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Nationwide lockdown extended till May 31 to contain Covid-19 spread: NDMA

In an order, the NDMA said lockdown measures need to be implemented for a further period of 14 days in the country to contain the spread of Covid-19

UP govt to pay Rs 26 crore to Railways for plying Shramik special trains

So far, 522 trains have ferried 665,000 labourers to UP

Tamil Nadu extends coronavirus lockdown till May 31, but with relaxations

According to the the state government release, while e-passes will not be needed for vehicles within the district, they would be required for inter-district travel

'Is it not dramebaazi?': Nirmala Sitharaman on Rahul meeting migrants

Rahul on Saturday interacted with migrant workers who were walking near Sukhdev Vihar flyover in New Delhi to return to their home states

Migrant workers continue to travel by trucks, bicycle to their home states

Some migrant workers continued to travel by trucks while some are traveling on foot and bicycles from Punjab's Ludhiana to reach their respective homes

Delhi Congress President Anil Chaudhary put under preventive detention

According to the Uttar Pradesh Police, labourers have been asked to take trains or buses

Tamil Nadu extends lockdown till 31 May, eases curbs in 25 districts

Palaniswami announced new relaxation in curbs for 25 districts, including Coimbatore, Salem, Erode, Tirupur, Namakkal and Karur

Deep Dive with AKB: Govt's Rs 20-trn package to fight Covid-19 slump

How large Modi's economic package really is? From where will the govt get the money to finance it? Let's take a Deep Dive with AKB to understand

Power engineers oppose FM's move to privatise power discoms in UTs

Dubey claimed the central government was looking at abolishing the subsidy and cross subsidy in the supply of electricity, which would make the commodity more expensive for the general consumer

Govt package only worth Rs 3.22 trn and 1.6% of GDP, not Rs 20 trn: Cong

Congress' senior spokesperson Anand Sharma Sharma said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must "walk the talk" and announce the measures required by giving money in the hands of the poor

Govt to privatise non-strategic PSUs, suspend new bankruptcy filings

Sitharaman also raised the allocation for the employment guarantee scheme by Rs 40,000 crore over and above the Rs 61,000 crore budgeted for MGNREGS

Maharashtra extends Covid-19 lockdown till May 31, cases cross 30,000-mark

The decision came on the day when the third phase of nationwide lockdown come to an end

Fifth tranche of economic package: 7 measures announced by FM today

The fifth and last set of measures focuses on MGNREGA, health and education (rural and urban), businesses, decriminalisation of Companies Act, etc

Covid-19: Why labour law relaxations will need to undergo judicial scrutiny

Geetika Srivastava checks out whether the recent labour law relaxations announced by several states pass the legal smell test

Coronavirus cases in Pakistan cross 40,000; Punjab, Sindh worst-hit

A total of 39 people have died during the last 24 hours, taking the number of fatalities to 873, while another 11,341 people have fully recovered

World coronavirus dispatch: Barack Obama goes after Trump admin's response

From Obama going after Trump admin's handling, to Brazil continuing to be in trouble, to how college may look like in fall and beyond

India coronavirus dispatch: Lessons for a future after the pandemic is over

Fighting the disease in communities, seven lessons for the world after the pandemic, and what it means for Covid-19 to never go away and become an endemic

Economic stimulus includes Rs 8 trillion liquidity measures by RBI: FM

The stimulus totals to Rs 20.97 trillion, she said, adding this also comprises the Rs 1.92 trillion package of free foodgrain and cooking gas to poor

Covid-19 stimulus: Centre allows states to borrow up to 5% of their GSDP

Revenue deficit grants of Rs 12,390 crore were given to states on time in April and May despite the Centre's stressed resources, FM Sitharaman said

Over 13,000 people returned to India under Vande Bharat: Hardeep Singh Puri

Vande Bharat Mission, which started on May 7 to bring back stranded Indian nationals back home from other countries, initiated its second phase of the operation from Saturday