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Amid extended lockdown, large number of Nepali migrant workers enter home from India

Amid extended lockdown, large number of Nepali migrant workers enter home from India

BIRATNAGAR, March 30: Although the government has suspended land border crossings with India to prevent the spread of co...

BIRATNAGAR, March 30: Although the government has suspended land border crossings with India to prevent the spread of co...

Mar 30, 2020

WORLD

Indian police fire tear gas on jobless workers defying coronavirus lockdown

Indian police fire tear gas on jobless workers defying coronavirus lockdown

NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD, INDIA, March 30: Police in western India fired tear gas to disperse a stone-pelting crowd of migran...

NEW DELHI/AHMEDABAD, INDIA, March 30: Police in western India fired tear gas to disperse a stone-pelting crowd of migran...

Mar 30, 2020

WORLD

India says no plan to extend coronavirus lockdown as poor struggle

India says no plan to extend coronavirus lockdown as poor struggle

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU, March 30: India has no plans to extend a 21-day lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the...

NEW DELHI/BENGALURU, March 30: India has no plans to extend a 21-day lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the...

Mar 30, 2020

WORLD

Modi seeks 'forgiveness' from India's poor over coronavirus lockdown

Modi seeks 'forgiveness' from India's poor over coronavirus lockdown

MUMBAI, March 29: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the nation’s poor for forgiveness on Sunday, as the economic...

MUMBAI, March 29: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the nation’s poor for forgiveness on Sunday, as the economic...

Mar 30, 2020

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Salman Khan to extend financial help to 25,000 daily wage workers of film industry

Salman Khan to extend financial help to 25,000 daily wage workers of film industry

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has pledged to financially support 25,000 daily wage workers from the film industry in t...

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has pledged to financially support 25,000 daily wage workers from the film industry in t...

Mar 29, 2020

WORLD

India needs at least 38 million masks to fight coronavirus - agency document

India needs at least 38 million masks to fight coronavirus - agency document

NEW DELHI, March 27: India needs at least 38 million masks and 6.2 million pieces of personal protective equipment as it...

NEW DELHI, March 27: India needs at least 38 million masks and 6.2 million pieces of personal protective equipment as it...

Mar 28, 2020

SOCIETY

People defying quarantine rules in Sudur Paschim

People defying quarantine rules in Sudur Paschim

DHANGADHI, March 28: Sudur Paschim Province is at a very high risk of a novel coronavirus outbreak since thousands of pe...

DHANGADHI, March 28: Sudur Paschim Province is at a very high risk of a novel coronavirus outbreak since thousands of pe...

Mar 28, 2020

WORLD

India's coronavirus cases tick up, immense lockdown holds

India's coronavirus cases tick up, immense lockdown holds

NEW DELHI, March 27: India’s death toll from the coronavirus rose by six to 16 in the last 24 hours, as the government s...

NEW DELHI, March 27: India’s death toll from the coronavirus rose by six to 16 in the last 24 hours, as the government s...

Mar 27, 2020

WORLD

India outlines $22.6 billion economic stimulus to help poor hit by lockdown

India outlines $22.6 billion economic stimulus to help poor hit by lockdown

NEW DELHI, March 26: India on Thursday announced a 1.7 trillion rupee ($22.6 billion) economic stimulus plan that will b...

NEW DELHI, March 26: India on Thursday announced a 1.7 trillion rupee ($22.6 billion) economic stimulus plan that will b...

Mar 26, 2020

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29 Nepali nationals stranded at Belahiya-Sunauli border crossing between Nepal and India

29 Nepali nationals stranded at Belahiya-Sunauli border crossing between Nepal and India

BHAIRAHAWA, March 26: Twenty-nine Nepali nationals including four students have been stranded at the Belahiya-Sunauli bo...

BHAIRAHAWA, March 26: Twenty-nine Nepali nationals including four students have been stranded at the Belahiya-Sunauli bo...

Mar 26, 2020