Tag: Indian Government
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COVID-19: Thousands of children pushed into forced labour in India
COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated the crisis of child labour in India, with several underprivileged families forced to push their children into menial jobs to meet ends. India has the largest child population in the world with 472 million children living across all parts of the nation. With the COVID-19 outbreak starting to spread across India ... -
Health Ministry issues fresh guidelines for patients recovering from COVID-19
As the daily number of Coronavirus infections continue to rise across India, the central government recently released a set of fresh ‘Post COVID-19 Management Protocol’ for patient who have recovered from the acute disease. According to the Union Health Ministry, even after recovering from the COVID-19 illness, patients can witness symptoms such as fatigue, cough, ... -
BCCI gets official government approval to host IPL 2020 in the UAE
The IPL governing committee head Brijesh Patel affirmed that the Indian government has approved the BCCI’s request to hold the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). On Tuesday, the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) stated the IPL will begin from September 19 to November 10 in the UAE. Right now, however, the ... -
Pakistan & China’s attempts to raise Kashmir in UNSC fail miserably as India rejects their claims
Pakistan and China once again tried to raise the Kashmir issue at the United Nations Security Council in view of the first anniversary of the Indian government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 which revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Responding to China’s remarks raising Kashmir at the UNSC meeting, India lashed out at ... -
Coronavirus response: India’s COVID-19 testing capacity increases to more than 5.15 lakh tests a day
With a rapid surge in the number of infected cases, India has ramped up its testing capacity to combat the pandemic crisis in the country. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) officials, on Monday, stated that India recorded the highest number of single-day testing with more than 5.15 lakhs tests conducted in the past 24 ... -
Multiplex Association of India urges Centre to allow reopening of cinema halls
After weeks of shut down, the Multiplex Association of India (MAI) recently released a statement calling upon the government for a decision on reopening of cinemas across the country. The Association expressed dismay and disappointment over the government’s decision to keeping cinema halls and multiplexes shut in its Unlock 2.0 plan which started on July ... -
Why IT hardware and smart phones should be on essential services?
Looking at the way most of India has adopted the Work From Home culture, hardware availability and maintenance is the next big challenge facing everyone. The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) is now urging the Home Ministry to allow sale of mobile phones, laptops, desktops, storage devices and other related products. This would mean ... -
India gets techno savvy to fight COVID-19 pandemic
With the advent of the novel Coronavirus pandemic, the Indian government on March 24 announced a 21-day lockdown in the country. Amid the lockdown to fight the COVID-19 outbreak, there has been an exponential rise in the use of technology not only by the citizens but by the government as well. With the use of ... -
Indian Government withdraws finance bill
Indian Government on Wednesday announced about withdrawal of finance bill from its updated list of business for Thursday, soon following posting it for passage in the primary program. Preferably, the Indian Government has granted preference to the Banking Regulation Bill, in the Lok Sabha. Nirmala Sitharaman, Finance minister will pass the Bill to further alter ...