New Delhi: India may draw up a negative list of activities that are prohibited in order to help ease the country out of the lockdown. The strategy is aimed at opening up a bigger share of the economy and preventing the kind of confusion that’s allowed district administrations to be […]
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Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday asked officials to reach out to their counterparts in other states for better coordination in bringing the migrants home and urged the workers to not walk or cycle to Uttar Pradesh as this could endanger their health and security. His appeal came on […]
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission on Thursday issued notices to the Centre and the Andhra Pradesh government over deaths and suffering of people due to gas leakage from a chemical plant in Visakhapatnam district, officials said. Right to life of the victims has been grossly violated.At a time […]
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday appealed to people of Visakhapatnam not to panic and cooperate with authorities working to bring under control the situation following a gas leak from a chemical plant there. A major leak from a polymer plant near Visakhapatnam impacted villages in a five-km radius, […]
RSS-affiliate trade union Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh has urged government to consider giving migrant workers cash incentives, electronic passes, free train tickets etc. to incentivise them to join work to help re-start economic activity in the country. Besides, it has has called for creation of a national register of migrant workers […]
New Delhi: The government has provided Rs 34,800 crore financial assistance using digital payment infrastructure to about 39 crore beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) to protect them from the impact of COVID-19 lockdown. As part of the Rs 1.70 lakh crore PMGKP, announced by Finance Minister […]
NEW DELHI: The government’s empowered committee to look into public grievances during COVID-19 is now looking into evacuation calls by NRIs and students stranded in foreign countries, complaints related to jobs and salaries, and other concerns, and has asked states and central ministries to dispose of them with “quality redressal” […]
New Delhi: The AAP government told the Delhi High Court on Monday that to get faster results of coronavirus tests, it was sending samples to 23 labs — 13 private and 10 public sector — in the national capital. Taking note of the submission made by the Delhi government, a […]
NEW DELHI: A high-level panel on National Infrastructure Pipeline has sought a review of the base price for 5G spectrum auctions, arguing that the reserve price for airwaves auction proposed by the department of telecom (DoT) is much higher than other countries and interest may be tepid. “The high price […]
Mumbai | Kolkata: India’s factories will make a muted start as the government eases lockdown conditions partially starting May 4 and manufacturing looks to get back on track with many plants having been shut for more than a month. Carmakers are set to begin production this month with output at […]