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Farm laws are intended to give Corporate India a legal licence to muscle in on these small guys who have unequal or no bargaining power
We have vaccinations slowly covering the population but as of now it will be Easter before the over 50s will be covered
An intolerant religion can never be the basis of nationhood and national unity in India
As an adolescent, like most others, I wrote those poems. Emotions crystallized in show-off nonsense from studying literature
Delhi
AIIMS general, pvt wards only for emergency cases for 2 weeks
Routine OPD services to enable patients seek medical advice and counselling, which were recently resumed will continue, said AIIMS
As Delhi grapples with dipping temperature, IMD likely to declare cold wave in city
The weather department also said the month of November this year is expected to be the coldest in the last four to five years
COVID-19 cases will ‘plateau’ after 10-15 days: Delhi health minister
The minister said that “testing, tracing, isolation and treatment” strategy was still being followed along with “aggressive contact tracing”
Delhi gets a 'Green' war room in its fight against pollution
The minister said a 10-member team has been set up to monitor the levels of primary pollutants
Delhi's air quality reaches worst levels since November last year
As the skies hung heavy and acrid over the region, people complained of itchy throat and watery eyes
Mumbai
Mumbai cyber cell to probe online trolls targeting them over Sushant Singh Rajput case
The police said that fake accounts were being operated on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook where the trolls went on to abuse the city police
COVID-19 patients who died due to medical negligence need to be compensated: HC
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice NJ Jamadar was hearing a PIL filed by BJP leader Ashish Shelar
Mumbai sero survey: 27 per cent health workers have developed COVID-19 antibodies
The BMC had conducted the second round of sero-survey along with other organisations in the second half of August
Local trains remain out of reach for common Mumbaikars
Currently, only government employees and people working in services defined as 'essential services' can travel by local trains
Kolkata
Kolkata: COVID-19 positive man tries to jump off hospital building, saved by alert worker
The incident happened around 9 am at the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital
Mamata Banerjee to give job letters to slain 5 workers
The meeting venue has been chosen in view of its proximity to Bahal Nagar village from where the slain labourers had migrated to the valley for work.
West Bengal asks Railways not to send 'Shramik Special' trains till May 26
With normal life thrown out of gear by the region's worst weather disaster, the authorities have been scrambling to restore normalcy
Mamata Banerjee: Modi govt is ‘tapping my phone’
Mamata Banerjee appealed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to look into the “serious situation”, which has emerged over surveillance recently.
TMC's Samaresh Das, three-time MLA from Egra, dies of COVID-19
Das is the third notable politician from the state, who died after testing positive for COVID-19
In Other Cities
Chennai likely to turn green zone by July 31
The number of passengers who were quarantined between May 8 and July 17 was 12,709 and 11,406 of them had gone home in the districts
Pune-based businessman arrested for cheating man held in Explosive Substances Act case
The complainant Raj Kumar, a city-based businessman who deals in explosives was arrested by the RGI Airport police in 2019
TN extends lockdown till June 30, CM opens up public bus transport zone-wise
The AIADMK government has chosen to pursue a policy of caution and kept most of the general restrictions in operation until June 30
Garment MSMEs to Tamil Nadu: Don’t even think of extending lockdown
Over 400 MSME's in garment exports urge CM not to extend lockdown