Tag: migrant workers
Delhi Lockdown: Migrants Queue Up At Bus Stands To Rush Home
After the Delhi government imposed a week long lockdown from Monday night to curb the spike in Covid cases, in a replay of last year's migrants crisis, a large number of people gathered at bus stations here on Tuesday to flee from the city, fearing the shutdown of the public transport may force them to walk hundreds of kilometers. ....
Indore Tops With 79 Of 195 Positive Cases In A Day
The corona tide continued to lash Madhya Pradesh with 195 new cases reported on Saturday evening and total tally touched 4,790. The health department bulletin said the cases have spread to 44 of the 52 districts.....
India's Covid Tally Crosses 90K, Nearly 5K Cases In A Day
With the sharpest spike of 4,987 in 24 hours, India's total case count of coronavirus surged past 90,000-mark, the Union Health Ministry data revealed on Sunday.....
Congress Recalls Buses After UP Denies Permission
Highlighting the plight of migrant workers walking on foot to their native places, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday targeted the Uttar Pradesh government for not allowing the buses arranged by the party to enter the state.....
Delhi's Covid Death Count 416, Case Tally Crosses 18k Mark
The coronavirus cases in the national capital witnessed the third highest jump in three day with 1,163 cases being reported in a day, taking the total tally to 18,549 and the death toll to 416, the Delhi Health Department said on Saturday.....
PM Narendra Modi Slams Opposition; Lists Govt's Achievements In Parliament
Slamming the Opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, during his almost two-hour speech in the Parliament, came up with a list of achievements "the government can be proud of". ....
Provide Jobs To Migrants, Drop Cases Against Them: SC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday passed a slew of directions to state governments and Union Territories to provide benefits for migrant workers, who returned to their native states and directed the governments to submit schemes to generate employment for the migrants, and also to withdraw cases against them for violating lockdown orders. ....
Disappointed At Modi's Utter Lack Of Empathy For Migrants: Congress
The Congress on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his absence of empathy towards migrants, alleging that his address, in which he announced a Rs 20 lakh crore package, "only gave a headline to media'.....
Spike In Corona Cases In Guwahati, 22 More Test Positive In 24 Hrs
Amid a sudden jump of 22 fresh COVID-19 positive cases in Assam's main city of Guwahati in the past 24 hours, the state's main health center -- Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) -- would be opened for the admission of the new patients from Friday after a week, Assam's Health Minister said on Thursday.....
Easing Covid Woes: More MGNREGS Days, Social Spending Announced
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced eased corporate regulations, greater private participation in the economy and increased social spending budget to mitigate the economic fallout of Covid-19 outbreak.....
