New Delhi: While the Central government has come up with advisories on exemptions from curbs being implemented during the nationwide shutdown until mid-April, consumer companies and retailers are facing hurdles, with local authorities in some states frequently changing rules, company executives said. For example, Lucknow city officials ordered wholesalers to […]
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A new Standard Operating Procedure issued by health ministry for transporting a COVID-19 case on Sunday refers to India’s current phase of the pandemic as ‘local transmission and limited community transmission’ “This SOP is applicable to current phase of COVID-19 pandemic in India (local transmission and limited community transmission),” reads […]
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Saturday asked the state governments and Union Territory administrations to utilise the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), to which Rs 29,000 crore has been allocated for the next fiscal, for providing food and shelter to migrant workers hit by the 21-day lockdown. Joint Secretary in […]
New Delhi | Lucknow:The Centre has asked state governments to provide food, shelter and basic amenities to unorganised sectors’ stranded migrant workers to prevent a nationwide exodus of labourers. The directive from the Union home ministry followed reports that the Covid-19 triggered national lockdown had created hardship for migrant workers […]
New Delhi: FMCG major Hindustan Unilever on Wednesday said clear instructions need to be provided to enforcement authorities across states for smooth transportation of essential items and functioning of supply chain amid the nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak. The company said, in the last couple of days there has […]
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has instructed all states and UTs to ensure operational continuity of print and electronic media, following the precautionary lockdown to contain the Covid-19 outbreak, and ensure there is no impediment to printing and distribution of newspapers in any city. The directive came […]
In line with predictions that infections will rise rapidly after a slow first few weeks, India’s coronavirus count today crossed the 400 mark, data from the Union Health Ministry showed. The official count of the infected stood at 433 at the end of day, and the dead at seven. 24 […]
Mumbai | Pune: Three laboratories in Maharashtra, which are currently burdened with the task of testing samples of suspected novel coronavirus patients, are analysing samples not only from the state, but also from the neighbouring regions. Of these three facilities, the Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) is a global […]
New Delhi: The Centre has invited comments from state governments on whether new legislation is needed to be framed to facilitate joint custody of children in a divorced family. People with direct knowledge of the matter said the central government had written to states and union territories seeking their views […]
New Delhi | Mumbai: A 69-year-old woman from west Delhi suffering from Covid-19 died on Friday, taking the toll to two a day after Karnataka confirmed death of a 76-year-old man on Thursday. The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in India rose to 81 and state governments around the country […]