New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Ministry of Railways on Saturday 'clarified' that few special trains which are being run for migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons stranded at different places, are being operated on request of state governments only.
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has crossed over one million RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 on Saturday evening marking a big landmark, ICMR officials told ANI.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 2 (ANI): With the Ministry of Home Affairs allowing migrant workers to reach home via trains, it has brought cheer to several people. However, some labourers in Chennai wish to go home but only after receiving two months payment from their contractor.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 2 (ANI): The first special train for Uttar Pradesh has started from Maharashtra's Nashik in the morning and around 845 labourers and workers have boarded the train, said Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi on Saturday.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 2 (ANI): Odisha Government on Saturday issued the guidelines for the movement of stranded people of Odisha into the state by road. Besides, 11 Border Check Points (BCPs) will be established to regulate the movement.
New Delhi [India], May 2 (ANI): Alka Chaudhary, a doctor at the Mohalla Clinic in Delhi's Peera Garhi area, has been helping out the people left in the lurch since the imposition of lockdown in March.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 2 (ANI): A large number of people gathered at Majestic Bus Terminal here on Saturday morning to travel back to their respective home States amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 2 (ANI): India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has accorded AA-plus rating to Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd's (DRL's) long-term issuer rating with stable outlook and A1-plus to commercial papers.
Washington [USA], May 2 (ANI): The US intelligence community has released an assessment concluding that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 originated in China and said an investigation is underway to determine whether the virus had escaped from the complex of laboratories in Wuhan.
Basti (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 2 (ANI): Basti District Magistrate Ashutosh Niranjan said that seven labourers, who had arrived from Maharashtra via Jhansi in government buses to Basti, have tested positive for COVID-19.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 2 (ANI): JDS leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy accused the Mandya district administration of the surge in COVID-19 cases in the district and not quarantining 7,000 labourers who arrived here from Mumbai.
Madrid [Spain], May 2 (ANI): Real Madrid defender Marcelo said that he does not want to leave and neither would the La Liga giants let him go amidst links with Juventus.