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COVID-19 caused unprecedented jobs crisis globally: ILO
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 22 (ANI): Almost all of the world's workers, some 94 per cent, were living in countries with some type of workplace closure measures in place in May, according to the United Nations' policy brief 'The World of Work and COVID-19'.
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International Yoga Day: Pragya Thakur performs yoga at BJP office in Bhopa
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 21 (ANI): BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur, party leaders and workers on Sunday performed yoga at the party office in Bhopal on International Yoga Day.
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Trump says he urged health officials to 'slow' down COVID-19 testing as '
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Oklahoma [US], June 21 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Saturday (local time) said was encouraging coronavirus response workers to slow down testing, arguing that increased tests lead to more cases being discovered.
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International Yoga Day: Vadodara's Yoga Niketan organises virtual event
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], June 21 (ANI): Yoga Niketan here organised a virtual event to observe the International Yoga Day with participants from 15 countries who performed 108 Surya Namaskar to pay gratitude to COVID-19 frontline workers.
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Trump likely to suspend H-1B, other visas
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 21 (ANI): The Trump administration is looking forward to suspend temporary work visas (including H-1B for certain-skilled workers and L-1 for internal company transfers in large corporations), particularly popular with Indian companies with US operations as well a
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Sonam Kapoor urges fans to donate for masks for Mumbai Police
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja on Saturday urged people to join the initiative of helping Mumbai Police by donating for masks for them.
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PM Modi launches Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan on Saturday through video conferencing.
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One dead, 2 injured as boiler explodes in Lucknow chemical factory
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 20 (ANI): A labourer was killed and two women workers were injured after a boiler exploded at a chemical factory in Chinhat area on Friday, a police official said.
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Health Ministry issues fresh advisory for healthcare workers managing covi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The quarantine period for healthcare workers (HCWs) with high-risk exposure to confirmed COVID-19 cases has been reduced from 14 days to one week initially, as per the latest advisory by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.
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43,382 migrants sent home from Chandigarh through Shramik special trains
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh [India] 18 June (ANI): A total of 48,382 migrant workers have been sent to their native places, said the Chandigarh State Administration on Thursday, including 38,749 migrants who have been accommodated by the Shramik special trains and 4,633 by bus.
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Health Ministry asks chief secretaries to ensure salaries of doctors, heal
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): The Health Ministry has sent an order to chief secretaries of states and union territories asking them to ensure that salaries of doctors and health workers doing COVID-19 related duties are released on time by all concerned and any violation will be treate
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Skill sets of returnee migrant workers mapped for Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhi
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Ahead of the launch of 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' scheme, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Central and state governments have meticulously mapped the skill sets of the migrant workers who have returned in large numbers to the 116 distr
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