[ad_1] Health workers prepare to collect samples for Covid-19 swab tests at a roadside camp in Kolkata (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: India’s doubling rate for COVID-19 cases worsened to 10.2 days in the past seven days with cases increasing rapidly in states like Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi, although there is …
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[ad_1] Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray On Wednesday, he discussed the COVID-19 situation with leaders of opposition parties. The number of COVID-19 cases has steadily increased in the state despite various measures taken by the government. As the Prime Minister conducted the meeting via video conference, most of the leaders …
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[ad_1] Maharashtra registered 1,362 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, bringing the state’s count to 18,120, state health minister Rajesh Tope said. To reduce the risks of further infections due to overcrowding, the government also decided to forgo medical certificates for migrant workers heading home. “We have decided that migrant …
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[ad_1] As many as 72 inmates at the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai have contracted coronaviruses and will be quarantined separately, Maharashtra Interior Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Thursday. Previously, the state government had isolated eight jails in the state, including Arthur Road Prison, and ordered that new people not …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Amid criticism that railroads were charging stranded migrant workers for transporting them home, sources said that payments for the 34 Shramik special trains that have been run so far have been made by state governments, except Maharashtra. A controversy erupted on Monday after several opposition parties demanded …
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[ad_1] Check for live updates to the Coronavirus in India here: Worldwide, the coronavirus infected more than 35 lakh people and killed about 2.5 lakh. The United States, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, France and Germany are the most affected countries Live updates from Coronavirus in India, Lockdown 3.0 Latest LIVE …
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[ad_1] Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray urged the Center on Sunday (April 3) not to charge the railway fee to migrant workers returning home due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. CM Thackeray tweeted the request on Sunday night mentioning that the workers are from an extremely poor environment and that …
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[ad_1] New Delhi: A day after the Center lifted some restrictions amid the national blockade of the COVID-19 coronavirus, several states have decided to open liquor stores in hopes of increasing state revenues. The Interior Ministry, in its order, has allowed the sale of non-essential items but with passengers. The …
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[ad_1] MUMBAI: Hopes for some brake relief for Mumbaikars during the two-week-long national blockade faded on Saturday after the state government issued revised guidelines that will apply after May 3, giving little room for the ongoing Covid-19 crisis for city residents, as well as for those of other municipal MMR …
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[ad_1] CHANDIGARH / MUMBAI / AURANGABAD: The complexities involved in evacuating thousands of migrants across state borders are beginning to sink. Maharashtra sealed off areas around the Nankh Takht Hazoor Sahib on Friday after Punjab saw a huge increase in cases with 215 pilgrims, who had visited the shrine, testing …
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