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Over 8 Lakh Migrants Left Delhi In 4 Weeks Of Lockdown Amid 2nd Covid Wave: Report
Over eight lakh migrant workers left the national capital in the first four weeks of the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the Delhi Transport Department.
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Fearing Lockdown Amid COVID-19 Spike, Some Migrant Workers Begin Leaving Delhi
Amidst the rising number of coronavirus cases in the national capital, some of the migrant workers have started returning to their native places in fear of imposition of lockdown.
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Amid Lockdown Speculation, What Anand Mahindra Said To Uddhav Thackeray
With Maharashtra witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases over the last few weeks, businessman Anand Mahindra on Monday said "the people a lockdown hurts most are the poor, migrant workers and small businesses" as he gave a word of advice to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
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Assam Man Helps Creates Jobs For Migrants Who Returned Amid Pandemic
42-year-old social worker in Assam's Golaghat district is helping youngsters, who were left without jobs or shelter in the country's metros because of the coronavirus lockdown, create livelihood back home by setting up fish farms offering hope of a sustainable future.
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Families Of 5 Migrants Who Died Amid Lockdown To Get Rs 25 Lakh: Top Court
The Supreme Court today directed that an amount of Rs 25 lakh, deposited in the top court registry by an advocate who had offered the money for travel of migrant workers from Mumbai to their native places in Uttar Pradesh amid Covid-19 pandemic, be disbursed to family members of five workers who had died during their journey back to their home.
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Taapsee Pannu Shares Poem 'Pravaasi' With Haunting Visuals Of A Crisis
Actor Taapsee Pannu has shared a powerful poem highlighting the struggles of migrant workers amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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UP Migrant Family Sells Jewellery For Food , Government Steps In
A migrant worker in Uttar Pradesh - forced to return to his hometown from Tamil Nadu with his family last month after his landlord asked him to leave - had to sell his wife's jewelry for Rs 1,500 in a local market in Kannauj to buy food and medicines amid lack of means.
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UN Experts Hope India Will Promptly Implement Supreme Court Order On Migrants
UN independent experts have voiced deep concern over the plight of migrant workers in India amid the COVID-19 pandemic and expressed hope that the government will promptly implement the Supreme Court's order to alleviate their hardships.
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15 Days Optimum Time For States To Transport Migrants Home: Top Court
The states will get 15 more days to transport migrants home from the cities amid the coronavirus lockdown, the Supreme Court said today, adding it will pass an order on the issue of stranded migrants on Tuesday. Today's hearing came days after the Supreme Court took up the issue on its own and passed several orders to the states to help them reach ...
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3 Kg Wheat, 2 Kg Rice, Temporary Ration Cards Per Migrant: UP Government
Uttar Pradesh will distribute free food rations - wheat and rice - to migrant workers and their families who have returned to the state amid the coronavirus lockdown
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UP Had Over 70,000 Buses But Migrants Made To Walk Home: Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav hit out at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, claiming that despite having over 70,000 buses in its fleet, labourers had to walk home amid the COVID-19 lockdown resulting in many deaths.
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Sonu Sood Arranges Chartered Flight For 177 Migrant Workers Stuck In Kerala
After arranging buses and food for thousands of stranded migrants, Sonu Sood has now airlifted 177 workers stuck in Kerala amid the coronavirus lockdown.
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Piyush Goyal Urges "Vulnerable" Migrants To Travel Only When Necessary
Railways Minister Piyush Goyal today urged people suffering from serious ailments, underlying medical conditions, pregnant women, children and those above 65 years to travel in Shramik Special trains "only when necessary".
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2 Found Dead As Migrants Workers' Train From Mumbai Pulls Into Varanasi
Two people were found dead when a train from Mumbai arrived in Varanasi on Wednesday amid a push to return migrant workers home after weeks of a gruelling nationwide COVID-19 lockdown that left lakhs without income, food and shelter.
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Delhi Farmer Buys Flight Tickets To Send 10 Of His Workers Home Amid Lockdown
Ten migrant workers will be flying to Bihar tomorrow, thanks to their employer, a Delhi farmer, who is sponsoring their plane tickets.
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Over 8 Lakh Migrants Left Delhi In 4 Weeks Of Lockdown Amid 2nd Covid Wave: Report
Over eight lakh migrant workers left the national capital in the first four weeks of the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the Delhi Transport Department.
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Fearing Lockdown Amid COVID-19 Spike, Some Migrant Workers Begin Leaving Delhi
Amidst the rising number of coronavirus cases in the national capital, some of the migrant workers have started returning to their native places in fear of imposition of lockdown.
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Amid Lockdown Speculation, What Anand Mahindra Said To Uddhav Thackeray
With Maharashtra witnessing a surge in coronavirus cases over the last few weeks, businessman Anand Mahindra on Monday said "the people a lockdown hurts most are the poor, migrant workers and small businesses" as he gave a word of advice to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
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Assam Man Helps Creates Jobs For Migrants Who Returned Amid Pandemic
42-year-old social worker in Assam's Golaghat district is helping youngsters, who were left without jobs or shelter in the country's metros because of the coronavirus lockdown, create livelihood back home by setting up fish farms offering hope of a sustainable future.
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Families Of 5 Migrants Who Died Amid Lockdown To Get Rs 25 Lakh: Top Court
The Supreme Court today directed that an amount of Rs 25 lakh, deposited in the top court registry by an advocate who had offered the money for travel of migrant workers from Mumbai to their native places in Uttar Pradesh amid Covid-19 pandemic, be disbursed to family members of five workers who had died during their journey back to their home.
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Taapsee Pannu Shares Poem 'Pravaasi' With Haunting Visuals Of A Crisis
Actor Taapsee Pannu has shared a powerful poem highlighting the struggles of migrant workers amid the coronavirus-induced lockdown.
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UP Migrant Family Sells Jewellery For Food , Government Steps In
A migrant worker in Uttar Pradesh - forced to return to his hometown from Tamil Nadu with his family last month after his landlord asked him to leave - had to sell his wife's jewelry for Rs 1,500 in a local market in Kannauj to buy food and medicines amid lack of means.
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UN Experts Hope India Will Promptly Implement Supreme Court Order On Migrants
UN independent experts have voiced deep concern over the plight of migrant workers in India amid the COVID-19 pandemic and expressed hope that the government will promptly implement the Supreme Court's order to alleviate their hardships.
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15 Days Optimum Time For States To Transport Migrants Home: Top Court
The states will get 15 more days to transport migrants home from the cities amid the coronavirus lockdown, the Supreme Court said today, adding it will pass an order on the issue of stranded migrants on Tuesday. Today's hearing came days after the Supreme Court took up the issue on its own and passed several orders to the states to help them reach ...
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3 Kg Wheat, 2 Kg Rice, Temporary Ration Cards Per Migrant: UP Government
Uttar Pradesh will distribute free food rations - wheat and rice - to migrant workers and their families who have returned to the state amid the coronavirus lockdown
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UP Had Over 70,000 Buses But Migrants Made To Walk Home: Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav hit out at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, claiming that despite having over 70,000 buses in its fleet, labourers had to walk home amid the COVID-19 lockdown resulting in many deaths.
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Sonu Sood Arranges Chartered Flight For 177 Migrant Workers Stuck In Kerala
After arranging buses and food for thousands of stranded migrants, Sonu Sood has now airlifted 177 workers stuck in Kerala amid the coronavirus lockdown.
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Piyush Goyal Urges "Vulnerable" Migrants To Travel Only When Necessary
Railways Minister Piyush Goyal today urged people suffering from serious ailments, underlying medical conditions, pregnant women, children and those above 65 years to travel in Shramik Special trains "only when necessary".
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2 Found Dead As Migrants Workers' Train From Mumbai Pulls Into Varanasi
Two people were found dead when a train from Mumbai arrived in Varanasi on Wednesday amid a push to return migrant workers home after weeks of a gruelling nationwide COVID-19 lockdown that left lakhs without income, food and shelter.
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Delhi Farmer Buys Flight Tickets To Send 10 Of His Workers Home Amid Lockdown
Ten migrant workers will be flying to Bihar tomorrow, thanks to their employer, a Delhi farmer, who is sponsoring their plane tickets.
