[ad_1] Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said a number of steps were taken during the lockdown period to help farmers and fishery owners among others as she announced the third tranche of the Rs 20 lakh crore economic package. She said during the lockdown period the minimum support …
Read More »“No action against companies for failure to pay workers: Top Court Tells Center
[ad_1] Small businesses may not be winning, and therefore cannot pay, the higher court noted. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the government not to take coercive measures until next week against companies and employers that are unable to pay full wages to their employees during the national …
Read More »Center may announce relaxation on ‘many things’ after May 17: BS Yediyurappa | Bengaluru News
[ad_1] BENGALURU: With lockdown-3 coming to an end in a couple of days, Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday expressed confidence about the Center announcing relaxation to “many things” after May 17. “After May 17, the government of India is going to relax so many things, let us wait …
Read More »SC dismisses petition to seek refuge for migrants, says it is impossible to monitor the situation
[ad_1] the Supreme Court On Friday, he dismissed a petition seeking instructions to the Center to provide food and shelter to migrant workers on the move, saying it was “impossible for this court to control who walks and does not walk.” Living law reported. The petition, filed by lawyer Alakh …
Read More »“There is no plan for this type of photography”: Atul Yadav’s most defining image of the PTI migration crisis so far
[ad_1] “His name was Rampukar, but he didn’t tell me that. Only a few days later I found out in a newspaper report. At the time, I couldn’t even ask him his name,” he recalls. Press Trust of IndiaAtul Yadav, the chief photography correspondent for “Couldn’t Say Much Further”udhar (there) …
Read More »Third tranche of the economic package to focus on agriculture, allied activities: FM Sitharaman
[ad_1] Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Friday that agriculture and allied activities will be the focus of the third tranche of the economic package to combat the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic in the country. “I am going to announce 11 measures and eight of them are …
Read More »This is how an E-Pass can work
[ad_1] The Aarogya Setu app could become the key enabler for traveling in India, now on the blockade due to the COVID pandemic, but also potentially in the post-COVID world. It is believed that once the lock has ended in individual states, there may be a centralized electronic pass that …
Read More »Blockade extension: Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu may go to a blockade until the end of May | India News
[ad_1] MUMBAI / CHENNAI: The confinement in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu is likely to extend until May 31, as the number of Covid-19 cases continues to increase in both states. Tamil Nadu is likely to announce the extension, but with a little more loosening of the rules. In Maharashtra, the …
Read More »“India’s role is key” in the COVID-19 fight, says Bill Gates, thanks PM Modi
[ad_1] New Delhi: Bill Gates, after a video conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, thanked him for what the association called to combat the coronavirus pandemic. India, the billionaire philanthropist said, could play a key role as the world worked to minimize the social and economic impact of the pandemic. …
Read More »20 people who returned to Mangaluru from Dubai on a positive repatriation flight test
[ad_1] All passengers who returned on the flight were quarantined at hotels identified by the district administrations in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada. The Karnataka government confirmed that 20 people who returned to Mangaluru from Dubai on the repatriation flight that arrived on Tuesday tested positive for COVID-19. All the passengers …
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