Tag: Coronavirus
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Ajay Devgn and chef Vikas Khanna praise Sonu Sood for helping migrants during lockdown
Twitter is overwhelmed with praises for the Bollywood star Sonu Sood as he earned a ton of adoration via social media for arranging buses and food for stranded migrant workers during the Covid-19 lockdown. Sood’s Simmba co-star Ajay Devgn, celebrity chef Vikas Khanna, Union minister Smriti Irani, and cricketer Shikhar Dhawan and numerous Bollywood celebs ... -
Yogi govt makes big efforts for welfare of migrant workers in UP
Aiming to protect the rights of migrant workers, Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath government recently decided to set up a Migration Commission to ensure the employment of migrant laborers in the state. India’s lockdown imposed to tackle the spread of Coronavirus pandemic has left lakhs of migrant workers across the country in peril. The pandemic lockdown, ... -
Athletes uncertain about returning for training amid risk of virus spread
While reopening of stadiums and sports complexes after about two months of shutdown has come as a major relief for the sports fraternity in India, the Home Ministry denied the entry public viewing in these facilities. However, taking cognizance of the current crisis, the focus now lies in kick-starting aggressive training of athletes in the ... -
Government notifies cut in EPF contribution to 10% which will increase take-home salary
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a reduction in the PF contribution of both employee and the employer to 10% each from the prevailing 12% each for all establishment secured by EPFO for the following 3 months. Employees working in the private sector will take more salary home for May, June, and July – as the ... -
Central Government gives powers to states for deciding zones in lockdown 4.0
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speech had also stated that lockdown 4.0 will be different from the past lockdowns and will have new set of rules. On Sunday, the Central Government extended the coronavirus lockdown for two additional weeks till May 31 with relaxations that are probably going to open the economy with ... -
UAE successfully continues working towards protecting workers and laborers and fight Coronavirus Pandemic
Since the time the episode of the pandemic, the UAE continues to take severe measures in checking the spread by actualizing social distancing steps to control the infection from spreading. Furthermore, UAE closed down schools and progressively went on to shutting eateries, beaches, parks, clubs, and so on. Right now, UAE has revealed 20,386, 206 ... -
Bloomberg survey forecast: Indian economy will shrink by 0.4%
As per a recent survey, the economists predicted that coronavirus curtailment measures would reduce India’s economic growth by 0.4% for the fiscal year 2020-21. The forecast was released based on the survey conducted by the Bloomberg News. As part of the survey, in which views of 19 economist were recorded from May 6 to 11, ... -
Bengal CM slams PM Modi for bulldozing the federal structure in the name of coronavirus crisis
On Monday, during the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s fifth virtual conference with chief ministers of all states, Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee slammed the Centre government for playing politics when the country needs to stand together to fight coronavirus pandemic. In the meeting, when all the CMs updated Mr. Modi with the situation of the ... -
COVID-19 Lockdown: Anxious businesses wait for 17 May exit plan
There is much anticipation about the outcome of today’s call of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with state chief ministers on relaxation, post 17 May 2020. In a decision taken yesterday, 10 May, The Indian Railway has announced to restart operations in a limited way from 12 May. The decision follows after the Union Health ... -
‘We Need Strong Leaders, Not Just One Strong PM’ to Battle Coronavirus Pandemic, says Rahul Gandhi
On Saturday, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi declared that the Narendra Modi government requires delegating powers to the states. He stressed that the coronavirus pandemic should be contained at the district level. He pushed for more noteworthy transparency by Center on the plan to re-open the economy, as the lockdown 3.0 ends on May 17. ...









