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Delhi: Good Samaritans provide food to daily wage labourers in Sadar Bazar
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Daily wage labourers in the capital city's largest wholesale market, Sadar Bazar, are facing tough times as there is no work due to the nationwide lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. However, some good samaritans of the area have come to their r
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Vegetable prices rise in Delhi as lockdown hits supply
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Vegetable prices have gone up noticeably in the national capital after their supply dwindled in the last few days owing to the nationwide lockdown.
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U'khand Disaster Management Secretary orders distribution of food packets
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Uttarakhand Disaster Management Secretary, Amit Negi, has directed all the District Magistrates of the state to prepare a list and distribute food packets among senior citizens, pregnant women and daily wage labourers amid the countrywide lockdow
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Delhi HC notice to Centre on PIL seeking evacuation of Indian students str
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Central government on a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the evacuation of Indian students stranded in Bangladesh amid the lockdown imposed due to the menace of coronavirus.
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Luckily, I have treadmill: Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal on COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Mar 27 (ANI): As the whole world has been sent into a lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bangladesh's newly-appointed ODI skipper Tamim Iqbal said that he is lucky to have a treadmill at his place and as a result, he can look after his fitness during these difficul
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People in Goa practice social distancing amid coronavirus outbreak
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): People in Panaji on Friday morning were seen practicing social distancing while standing in a long queue outside a grocery shop amid a lockdown due to coronavirus.
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SC issues notice to Centre on plea seeking evacuation of pilgrims stranded
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Central government on a petition seeking to immediately evacuate and providing all possible medical help to the Indian pilgrims stranded in Iran's Qom.
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Groom, 'baratis' spend night at police station in Uttarakhand for taking o
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): A groom, along with seven 'baratis', had to spend the night at Khatima Police Station in Udham Singh Nagar district on Thursday for taking out a marriage procession without prior approval amid coronavirus lockdown.
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Yogi Adityanath announces relief measures for UP farmers during lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): In a big relief to farmers in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday announced that both wholesale and retail shops selling fertilisers and seeds will be allowed to remain open during the 21-day lockdown.
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Control room set up for UP residents stranded in Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): A 24X7 control room has been established at Uttar Pradesh Bhawan in Delhi for the residents of the State facing difficulties in the national capital due the lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus, an official said on Friday.
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'No option but to walk home': Group of labourers set on 300km journey amid
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Out of work and with no money at hand, a group of daily wage labourers set out on foot for a 300 km journey from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad to their native village of Dausa in Rajasthan. The COVID-19 lockdown has left them with no shelter and f
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Night shelters provide food and accommodation to stranded workers amid loc
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27 (ANI): The night shelters run by the Delhi government have been proving food and accommodation to hundreds of daily wage labourers who have been left stranded in the city following the nationwide lockdown.
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