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Australia's Victoria Reports 6 Local Covid Cases On First Day Of Lockdown
Australia's Victoria state reported six locally acquired cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the first day of a snap one-week lockdown as officials rush to trace the source of several unlinked new infections detected in Melbourne, the state capital.
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Amid Covid Curbs, Haryana And Punjab Farmers To Mark "Black Day" In Delhi
Amid Haryana's Covid lockdown, thousands of farmers today set off from Karnal for Delhi, where they are scheduled to observe 'Black Day', marking six months of their protest against three central farm laws.
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COVID-19 Second Wave: Hyundai Announces Annual Maintenance Shutdown At Chennai Plant Till May 15, 2021
Amidst rising COVID-19 cases across the country, Hyundai India has decided to halt production at its Chennai-based plant for six days, starting May 10, 2021.
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Lockdown In Bengal On 7 Different Days In August, Opposition Says "It's All Whimsy"
Three times in six hours, the West Bengal government revised dates for a complete lockdown in the state to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, finally deciding to enforce it on seven different days in August -- 5, 8, 16, 17, 23, 24 and 31.
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Special Trains For Migrants, Students, 5 More From Kerala Today: 10 Points
Six "shramik (worker) special" trains, carrying migrants, students and others stranded by the coronavirus lockdown, departed from Kerala, Telangana, Maharashtra and Rajasthan on Friday. The trains, bound for Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, were organised on request from the respective states, Railways said in a st...
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6 States Order Longer Shifts For Workers Post Coronavirus Lockdown
As the second stage of the coronavirus lockdown is scheduled to end, millions of workers face the prospect of returning to longer working hours. At last count, at least six states have passed laws extending working hours from the currently mandated 8 hours per day to 12 hours per day.
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Coronavirus Lockdown Deepens Holocaust Survivors' Loneliness In Israel
Elias Feinzilberg, a 102-year-old Holocaust survivor, had to commemorate Israel's annual memorial day for the six million Jewish dead on Tuesday separated from his family because of the coronavirus lockdown.
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Rs 35 Lakh COVID-19 Life Insurance For Food Corporation Workers
Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday announced a life insurance cover of up to Rs 35 lakh per person to over 1 lakh FCI officials and labourers in case they die due to COVID-19 within six months of performing duty from the day of lockdown on March 24.
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What It Looks Like When India's 1.3 Billion People Stay Home
On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the world's largest lockdown, effectively commanding one out of every six people on earth to stay home in an effort to stem the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The humongous state-run railways recorded the first suspension of services in its 167-year history, and millions of migrant day laborer...
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Coronavirus Pandemic Updates: Rajnath Singh Discusses Lockdown Situation With Group Of Ministers
India has registered 4,421 cases of COVID-19 including 114Â deaths since the outbreak began earlier this year. If the current growth rate of coronavirus cases continues, India will have over 17,000 patients by the time ongoing nationwide lockdown ends on April 14, data has showed. The rate at which coronavirus cases double in the country has risen ...
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Telangana Announces Big Salary Cuts Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The Telangana government decided to impose big salary cuts ranging from 10 per cent to 75 per cent for its executive, political representatives and employees, as the country completed six days of the three-week lockdown to slow the march of the coronavirus. There will be cuts for all Public Sector Undertakings, institutions that are receiving gover...
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Six Days Into Lockdown, 1,071 Coronavirus Cases In India: 10 Points
A day after India's coronavirus cases crossed the 1,000-mark, the death count rose to 29, the Union Health Ministry said today. The number of infected rose to 1,071, including the dead and 100 who have recovered. The government today also denied "rumours and media reports" claiming that the 21-day nationwide lockdown to check the spread of corona...
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Yogi Adityanath Visits District With Maximum COVID-19 Cases In UP
Six days into the nationwide lockdown to fight the highly infectious coronavirus or COVID-19, the borders are being sealed in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh near Delhi, a day after the central government issued orders to the states to strictly enforce the curbs to ensure social distancing. The twin cities of Noida-Greater Noida are a...
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"Uncertainty Towards Growth Outlook Unprecedented": Top RBI Chief Quotes
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday announced rate cuts to mitigate the negative impact of coronavirus on the economy. He announced a cut of 75 basis points in the repo rate to 4.4 per cent, after an unscheduled meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee. Repo rate is the key interest rate at which the RBI lends short-term ...
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RBI Cuts Rates, Allows 3-Month Pause On EMIs To Offset Coronavirus Impact
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das slashed the key lending rate by 75 basis points (0.75 percentage point) in an emergency move on Friday, to counter the economic fallout from the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic. The move came after an unscheduled meeting of the Shaktikanta Das-headed Monetary Policy Committee, which was origi...
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Australia's Victoria Reports 6 Local Covid Cases On First Day Of Lockdown
Australia's Victoria state reported six locally acquired cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the first day of a snap one-week lockdown as officials rush to trace the source of several unlinked new infections detected in Melbourne, the state capital.
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Amid Covid Curbs, Haryana And Punjab Farmers To Mark "Black Day" In Delhi
Amid Haryana's Covid lockdown, thousands of farmers today set off from Karnal for Delhi, where they are scheduled to observe 'Black Day', marking six months of their protest against three central farm laws.
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COVID-19 Second Wave: Hyundai Announces Annual Maintenance Shutdown At Chennai Plant Till May 15, 2021
Amidst rising COVID-19 cases across the country, Hyundai India has decided to halt production at its Chennai-based plant for six days, starting May 10, 2021.
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Lockdown In Bengal On 7 Different Days In August, Opposition Says "It's All Whimsy"
Three times in six hours, the West Bengal government revised dates for a complete lockdown in the state to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, finally deciding to enforce it on seven different days in August -- 5, 8, 16, 17, 23, 24 and 31.
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Special Trains For Migrants, Students, 5 More From Kerala Today: 10 Points
Six "shramik (worker) special" trains, carrying migrants, students and others stranded by the coronavirus lockdown, departed from Kerala, Telangana, Maharashtra and Rajasthan on Friday. The trains, bound for Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, were organised on request from the respective states, Railways said in a st...
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6 States Order Longer Shifts For Workers Post Coronavirus Lockdown
As the second stage of the coronavirus lockdown is scheduled to end, millions of workers face the prospect of returning to longer working hours. At last count, at least six states have passed laws extending working hours from the currently mandated 8 hours per day to 12 hours per day.
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Coronavirus Lockdown Deepens Holocaust Survivors' Loneliness In Israel
Elias Feinzilberg, a 102-year-old Holocaust survivor, had to commemorate Israel's annual memorial day for the six million Jewish dead on Tuesday separated from his family because of the coronavirus lockdown.
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Rs 35 Lakh COVID-19 Life Insurance For Food Corporation Workers
Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday announced a life insurance cover of up to Rs 35 lakh per person to over 1 lakh FCI officials and labourers in case they die due to COVID-19 within six months of performing duty from the day of lockdown on March 24.
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What It Looks Like When India's 1.3 Billion People Stay Home
On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the world's largest lockdown, effectively commanding one out of every six people on earth to stay home in an effort to stem the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The humongous state-run railways recorded the first suspension of services in its 167-year history, and millions of migrant day laborer...
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Coronavirus Pandemic Updates: Rajnath Singh Discusses Lockdown Situation With Group Of Ministers
India has registered 4,421 cases of COVID-19 including 114Â deaths since the outbreak began earlier this year. If the current growth rate of coronavirus cases continues, India will have over 17,000 patients by the time ongoing nationwide lockdown ends on April 14, data has showed. The rate at which coronavirus cases double in the country has risen ...
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Telangana Announces Big Salary Cuts Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The Telangana government decided to impose big salary cuts ranging from 10 per cent to 75 per cent for its executive, political representatives and employees, as the country completed six days of the three-week lockdown to slow the march of the coronavirus. There will be cuts for all Public Sector Undertakings, institutions that are receiving gover...
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Six Days Into Lockdown, 1,071 Coronavirus Cases In India: 10 Points
A day after India's coronavirus cases crossed the 1,000-mark, the death count rose to 29, the Union Health Ministry said today. The number of infected rose to 1,071, including the dead and 100 who have recovered. The government today also denied "rumours and media reports" claiming that the 21-day nationwide lockdown to check the spread of corona...
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Yogi Adityanath Visits District With Maximum COVID-19 Cases In UP
Six days into the nationwide lockdown to fight the highly infectious coronavirus or COVID-19, the borders are being sealed in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh near Delhi, a day after the central government issued orders to the states to strictly enforce the curbs to ensure social distancing. The twin cities of Noida-Greater Noida are a...
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"Uncertainty Towards Growth Outlook Unprecedented": Top RBI Chief Quotes
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday announced rate cuts to mitigate the negative impact of coronavirus on the economy. He announced a cut of 75 basis points in the repo rate to 4.4 per cent, after an unscheduled meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee. Repo rate is the key interest rate at which the RBI lends short-term ...
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RBI Cuts Rates, Allows 3-Month Pause On EMIs To Offset Coronavirus Impact
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das slashed the key lending rate by 75 basis points (0.75 percentage point) in an emergency move on Friday, to counter the economic fallout from the fast-spreading coronavirus pandemic. The move came after an unscheduled meeting of the Shaktikanta Das-headed Monetary Policy Committee, which was origi...
