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Postal employees to get Rs 10 lakh compensation if they succumb to COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): The Central government has decided to provide a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to all postal employees, including Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS), who succumb to COVID-19 after being infected on duty.
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Odisha govt to provide work to urban daily wage labourers, sanctions Rs 10
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], April 18 (ANI): The Odisha government on Saturday announced the 'Urban Wage Employment Initiative' and sanctioned Rs 100 crore to provide relief to daily wage labourers facing hardship amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.
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Cab drivers face financial crisis amid lockdown, seek govt help
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 18 (ANI): Cab and auto-rickshaw drivers in Telangana, who are forced to give up their source of income and sit idle at home amid the coronavirus lockdown, have asked the central and state governments for financial assistance.
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Maharashtra exempts print media from lockdown, prohibits newspaper deliver
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 18 (ANI): Maharashtra government on Saturday announced that the print media would be exempted from the coronavirus lockdown from April 20 but said that door-to-door delivery of newspapers and magazines would be prohibited.
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Airbus reduces production due to COVID-19, delivery of aircraft to Indian
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18, (ANI): Airbus -- one of the largest commercial aircraft manufacturing companies in the world -- has reduced its aircraft production rates by roughly one-third due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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10,729 people arrested, 33,984 vehicles seized for lockdown violation in M
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 18 (ANI): As many as 10,729 people have been arrested, 33,984 vehicles seized and 52,626 cases registered in Maharashtra for allegedly violating the lockdown, police said on Saturday.
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Tea, juice vendors resort to selling fruits, vegetables due to lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Several people, who earlier used to run tea and juice stalls in Delhi, have resorted to selling fruits and vegetables in order to make a living as all activities except essential services have been prohibited during the coronavirus lockdown.
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Delivery staff on app-based services face crisis due to lack of orders ami
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 18 (ANI): The delivery staff of app-based service providers is facing a crisis due to fewer orders in the face of coronavirus lockdown imposed across the country.
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COVID-19: Kejriwal to chair Cabinet meeting at 4 pm today
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will chair a Cabinet meeting at 4 pm today over the COVID-19 situation in the national capital.
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FIR registered against businessman for travelling from 'Red Zone' of Jammu
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 18 (ANI): A FIR was registered against a businessman from Kashmir who travelled from a 'Red Zone' of Jammu to the Valley amid the coronavirus lockdown, police said on Saturday.
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Envoy says over 2,200 stranded French citizens evacuated from India post l
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): Over 2,200 French citizens who were stranded in India due to the COVID-19 lockdown have been evacuated till now, France's ambassador to India, Emmanuel Lenain, said on Saturday, while appreciating the "excellent cooperation" of central and local authorities
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PIL in SC seeks to allow migrant workers to return home after COVID test
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 18 (ANI): A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday seeking directions to allow migrant workers across the country to go back to their home amid the extended lockdown after being tested for COVID-19.
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