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Covid numbers shoot up in Karnataka. (PTI Photo)

Assam registers record 42 corona cases in a day

Two-month-old baby among victims, total jumps to 157

21 May 2020 12:53 PM IST

A policeman disperses guest workers gathered outside Mumbai railway station. (AFP)

Guest workers more prone to virus due to malnutrition and low immunity

Most guest workers, with proximity to clusters and bad health conditions, could be asymptomatic carriers of virus

20 May 2020 10:57 AM IST

Former AI pilot Karan Singh arranges transport for migrants stuck in Mumbai. (DC Photo)

Former AI pilot arranges transport for migrants stuck in Mumbai

Singh arranged 14 SUVs for the workers to reach Prayagraj, so far he helped nearly 183 migrant workers to reach their...

18 May 2020 11:08 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (ANI Photo)

FM Nirmala announces additional 40k crore under MGNREGS to boost...

Top-100 universities will be permitted to automatically start online courses by May 30, 2020

17 May 2020 12:26 PM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama. (PTI Photo)

Sitharaman to announce fifth and final tranche of economic package at...

Finance Minister on Saturday said the government will introduce competition, transparency and private sector...

17 May 2020 9:45 AM IST

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI Photo)

FM Nirmala Sitharaman's third tranche covers agriculture and allied...

Financing facility of Rs 1,00,000 crore will be provided for funding agriculture infrastructure projects at farm-gate...

15 May 2020 5:42 PM IST

Migrant workers from UP state sit stuffed inside a goods truck on the outskirts of Hyderabad hoping to be driven to their villages in UP. (AP)

One Nation One Ration Card: Manna for migrant workers -- by next March

Nirmala Sitharaman's second tranche of the stimulus package addreses farmers, migrant workers, street hawkers

15 May 2020 9:50 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI Photo)

Rs 3 lakh crore collateral-free automatic loan for businesses, MSMEs:...

To provide stressed MSMEs with equity support, the government will facilitate the provision of Rs. 20,000 crore as...

13 May 2020 5:33 PM IST

Migrants to return home in special trains. (PTI Photo)

Make sure migrants return home in special trains: Centre to states

The situation of migrant workers walking on roads and railway tracks was noted with great concern

11 May 2020 1:22 PM IST

US citizen wait to check in on a humanitarian flight towards Fort Lauderdale at Tocumen international airport in Panama City. (AFP)

US to temporarily ban immigrant visas including H-1B

Nearly 500,000 migrant workers are employed in the US in the H-1B status

9 May 2020 8:44 AM IST

Bihar government is planning to do skill profiling of migrant workers who are being brought back. (PTI Photo)

Bihar mulls skill profiling of migrant workers

More than 2 lakh migrant workers have reached Bihar and many more are expected to return home

8 May 2020 10:58 AM IST

15 migrant workers crushed to death by goods train in Maharashtra. (Photo- Twitter)

Migrant workers crushed to death by goods train in Aurangabad

Workers were sleeping on rail tracks due to exhaustion when they were run over by the goods train coming from Jalna

8 May 2020 10:15 AM IST