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Social distancing norm goes for a toss at ASHA workers' meet in Karnataka
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Davanagere (Karnataka) [India], April 25 (ANI): Amid the national lockdown imposed by the Centre to check the spread of coronavirus, social distancing norms were flouted as BJP MLA from Honnali -- MP Renukacharya -- held a meeting of ASHA workers on Thursday.
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Assam deploys 18 buses to bring back students stuck in Kota
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 24 (ANI): The Assam government have deployed 18 buses to bring back 320 students from the state who are stuck in Kota, Rajasthan amid the national lockdown.
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Tea farmers in Bihar's Kishanganj incur huge losses amid coronavirus lockd
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kishanganj (Bihar) [India], April 23 (ANI): The nationwide lockdown forced by the coronavirus pandemic has badly affected the tea farmers in Bihar's Kishanganj as the crops have dried in the absence of workers to harvest them.
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YMCA serves over 1 lakh food packets amid corona crisis
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The poor persons and the needy have been the worst hit community so far as the national lockdown imposed since March 25 is concerned. As a relief measure, the Young Men's Christian Association's (YMCA) across the nation distributed close to one lakh food
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12-year-old dies after walking for more than 100 km from Telangana to Chha
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 21 (ANI): in a heart-wrenching incident, a 12-year-old girl collapsed and died of sheer exhaustion after walking for 3 days continuously covering 100 kilometres from Telangana back home to Chhattisgarh during the national lockdown.
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Harvesting of wheat, delayed by lockdown, begins in Varanasi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 20 (ANI): Harvesting of wheat, deferred by the farmers in Varanasi, due to the national lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus, has now begun.
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LGBTQIA community faces abuse amid lockdown extension
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): For many people belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community, the extended national lockdown has come at an additional cost of continuous torment often at the hands of family members.
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Need to focus on direct transfer of welfare scheme benefits to migrant wor
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): Chief Economist of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) SP Sharma on Friday said that for migrant workers, the Centre must focus on direct transfer of benefits of social welfare schemes in the wake of the national lockdown.
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Community kitchens in Thiruvananthapuram deliver food to 67,000 people ami
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], April 16 (ANI): A total of 25 community kitchens operating under the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation are delivering food packets daily to about 67,000 people amid the national lockdown imposed in wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Chattisgarh govt releases relief package for labourers stranded in other s
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 15 (ANI): The state government has provided much-needed relief to labourers from Chhattisgarh stranded in other states due to the national lockdown.
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Sonia Gandhi writes to PM Modi, suggests to extend NFSA provisions for 3 m
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising the issue of 'chronic food insecurity' faced by poor, farmers and daily wagers in the country owing to the national lockdown and suggested extending 10 kg grains per per
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Punjab CM suggests extension of national lockdown at PM's video conference
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh [India], April 11 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday recommended extension of the national lockdown by at least a fortnight while suggesting health and relief measures to the people in the state's COVID-19 battle, in addition to special concessions fo
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