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COVID-19 lockdown: Mayawati demands 'relief package' for poor
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Thursday appealed to the Centre and state governments to arrange a systematic "relief package" to facilitate meal requirements of 130 crore poor of the country during the 21-day lockdown to prevent c
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COVID-19: Plea filed in SC seeking implementation of order concerning rele
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC) has approached the Supreme Court for compliance of its recent order in which it had asked the state governments to release undertrial prisoners who are facing charges attracting less than seven years im
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COVID-19: Free meals, increased rations in various states for poor, homele
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): To mitigate the hardships faced by people, especially the homeless and poor, various state governments have announced increased rations and free meals.
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COVID-19 lockdown: Mayawati urges state govts to provide daily needs to po
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday appealed to all state governments to provide daily necessities at low prices to the poor, amid the countrywide lockdown imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the wake of COVID-19 outbrea
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Combating COVID-19: Centre asks states to deploy fiscal resources for esta
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The Centre has asked all the State Governments to deploy fiscal resources for establishing additional medical facilities such as hospitals, clinical labs, isolation wards, expanding & upgrading existing facilities to combat COVID-19.
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Mayawati seeks financial help for poor
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday urged the Centre and the State governments to provide adequate financial help to the poor and daily-wagers in view of lockdown in Uttar Pradesh and the country due to threat of coronavirus spread, saying that the vulnerable sec
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Hero Cycles allocates Rs 100 crore contingency fund to mitigate impact of
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): With the COVID-19 outbreak expected to unleash long-term economic consequences, Hero Cycles on Tuesday said it is setting aside Rs 100 crore as a contingency fund to address and mitigate its impact on partners and the community at large.
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State govts can now procure their quota of food grains from FCI on 3 month
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): The state governments can now procure their quota of food grains on three months' credit from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in the wake of coronavirus outbreak in the country, Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has said.
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COVID-19: SC asks all states to release undertrial prisoners facing minor
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked all state governments to release undertrial prisoners, who are facing charges attracting less than seven years imprisonment, to reduce overcrowding of jails amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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Enforce strictly, take legal action against violators: Centre to states on
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): The Centre on Monday asked state governments to strictly enforce the lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus and directed legal action against violators.
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State govts should ensure rules of lockdown are followed: PM Modi
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): A day after successful "Janta curfew", Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked state governments to ensure rules of lockdown are followed properly and called on citizens to take the issue seriously.
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Combatting COVID-19: Govt decides to shutdown 75 coronavirus-hit districts
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 23 (ANI): The Centre and state governments have decided to completely shutdown 75 districts across the country where coronavirus cases have been reported.
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