Politics in Corona exodus
The reverse migration of daily wagers has made a mockery of the Prime Minister’s call for a 21-day lockdown. What prompted this humanitarian crisis? There is a strange coincidence, if not synergy, between some Twitter handles calling for the national Government to deal with the Coronavirus health crisis, even though the...
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Indian solutions
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Looking for positives
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Desperation and deprivation
31 March 2020 | Simi Mehta / balwant mehta / Arjun Kumar -
Good to bury the hatchet
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Employ high-tech for climate change adaptation
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PUNJAB EXTENDS CURFEW TILL APR 14, SEALS BORDERS
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Haryana seals its borders, says Home Min Anil Vij
31 March 2020 | PNS
CM Yogi stresses on total lockdown in UP
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered full lockdown in the state and banned unreasonable movement of people. The government directed the district authorities to enforce the order in letter and spirit and not tolerate any violation failing which officials would be held responsible for laxity. This was informed by Additional Chief...
Censured by Yogi, Noida DM applies for 3-month leave
Annoyed with the dressing down from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, District Magistrate of Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida), BN Singh, shot off a letter to Chief Secretary RK Tiwari, demanding a three-month leave, saying that he be relieved of his charge with immediate effect. During his visit to Noida on Monday, the...
Yogi writes to all CMs to take care of UPites
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath shot off letters to all chief ministers of the country to take care of natives of Uttar Pradesh during the lockdown period so that they did not migrate to their home state in large numbers at this crucial juncture . In his letter written separately to all...
DyCM holds video conference with traders
In view of the 21-day lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma called upon traders to ensure the availability of essential commodities for common people, particularly the poor and vulnerable sections, and refrain from over charging. Speaking to trading community leaders in several district through video...
CM transfers wages to accounts of 27.15L MNREGA labourers
NREGA funds to labourers Giving further respite to daily wagers during the lockdown to prevent coronavirus spread in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath transferred Rs 611 crore to over 27.15 lakh labourers engaged in schemes under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) on Monday. The chief minister also...
73-yr-old woman tests positive for coronavirus in Lko
Lucknow reported one more coronavirus case on Monday with a 73-old woman testing positive, taking the tally of confirmed COVID-19 patients in the state capital to nine. The old lady is the mother-in-law of the first coronavirus patient in the city, 35-year-old Canadian doctor who had tested positive for the virus,...
Migrant workers sprayed with bleach in Bareilly
Battling numerous problems due to lockdown to contain coronavirus spread, migrants workers returning home were further humiliated when they were asked to sit in rows and then sprayed with chemicals in the name of sanitisation at Bareilly bus stand on Sunday. The workers included men, women and even children. The shocking Sunday...
