[ad_1] The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund, better known as PM CARES, will allocate ₹ 3,100 crore to COVID-19 relief, including funds for ventilators, migrant workers and vaccine development, according to an official statement from the Prime Minister’s Office on May 13 evening. Explained | …
Read More »Vande Bharat Mission: Grateful to be back home, students say despite expensive tickets; lack of social distance in flight scares passengers
[ad_1] Air India began on May 7 the first phase of one of the largest government repatriation operations with up to 64 flights flying to 12 international destinations to airlift some 15,000 stranded Indians who are trapped abroad due to to the COVID-19 blockade. Flights operate from 12 countries in …
Read More »Coronavirus blockade | Tired migrant workers dragged hopes down the road from their homes
[ad_1] As the sun rose over the road in the Indore district, Madan Kumar Saroj had to make a difficult decision. Riding a moped on the scorching summer day without some form of heat protection could prove fatal. But running out of cash and with the rapidly depleting rice stock, …
Read More »Coronavirus | AIIMS director says cases likely to peak in June-July
[ad_1] India registered 3,561 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, for a total of 52,952. With 89 deaths, the count rose to 1,783 on Thursday. Currently, the country has 35,902 active cases, and the director of the Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Randeep Guleria, states that …
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