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Health Minister KK Shailaja said four from Malappuram, two each from Palakkad, Kozhikode and Kannur, one each from Kollam, Ernakulam Thrissur and Kasaragod districts had contracted the infection.

Shah said the additional allocation of Rs 40,000 crore under MGNREGS will help in generating employment for the poor and migrant workers and create durable livelihood assets, which will greatly boost the country's rural economy and infrastructure.

The court said the man, facing trial in an abetment to suicide case, and the authorities would have to follow all conditions imposed by doctors with respect to Covid-19 patients.

Public expenditure on health will be increased, Sitharaman said, adding that investments in grassroot health institutions to be ramped up.

Of the new cases, two are from Guwahati city and one each from Sonitpur and Sivasagar districts. The patients were admitted to hospitals early on Sunday morning, he said.

Contact tracing conducted by officials revealed that one of the residents is the primary contact of a Covid-19 patient.

Reacting to day four announcements of relief measures by Sitharaman under the Rs 20 lakh crore package announced by the Prime Minister, he said the Centre was mistaking reform measures as relief measures.

In a fresh wave of exodus, thousands of migrant labourers from Delhi-NCR have been walking back to their residences in different states, mostly Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

The unit was a major hotspot after about 140 men living in its campus in Mayur Vihar phase-III were infected with coronavirus and a 55-year-old sub-inspector had died.

Congress leader Prem Chandra Mishra alleged that the state government appeared to have 'no intention of helping migrant workers at all'.

Rohatgi made the remarks while delivering the Prof N R Madhava Menon memorial lecture on the subject of 'Journey of the Supreme Court from 1950 till now'.

With the Covid-19 lockdown likely to be extended, many are left with no option but to go back to their villages.

At least 24 migrant workers were killed and 36 injured when a trailer rammed into a stationary truck, both carrying passengers, on a highway near Auraiya.

PM Modi Modi was responding to a tweet by US President Trump on Friday announcing the decision to donate ventilators to India.

Continuing with contactless services, the company has formalized the Harley-Davidson Home Delivery program, Harley-Davidson India said in a statement.

DGP Abhay said Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had directed that no migrant should have to take the pain of walking on foot to his/her destination.