NEW DELHI: India saw the steepest increase in Covid-19 cases this week, with recorded infections increasing by 67% and the country registering 1 lakh of cases more than the previous week’s count. The death toll this week from the virus also rose by 41% to a nine-week high of 1,239, …
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Whenever the former Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh stopped his car to chat with journalists as he left the Parliament compound, it would be a time of anxiety for his officials. No, India’s most influential rural development minister would not reveal any state secrets. But his marathon of …
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NEW DELHI: India is considering expanding its flagship jobs program in towns to workers in cities made unemployed by the closures caused by the pandemic, a government official said. The program, when approved, can be implemented in smaller cities and will initially cost around 35 billion rupees ($ 4.8 billion), …
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India is considering extending its flagship village jobs program to city workers made unemployed by closures triggered by the pandemic, a government official said. The program, when approved, can be implemented in smaller cities and will initially cost around 350 billion rupees ($ 4.8 billion), said Sanjay Kumar, deputy secretary …
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