver ration, essential commodities at doorstep
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 4 (ANI): As many as 100 teams, each consisting of two police personnel have been constituted to deliver the ration and other essential commodities to people on their doorsteps here amid nationwide lockdown, Vivek Sharma, Inspector General of Police, Ind
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Andhra CM meets state officials after Tabligh-related Covid-19 cases spike
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 3 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday held a review meeting on the measures being taken to control the spread of COVID-19 and the need to continue the supply chain of essential commodities to people.
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Punjab Police use drones to track black marketers of essential commodities
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 3 (ANI): As the number of coronavirus cases continues to surge, the Punjab Police on Friday launched drone surveillance to crack down on black marketers amid a shortage of essential commodities in the state.
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Combating COVID-19: Haryana CS asks officers to ensure supply of essential
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], April 3 (ANI): Haryana Chief Secretary Keshni Anand Arora has directed the officers to ensure the supply of all essential commodities being given under the Public Distribution System (PDS) at the depots in each district by April 5, 2020.
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Boatman ferries essential commodities to families stranded on Kerala islan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Alappuzha (Kerala) [India], April 3 (ANI): In the Kerala backwaters in Kuttanad, a 50-year-old boatman is ferrying essential commodities including rice and grains, to around 60 families on an island here, who have been left with no mode of transportation after the coronavirus lockdown.
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