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Washington The nationwide lockdown in India which started about a month ago has impacted nearly 40 million internal migrants, the World Bank has said. “The lockdown in India has impacted the livelihoods of a large proportion of the country’s nearly 40 million internal migrants. Around 50,000–60,000 moved from urban centresRead More
Punjab Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah had acceded to their demand to allow Punjab pilgrims stranded at Nanded in Maharashtra to return home. The CM had urged the Union Home Minister on this after his Maharasthra counterpart had said that theRead More
Patiala Patiala reported a spike in coronavirus cases on Wednesday—18 people testes positive in suburban Rajpura, taking the district tally to 49. Rajpura alone accounts for 30 of the 49 cases, emerging as a hotspot. Health department authorities said a major reason this is a hookah party that two businessmenRead More
Rome Deaths in Italy related to the coronavirus pandemic topped 25,000 on Wednesday. The number of dead and new positives continued to plateau for Italy, the first western country to be hit by the crisis. The civil protection agency reported 437 people had died with the virus in the lastRead More
Atlanta Spain called off the Running of the Bulls in July, the US scrapped the national spelling bee in June and Germany cancelled Oktoberfest five months away, making it clear on Tuesday that the effort to beat back the coronavirus and return to normal could be a long and dispiritingRead More
New Delhi The countrywide COVID-19 death toll rose to 652 and the number of cases to 20,471 on Wednesday, an increase of 49 fatalities and 1,486 cases since Tuesday evening, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 15,859, while 3,959 people have beenRead More
New Delhi Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and his government’s “proactive measures” such as lockdown and expansion of focused testing in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in India. According to officials, Gates, in a letter to Modi, said he was glad that theRead More
Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Sunday ruled out any relaxation in the curfew in the state, except as needed to ensure COVID-19 free procurement of wheat, till May 3, when he will again review the situation. Capt Amarinder ordered strict enforcement of the curfew in all districtsRead More
Washington US President Donald Trump has warned China of consequences if it was “knowingly responsible” for the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Trump, who has expressed his disappointment over handling of the coronavirus disease by China, alleged non-transparency and initial non-cooperation from Beijing with Washington on this issue. “IfRead More
Paris More than 160,000 people have died from the new coronavirus around the world, almost two thirds of them in Europe, according to an AFP tally on Sunday based on official sources. A total of 160,502 fatalities have been registered out of 2,331,318 cases. These include 101,398 deaths and 1,151,820Read More
