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U'khand CM directs officials to arrange ration kits for all migrants retur
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 15 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has directed concerned officials to make arrangements to distribute ration kits to all migrants returning to the State.
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Samir Modi extends a helping hand to the underprivileged during COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI/BusinessWire India): During the COVID-19 pandemic, Modi Enterprises has taken an initiative to give back to the society by providing over 35,000 dry food relief packages to the migrants and daily wage workers.
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World Bank announces $1 billion social protection package for India
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The World Bank's board of executive directors has approved a one billion dollar social protection response programme to support India's efforts at providing social assistance to the poor and vulnerable households which have been severely impacted by the COVID
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Delhi: Migrant workers queue up at COVID-19 screening centre for medical c
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Scores of migrant workers queued up outside a COVID-19 screening centre in the Gole Market area on Friday to secure a medical certificate in order to return to their homes via special trains.
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Over 2 lakh stranded migrants ferried in 145 special trains on Thursday
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Indian Railways operated 145 'Shramik Special' trains on Thursday and ferried home close to 2.10 lakh migrants stranded in various parts of the country amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown, officials said.
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Stranded migrant workers walk towards their hometowns from Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): After walking for several kilometres due to lack of public transport, migrant workers on Friday reached Delhi-Gazipur border on way to their homes in various parts of Uttar Pradesh.
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Migrant workers leave Mumbai in autos
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) / Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 15 (ANI): Determined to reach their homes, people are using autorickshaws to make their journey from Maharashtra to their home states. Auto drivers, their families and migrants stranded in Mumbai are making the journey to Biha
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Small vehicles can be used to bring back migrant workers from nearby state
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 15 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that apart from buses, small vehicles could be used to bring back migrants from nearby states.
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Health Ministry issues guidelines for RT-PCR pool testing
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) on Thursday issued guideline for RT-PCR based pooled sampling for migrants and those returning from abroad and kept in quarantine facilities.
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Govt resorting to headline management, has turned blind eye to problems of
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Congress leader Ahmed Patel on Thursday alleged that the central government has turned "a blind eye" to problems of the poor and migrants and was resorting to headline management.
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Piyush Goyal hits out at Mamata, says West Bengal needs 105 trains per da
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 14 (ANI): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday hit out the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying the West Bengal government was accepting only 105 trains in a month for migrant labourers stranded in other states while the state needs 105 trains daily a
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UP CM hails FM's announcement for migrants, farmers
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 14 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday hailed Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcement on the 'One Nation One Ration Card', free food grain supply to migrants and creation of affordable rental housing complexes (ARHC
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