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Jaiveer Shergill burns 2 lamps, says will light 7 more if govt lives up to
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): As the nation expressed solidarity in the battle against COVID-19 by lighting diyas in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's '9pm9minute' call, Congress leader Jaiveer Shergill took a jibe at the Centre, saying that he will light more lamps when relief is
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Quarantined migrant worker from UP commits suicide in Udaipur
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Udaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 5 (ANI): A 19-year-old labourer from Uttar Pradesh, who was staying in a quarantine facility in Udaipur since March 31, committed suicide on Sunday.
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Goa Youth hostel turns shelter for tourists, labourers stuck amid lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 5 (ANI): As hundreds of people got stuck in various cities due to the nationwide lockdown which was imposed on March 24, a youth hostel at Miramar in Goa is housing a group of people from diverse backgrounds - a Chinese national down for a sabbatical to a couple o
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Plea in SC seeking payment of wages to MGNREGA workers amid lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Social activists Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey have approached the Supreme Court, seeking directions for the payment of wages to MNREGA workers during the lockdown, issuance of temporary job cards to migrants, who returned to their native villages, and for an inc
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Migrant workers in Hyderabad get shelter, food
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Telangana], Apr 4 (ANI): Migrant workers in Hyderabad are receiving ample food, medicines and other supplies as they remain stranded due to the nation-wide lockdown to curb the spread of the virus.
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Left parties call for stepping up testing for coronavirus
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Left parties on Friday said that India's testing rate for coronavirus is among the lowest in the world and called for large-scale testing for the global pandemic to contain its spread.
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President lauds fight against COVID-19; expresses concern over Tablighi Ja
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said that people of the country have set an example by showing courage, discipline and solidarity in the fight against COVID-19 but expressed concern over two incidents in Delhi - gathering of migrant workers in Anand V
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Migrant labourers stuck in Mumbai plead with govt to send them home
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 3 (ANI): The central government should help the migrant and daily wage labourers to reach their homes as the lockdown has hit these people the most, said one of the members of Rahul Tarun Mitra Mandal association in Mumbai on Friday.
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Over 250 migrant workers provided food in Mumbai amid lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 3 (ANI): The Rahul Tarun Mitra Mandal Association on Friday distributed food to over 250 migrant workers living under a flyover in Mumbai amid coronavirus lockdown.
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23-year-old migrant dies in Telangana, while attempting to return home to
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr 3 (ANI): A 23-year-old man tragically lost his life in Hyderabad while attempting to return to his hometown in Tamil Nadu from Maharashtra amid the nationwide lockdown in the country.
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SC notice to Centre on plea seeking minimum wages for migrant workers amid
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Central government on a petition seeking immediate direction for the payment of basic minimum wages to migrant workers, adversely affected by the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Pernod Ricard India Foundation and Akshay Patra, feeding the daily wage wo
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI /BusinessWire India): In view of major economic activities shutting down in the country as part of the nationwide lockdown announced on March 23 to combat Covid-19, informal sector workforce including a large section of migrant labour workers and daily wagers
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