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COVID-19 lockdown: Delhi Metro services shut till April 14
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): The Delhi Metro Rail Cooperation (DMRC) on Thursday announced that its services would be shut till April 14 due to the national lockdown imposed by the Centre to curb the spread of coronavirus.
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Sonia Gandhi suggests 8 measures for Centre to take up during lockdown per
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with suggestions for the Centre to undertake during the lockdown period.
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COVID-19: Meghalaya CM urges people to maintain social distancing
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has urged the people of Meghalaya to cooperate with the administration and adhere to the Centre's directive to tackle coronavirus.
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Hunger, not coronavirus, driving daily wage earners from Delhi to their na
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Despite repeated assurances by the Centre and state government of no shortage of food and essential services in Delhi, many daily wage earners have started fleeing the national capital on foot to return to their native villages in nearby Uttar Pradesh and oth
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COVID-19 lockdown: Mayawati demands 'relief package' for poor
Updated : 6 years, 1 month 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 : 6 years, 1 month 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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Combating COVID-19: Legal action will be taken against violators of protoc
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday said that in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, it is important to follow all protocols issued by the Centre and violating them might result in legal action under Section 188 of the Indi
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Centre earmarks Rs 1.80 lakh crores for providing subsidised wheat, rice :
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): In the backdrop of coronavirus outbreak and subsequent lockdown, the Centre has earmarked Rs 1.80 lakh crores for providing wheat at Rs 2 per kg and rice at Rs 3 per kg, Union Minister Sadananda Gowda on Wednesday.
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CCMB working on cost-effective diagnostic kits for COVID-19, planning to
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is working on the development of cost-effective and accurate diagnostic kits to deal with the threat of coronavirus spread and is also planning to culture COVID-19 virus.
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21 days shutdown: DPIIT asks state govts to not shut food processing units
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday asked all state and Union Territories (UTs) "to not obstruct and call for the closure of food processing units" amid the lockdown in the country due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Govt likely to revoke PSA detention of Mehbooba Mufti
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): After revoking the detention of National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah under the Public Safety Act (PSA), the Centre is likely to release the former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti soon.
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MHA advises all states, UTs to set up control rooms to help providers of g
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday directed all states and union territories to set up a round the clock control room for helping the providers of goods and services during the 21 days of lockdown announced by the Centre to prevent the spread of corona
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