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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Australia ‘disheartened’ by a death sentence in China

7:44 am June 14, 2020

Sydney: Australia on Sunday described as “deeply disheartening” a death sentence China imposed on an Australian man accused of drug smuggling, and the trade minister said it shouldn’t be linked to ongoing friction over trade and the pandemic. Cam Gillespie was arrested in 2013 at Baiyun Airport in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on […]

Woman jumps in front of train with nine-month-old son

Lockdown: MHA allows movement of stranded migrants, students, pilgrims by spl trains

7:51 pm May 1, 2020

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday allowed the use of trains for ferrying people stranded due to the nationwide lockdown to their respective states, an official said Addressing a press conference, Joint Secretary in the MHA Punya Salila Srivastava said stranded people such as migrant workers, tourists, pilgrims and students […]

Nearly 15,000 guest workers go home from Tamil Nadu

Uttarakhand govt gears up to bring back stranded people

8:01 pm April 30, 2020

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand government on Thursday said it is preparing an action plan to bring back its citizens stranded in other parts of the state due to the coronavirus lockdown. Everything will soon be in place and the process of bringing people back and sending those stuck in the state to their respective destinations will […]

Govt allows movement of stranded people with conditions

11:07 pm April 29, 2020

New Delhi: Migrant workers, tourists, students and other people stranded in different parts of the country were on Wednesday allowed to move to their respective destinations with certain conditions, giving a big relief to the distressed people. In an order, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said buses shall be used for transport of such groups […]

COVID-19: 44 Texas University students test positive after spring break trip

5:35 pm April 2, 2020

Houston: Forty four students of the University of Texas in the US have tested positive for COVID-19 after they returned from a spring break trip to Mexico, avoiding social-distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic. The university, which is in Austin, had previously confirmed only 28 coronavirus cases. About 70 students flew on a chartered plane […]