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Mumbai cops brutally thrash woman, vandalise vegetable stall [VIDEO]

The incident took place on Friday when a woman was trying to sell vegetables to make ends meet in Mankhurd, an area declared as a containment zone in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

Apr 18, 2020

Coronavirus triggers layoffs: More job loss, pay cut on cards as India fights against Covid-19

All major employment sectors in the country took drastic measures like large scale employee termination and salary cuts to sustain the loss due to the national lockdown.

Apr 17, 2020

Thank you food service workers: Google doodle honours food workers with animated illustration

In each of the doodles in its series, Google expresses gratitude to people working across different sectors, who jointly help the public in containing the spread of the deadly contagious virus.

Apr 16, 2020

Coronavirus: Google Doodle thanks packaging, shipping and delivery workers with animated illustration

In each of the doodles in its series, Google expresses gratitude to people working across different sectors, who jointly help the public in containing the spread of the deadly contagious virus.

Apr 15, 2020

From agriculture to industries: MHA relaxes lockdown norms for selected activities from April 20; complete list

After PM Modi announced the extension of nationwide lockdown, the MHA on Wednesday, April 15 issued new guidelines. Activities like agriculture, IT, e-commerce and inter-state transport will be allowed after April 20.

Apr 15, 2020

Coronavirus Live Updates: With biggest one-day jump of 8,392 cases, India's Covid-19 tally climbs to 1.9 lakh

The total number of Covid-19 cases in India has now crossed over 1.9 lakh in India with 5394 deaths.

Apr 14, 2020

Karnataka minister's lands in trouble after swimming amid lockdown

Karnataka Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar tweeted a photo of "having fun" in a swimming pool but received major backlash.

Apr 13, 2020

Lockdown relaxation in offing! Several Union ministers, officials in ministries return to work

According to sources, the government is likely to announce relaxation in curbs for farmers and industrial sectors.

Apr 13, 2020

Neither chicken nor fish, 'mutton' prices skyrocket due to coronavirus crisis

The lockdown couldn't have come at a worse time as India battles to sell winter crop; livestock industry has seen an all-time low.

Apr 11, 2020

PMO reviews efforts of eleven Empowered Groups to check COVID-19 spread

The meeting was the latest in a series of periodic reviews at various levels by the Prime Minister's Office to monitor the ongoing efforts to counter the impact of the pandemic

Apr 10, 2020

Amid lockdown, Anand Mahindra appreciates the use of banana leaves as dining plates at his factory

With the national lockdown announced on behalf of the incessantly wide-spreading novel coronavirus, the banana farmers, like most of the other agriculture workers, have been suffering hard.

Apr 9, 2020

How much money do we actually need to survive the coronavirus pandemic?

ASSOCHAM stated that a stimulus package is needed in order to fight the impact created by coronavirus.

Apr 9, 2020

Insurance scheme, age-limit: Govt releases FAQs on Garib Kalyan Package for health workers fighting Covid-19

To help the people alleviate the distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Union government recently announced the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana.

Apr 8, 2020

People in Bihar are being declared 'corona free' even without conducting test [Video]

A video is going viral where staff at a health facility in Bihar are stamping people "corona free" even without conducting the test.

Apr 6, 2020

Now, disinfection tunnel installed in Karnataka's Hubli to sanitise farmers, vegetable vendors

A one-of-its-kind disinfection tunnel has been installed at the entrance of the agriculture market in Karnataka's Hubli that sprays a small percentage of Sodium hypochlorite solution on the visitors to sanitise them.