Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Apr 25 (ANI): The Odisha government on Saturday allowed intra-state movement of stranded labourers, who have completed their 14-day quarantine period in view of COVID-19, to move back to their respective work places and resume their jobs.
Geneva [Switzerland], April 25 (ANI): Governments together with social partners and other stakeholders should use the COVID-19 crisis as a wake-up call to strengthen their social protection systems, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said.
Glasgow [Scotland], April 25 (ANI): A letter dated April 21, 2020, arrived at the desk of Major General Aamir Ikram, executive director of the National Institute of Health (NIH), a 40-year-old vaccine research and manufacturing facility located in Chak Shezad in Islamabad.
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba is holding a meeting via video conferencing with Chief Secretaries and DGPs of states and other officials over public health response to COVID-19, resumption of economic activities as per MHA guidelines, issues of migrant labou
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): A large number of labourers from across the country are stranded in Delhi due to the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown.The labourers from Bihar said that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should make necessary arrangements for them to travel back home amid the lockdow
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): As the whole world is battling the coronavirus pandemic, India skipper Virat Kohli on Friday said that it is painful to witness daily-wage labourers struggling for food.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 24 (ANI): Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday instructed nodal officers to prepare a list of migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh who are stranded in other states due to the lockdown so as to bring them back.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 24 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not take into account the condition of migrant labourers while announcing the countrywide lockdown.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 23 (ANI): Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has informed Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the problem of labourers of Chhattisgarh stranded in other states and the students studying in Kota, during a telephonic conversation.
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday inaugurated the first of its kind mobile lab for COVID-19 sample collection. The minister dedicated the lab to the country via video conference.
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): A South West Delhi based, Radha Soami Satsang Beas, is helping the poor migrant labourers by providing food, shelter to ensure that they are being provided with basic necessities during the lockdown.
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for developing a mobile lab for conducting COVID-19 screening.