Day: May 14, 2020

Nepal’s COVID-19 cases climb to 246

8:47 pm May 14, 2020

Kathmandu: A six-year-old girl was among the three new coronavirus cases reported in Nepal during the last 48 hours, taking the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country to 246, the health ministry said on Thursday. Besides the 6-year-old girl from Kapilavastu district, other COVID-19 patients include a 32-year-old man from Kathmandu and a […]

US jobless claims rise to 778,000 as pandemic worsens

Millions more people likely sought US jobless aid last week

8:44 pm May 14, 2020

Washington: The government is set to provide its latest update Thursday on the waves of layoffs that have caused tens of millions of workers to lose their jobs in a US economy still paralysed by business shutdowns. The Labor Department will likely announce that millions more people filed for unemployment benefits last week, after 33 […]

Just take me home, mother tells daily wager son

Jharkhand bearing transport fares of migrant workers: CM

8:34 pm May 14, 2020

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday said the state government was bearing the transport costs of migrant workers and would bring back all the labourers stranded outside the state in a “systematic manner”. Jharkhand was making all efforts to bring back 6.85 lakh migrants from the state held up across the country due […]

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

Oppn against Karnataka govt’s proposed ordinance on APMC

8:24 pm May 14, 2020

Bengaluru: Opposition parties, including the JDS on Thursday came out against the Karnataka government’s proposal to amend the laws governing the Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMC), claiming that the move would curtail its powers and also affect the farmers’ interests. The state cabinet to meet this evening is likely to clear an ordinance, which according […]

Jharkhand bearing transport fares of migrant workers: CM

6:26 pm May 14, 2020