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[ad_1] The government announced Sunday the gradual resumption of passenger train services starting this week, even as authorities set guidelines for factories that are reopening with loosening of lockout rules in certain areas. Meanwhile, a new study suggested that the Sars-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, may have originated from a …

[ad_1] Hundreds of autos, some carrying families, seen near Indore on the Agra highway MUMBAI / INDORE: Stripped of their livelihood and desperate to return home, at least 2,000 kaali peeli taxis and autorickshaws have left Mumbai for other states, Mumbai Taximen’s Union leader A L Quadros claimed on Sunday. …

[ad_1] The guard sits hunched in his bony chair for hours, his face beaming in the light of his cheap cell phone. Even before COVID-19 sank his teeth into his life, he already had enough worries. His employers would not release a part of his pitiful salary to prevent him …

[ad_1] At least 20 migrant workers returning to Odisha on a special Shramik train from Ahmedabad, a hot spot for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Gujarat, allegedly jumped off the train in the Angul district on Sunday night to evade the 28-day mandatory quarantine of the Odisha government. applied three days …

[ad_1] (This story was first published in the Times of India on May 11, 2020) MUMBAI / INDORE: Stripped of their livelihoods and desperate to return home, at least 2,000 kaali peeli and autorickshaws taxis have left Mumbai for other states, Mumbai Union leader Taximen, A L Quadros, said on …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In an attempt to transport more migrants, the railways on Monday decided to transport around 1,700 passengers on board is’Shramik Special’ trains instead of the current 1,200. According to an order issued, railway zones have also been asked to provide three stops in the destination state other …

[ad_1] Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray is likely to suggest an extension of the 3: 0 blockade restrictions, which were further extended from May 4 for 14 days in 130 districts across the country that have emerged as points critics of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), all the way through – May …

[ad_1] Covid-19 cases in India crossed 60,000 and deaths rose above 2,000 with 3,172 new infections and 117 deaths on Saturday. According to officials, Prime Minister Narendra Modi may meet with the chief ministers on Tuesday to discuss the next stage in the exit from the national closure. The objective …

[ad_1] An outbreak in the Covid-19 cases in Bihar, Odisha, Rajasthan and Jharkhand since May 1,It has been linked to migrant workers who have returned from various cities across the country, state officials said, confirming fear that rural India is no longer safe from the coronavirus pandemic that has affected …

[ad_1] The railways on Saturday night said it had received “clearance” from West Bengal for running eight special trains to the state to ferry people stranded outside due to the ongoing lockdown, after a day-long war of words between the state and the Center over the matter. A senior railway …