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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.

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

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.

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

The plea has sought to declare as unconstitutional the measures of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh which allegedly restrict movement for permissible activities in areas falling within the NCR due to "blanket orders of sealing borders without reasonable exceptio...

Ten ISL, I-League and second division league clubs have reportedly confirmed their participation for the inaugural Futsal Championship, which is planned for September, 2020.

Ashok Diwan was battling health issues while being stranded in the United States and will now undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine.

PETA knocked on the doors of Union Minister Giriraj Singh and called for his attention to another imminent zoonotic threat -- tuberculosis -- faced by captive elephants in the country.

UCO Bank shares were trading 1.26 per cent down at Rs 11.78 apiece on the BSE after the charges for violating government bond holding norms.

Industrialist Sajjan Jindal on Wednesday welcomed the Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revive the economy hit by COVID-19, saying it will give a boost to the ambitious Make in India programme.

Every year, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) comes up with a theme to honour all the nurses. For 2020, the theme for Internation Nurse Day is ‘Nursing the world to health’.

The Congress has been demanding restarting of economic activities which have come to a standstill in view of the complete lockdown enforced due to coronavirus.

ELISA tests, routinely used for detecting HIV infection, is similar to rapid antibody tests as they look for antibodies in the blood to ascertain if one has been infected with coronavirus or not.

The woman was caught when she had arrived to deliver intoxicant to a teenager. She was remanded to 14-day custody by the court on Saturday.

A senior official said three trains from Karnataka, two each from Punjab and Tamil Nadu, and one from Telangana will take stranded people to West Bengal over the next few days.

Earlier, such registrations/approvals were granted without any specific expiry period unless specifically withdrawn by concerned tax authority.