Barely six hours before the expiry of the third round of the Covid-19 lockdown, the Centre on Sunday extended the lockdown till 31 May but ended restrictions on employees returning to work at offices, factories and other industrial units. Metro services, quite like air travel, will still not be allowed. […]
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Lockdown 4.0 guidelines: List of top 10 activities allowed till May 31
The centre has allowed intrastate transport in public and private vehicles in the fourth phase of lockdown through a notification issued on Sunday. However, most restrictions like on domestic and international air travel, metro rail services, educational institutions, hospitality services like restaurants and hotels, cinema halls, shopping malls, gymnasiums, swimming […]
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Two weeks after inter-state travel resumes, Covid cases spike in Assam
Two weeks after inter-state travel resumed, Assam has seen a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases with the tally nearing a hundred. Since Saturday, seven people including a nine-year-old boy who returned from New Delhi few days ago have tested positive taking Assam’s total to 98 cases (including one […]
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NDMA directs states to continue lockdown measures till May 31
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has directed states to continue lockdown measures till May 31, the fourth extension of the nationwide lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the infectious Covid-19 disease. The guidelines for this phase of lockdown will be announced later this evening. The Centre will issue […]
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Meghalaya, Nagaland to continue with current restrictions in lockdown 4.0
Meghalaya and Nagaland announced on Sunday that the existing restrictions would continue for the next round of lockdown beginning from Monday in the fight against Covid-19. The announcements by the two states came shortly before the national Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) directed all states to continue the lockdown measures till […]
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Possible rare coronavirus signs include ‘Covid toes’, other rashes
Skin doctors suddenly are looking at a lot of toes — whether by emailed picture or video visit — as concern grows that for some people, a sign of COVID-19 may pop up in an unusual spot. Boston dermatologist Esther Freeman expected to see skin complaints as the pandemic unfolded […]
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Rajasthan govt to provide free ration to labourers, daily wage workers, rickshaw pullers
The Rajasthan government will be providing free ration to labourers and daily wagers, and for the same a special assistance scheme is being made for their families. The government has made 26 categories that includes beggars, barbers, washer men, rickshaw pullers, domestic helps and others for special assistance. The district […]
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India backs 62-nation coalition that wants probe into Covid-19 origin, WHO response
India has backed calls to identify how the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 was transmitted from animals to humans and conduct an ‘impartial’ evaluation of the World Health Organisation’s response to the pandemic, according to a draft resolution proposed for the WHO’s annual meet beginning tomorrow. New Delhi’s decision to […]
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Police officer at Rashtrapati Bhavan tests positive for Covid-19
An assistant commissioner of police (ACP) posted at Rashtrapati Bhavan has tested positive for Covid-19, a senior official at the President’s house said Sunday. The officer has been shifted to a hospital and his office and nearby areas are being sanitised. The ACP lives in a government housing colony in […]
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Centre’s steps will help provide employment to migrant workers returning to villages: Uttarakhand CM
Hailing the announcements made by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that these measures would provide financial resources to the states and employment opportunities to the migrant workers returning to the villages. “The Central government has taken multidimensional steps under the Rs 20 lakh crore package […]
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Auraiya road accident: Two more migrant workers die, toll rises to 26
Two more migrant workers died on Sunday following injuries sustained in the road accident a day earlier at Auraiya in Uttar Pradesh, raising the death toll in the incident to 26, said local police. Twenty-four migrant workers had died and 36 injured on Saturday early morning when a trailer truck […]
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Case registered in Uttarakhand against truck driver for illegally transporting 33 migrant passengers from Maharashtra
A truck was caught by the police here today which was in the process of transporting 33 migrant passengers from Maharashtra to Uttarakhand without any permission during the lockdown period. “Today, during checking on the district border at the Sapta Rishi barrier, a truck with registration number MH18 AA 6726 […]
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DU Open Book Online Exam: 4 DU professors write to President Kovind against the decision
Four Delhi University (DU) professors have written to President Ram Nath Kovind against the varsity’s “arbitrary decision” to hold exams through open-book mode online if the COVID-19 situation doesn’t normalise. In the letter, the professors said open book examinations will push students belonging to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other backward […]
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Scientists discover new species of fungus via Twitter
People often use social media platforms to keep themselves entertained but in a bizarre incident, scientists have discovered a new species of parasitic fungus on the micro-blogging platform Twitter. According to the study, published in the journal MycoKeys, the researchers spotted an image of a millipede while scrolling through the […]
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Bihar STET 2019 cancelled: Paper was leaked, finds investigative committee
Bihar School Examination Board has cancelled the Bihar STET 2020 after an investigation committee probed into various cases of irregularities and paper leak during the exam that was held on January 28, 2020. In a press release issued by BSEB, it is informed that the BSTET 2020 has been cancelled and the […]