Day: April 22, 2020

281 Myanmarese nationals, held up in Bihar and UP during lockdown, return home

11:04 pm April 22, 2020

Gaya (Bihar): Close to 300 Myanmarese nationals, stranded in different places across Bihar and neighbouring Uttar Pradesh because of the lockdown, on Wednesday left for their homeland aboard a special chartered flight, a senior official said. District Magistrate, Gaya, Abhishek Kumar Singh said, altogether 281 people boarded the flight. Most of them were held up […]

Assam man walks, hitch-hikes from Gujarat amid lockdown

10:51 pm April 22, 2020

Guwahati: Jadav Gogoi, a migrant labourer from Assam working in Gujarat, has successfully completed a 2,900-km journey for reaching his home town in Nagaon district amid the nationwide lockdown, partly by walking and at times hitchhiking. Starting his journey on March 27, Gogoi reached his home district in central Assam on April 20 night after […]

All wastelands in Kerala to be used for farming

10:50 pm April 22, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: As part of massive COVID-19 mitigation efforts in agriculture to make the state self sufficient, the Kerala government on Wednesday announced that all wastelands would be used for farming. Kerala is a consumer state which depends on other states for food grains, fruits and vegetables. On Wednesday, Earth Day, Chief Minister Pinaryi Vijayan and […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Industrial organisations urge govt to clear salary dues of employees from unclaimed PF fund, ESI

10:26 pm April 22, 2020

Noida: Different industrial organisations have urged the government to clear the salary dues of the industry employees from the unclaimed PF fund or ESI. The members of the different industrial organisations held a video conference here on Wednesday to discuss the present situation of industries and labourers. All of them showed their inability to pay […]

COVID-19: KDMC acquires 80 per cent beds at pvt hospitals

Mayor hands over 400 PPE kits to Swami Dayanand Saraswati hospital

10:18 pm April 22, 2020

New Delhi: The Swami Dayanand Saraswati (SDN) Hospital here on Wednesday received 400 PPE kits and 200 sanitizers. Mayor of East Delhi, Anju Kamalakant, and the chairman of the standing committee , Sandeep Kapoor, handed over 400 personal protection equipment (PPE) kits and 200 sanitizers to Swami Dayanand Saraswati Hospital (SDN) to help the doctors and nurses […]