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09 Jun

Send migrants workers home within 15 days

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A man dozes off as migrant workers from West Bengal wait after queueing up overnight on a roadside pavement to register for home bound trains The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre and state governments to send all the migrant workers to their native places within 15 days and formulate employment schemes after conducting their skill mapping to rehabilitate them. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.R. Shah also directed the Centre to provide additional trains within 24 hours of states making the demand for sending the migrant workers back to their native places. The…

09 Jun

VANDE BHARAT MISSION: AROUND 40,000 INDIAN NATIONAL REGISTERED WITH US

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Vande Bharat Mission started in the US on May 7 and now its almost completing one month. We have had about 16 flights so far. We have had about 40,000 Indian nationals who have registered with us. So far, we have been able to take about 5000,” he told ANI“The first phase, we went in a very scientific way. We created a special site on which we got the total numbers. And this is an emergency evacuation flight. So based on the requirements of them going back, the first two phases, 16 flights, 5000 people have gone. Now the third…

09 Jun

Total lockdown in Mizoram

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The state has also decided to increase the quarantine period to 21 days Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga on Monday announced a “total lockdown” for two weeks from June 8 midnight. The state has also decided to increase the quarantine period to 21 days from 14 days following a rise in Covid cases to 42 during the day, up from 24 on Saturday. The decision was announced after a consultative meeting on Covid-19 with representatives of MLAs, government officials, non-government hospital association, Church leaders, village council members, taskforces and NGOs at Aizawl to discuss the state’s way…

09 Jun

Govt issues new COVID guidelines for central govt employees

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Government of India has issued fresh guidelines for officials and staffers of Central Government to prevent spread of corona-virus, after several officials in various Central Government Ministries and Departments have tested positive for the infection. All officers are advised to follow the following protocol to contain the spread of corona-virus: Only asymptomatic staff shall be allowed. Anyone with mild cough or fever needs to stay at home. Officers/Staff residing in the containment zone shall not come to the office and work from home till containment zone is de-notified. Not more than 20 staff/officers shall be attending office in a day.…

08 Jun

IITG ranked 350 worldwide

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IIT Guwahati has been ranked 350th Worldwide and 6th in India in the Academic Sector of Nature Index Annual Ranking 2020.

08 Jun

Covid-19: Health ministry asks states to for Districts Level Plans.

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To ensure maximum containment of coronavirus during the lockdown period, the Union health ministry has asked states to classify districts into hotspots, non-hotspots and green zones.The Centre has declared 170 hotspots --- 123 hotspot districts with large outbreaks and 47 hotspot districts with clusters --- in 25 states and Union territories. Union Health Ministry, on Monday, directed States to make district-wise prospective plans for the coming months to tackle COVID-19. Health Secretary Preeti Sudan along with senior Health Ministry officials held a review with district collectors, municipal commissioners, chief medical officers, superintendent of district hospitals and principals of medical colleges…

08 Jun

Ayodhya: Ram Mandir construction to begin on June 10.

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Ram temple construction in Ayodhya is all set to begin from Wednesday (June 10) after an elaborate 'Rudra Abhishek' ceremony. The construction work commencement ceremony will be attended by a limited number of persons and will be held at the Kuber Tila temple, amid coronavirus outbreak. The rudrabhishek ritual follows the tradition set by Lord Ram, who prayed to Shiva before launching an attack on Lanka, said Mahant Kamal Nayan Das, spokesperson for the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust head Mahant Nritya Gopal Das. The work of laying the foundation of the temple will begin after these special prayers.…

08 Jun

Arvind Kejriwal goes in self isolation, has mild fever and sore throat.

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has gone into self-quarantine after developing sore throat and fever, and will gethimself tested for Covid-19 on Tuesday, officials said on Monday. Kejriwal on Sunday has addressed a digital press conference. “Dear Arvind Kejriwal - you are our inspiration and hero - a frontline warrior against coronavirus. You put yourself at risk for the well-being of people of Delhi. As you face a health challenge, our thoughts, wishes and prayers are with you,” tweeted Raghav Chadha, National Spokesperson.

08 Jun

Delhi govt, private hospitals to be reserved for residents only.

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As complaints mounted on social media of poor treatment at Delhi’s hospitals, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Sunday that all government and private hospitals in the city would only treat Delhi residents till the rising COVID-19 cases are contained. At the same time, he said that Delhi will unseal its borders, which were sealed in the first place "thinking that our hospitals will be flooded with people from other states". Hospitals only for Delhi residents; borders to open from tomorrow.While malls and restaurants will resume activity from Monday as per the Centre's guidelines, hotels and banquet halls in Delhi…

07 Jun

Five militants killed in encounter with security forces in Shopian.

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There has been an increase in anti-militancy operations in the Valley since April. Three unidentified militants were on Sunday killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. "Five terrorists have been eliminated in operation Reban in Shopian," defence spokesperson Col Rajesh Kalia said. A CRPF spokesperson, earlier in the day, said that the encounter broke out around 8 am in Reban area. According to sources, they received inputs that a group of five militants were in the area. He said a gunfight broke out after the militants opened fire at a search…