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7.5 kg additional food supplies to ration card holders from April-June: U'
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 14 (ANI): Uttarakhand government has decided to provide 7.5 kilograms of additional food supplies to each ration card holder from April to June under the state's food distribution programme.
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Delhi: Volunteers, NGOs to the rescue of vagabonds and homeless amid lockd
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): The nationwide lockdown has impacted everyone - however the worst affected are vagabonds and the homeless people. They are struggling to get food to eat and while night shelters have been set-up by the government, not all are able to avail their services an
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Enough food, medicine, no need to worry: Amit Shah assures as lockdown ext
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): After the PM announced the extension of lockdown, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday took to twitter, to assure people that there is no shortage of anything in the country whether it is food or medicines.
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COVID-19 lockdown: Food being distributed to the needy in Dehradun
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 14 (ANI): Neetu Lohia Foundation in Dehradun is distributing food to the needy amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.
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USCIRF 'troubled' by reports of food aid being denied to Hindus, Christian
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 14 (ANI): The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) on Monday said it was "troubled by reports of food aid being denied to the minority Hindus and Christians in Pakistan" amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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Hyderabad Police distributes food packets to migrant labourers
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 13 (ANI): Hyderabad Police on Monday distributed food packets among the needy including migrant labourers, in city's Zeba bagh Ashique Nagar area while maintaining social distancing in view of threat of coronavirus spread.
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COVID-19 lockdown: Ram Vilas Paswan reviews food grains distribution in st
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan during a video conference with the State/UTs Ministers of Food, Public Distribution here today directed the fellow minister to implement a ''micro-level plan'' to ensure that essential commodities are avai
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Bhadohi incident not related to shortage of food: UP Police
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhadoi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 13 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday said that the tragic incident of Bhadohi where a woman threw her five children in the river was not related to food shortage but to an argument with her husband.
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UN warns of food shortage as COVID-19 disrupts supply chains
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [USA] April 13 (ANI): The United Nations' (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in its report has said that the world is staring at a possible disruption in food supply chains that would increase food insecurity as a drawback of coronavirus pandemic.
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Sonia Gandhi writes to PM Modi, suggests to extend NFSA provisions for 3 m
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising the issue of 'chronic food insecurity' faced by poor, farmers and daily wagers in the country owing to the national lockdown and suggested extending 10 kg grains per per
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Kerala govt distributes food, water to truck drivers in Ernakulam
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ernakulam (Kerala) [India], April 13 (ANI): The Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation (SupplyCo) is distributing food and water to truck drivers in the district. The Corporation is charging Rs 30 from the drivers for the same.
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40 families living in colony near Delhi-UP border stranded, claim no suppo
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 13 (ANI): About 40 families in Kushal Vihar, just a short distance from the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border, have been stranded due to the coronavirus lockdown, claiming that they do not have access to food nor accommodation from the government.
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