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In absence of work, migrant workers have been forced to return to their homes. Many of them, accompanied by large families, are forced to travel on foot due to closure of public transport as part of the ongoing 21-day nationwide lockdown.
‘No Friday Prayers,’ Orders Muslim Law Board Due to Coronavirus Lockdown, Until last week, mosques remained open with scores of Muslim followers reaching for Friday prayers despite the government's appeal to stay indoors.
The chaos unfolding across India in recent days has spelled out that for the 74 million people -- one sixth of the urban population -- who live cheek by jowl in the country's slums, social distancing is going to be physically and economically impossible
The Centre and states now face the challenge of pan-India contact tracing and containment, About 1,500 attendees went back to their states just before the lockdown began
Cabinet Secretary Flags Mismatch in Number of Passengers Who Returned from Abroad and Those in Quarantine. In a letter to chief secretaries of all States and Union Territories, Rajiv Gauba said such a gap in monitoring of international passengers for coronavirus "may seriously jeopardise the efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19".
Oil prices have fallen for four straight weeks and have given up about 60 per cent since the start of the year. Petrol and diesel prices were left untouched for the 14th day in a row today despite crude oil rates slumping to a new 17-year-low. Although state-run fuel retailers review prices everyday at 6 am, rates have been kept unchanged for almost a fortnight now. So far in the month, fuel rates have become cheaper by more than ₹2 a litre.
10 PSU Banks to be Merged From Today: All You Need to Know, The customers of the 10 banks will be treated as the customers of the banks their banks got merged with. Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India will be merged into Punjab National Bank. Syndicate bank will be merged with Canara Bank, Indian bank will be merged with Allahabad Bank, Union Bank of India will be merged with Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Uco Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Punjab and Sind Bank, Bank of India, Central Bank of India will remain the independent banks. The customers of the 10 banks will be treated as the customers of the banks their banks got merged with. Punjab National Bank will become the second-largest lender after the merger. The first is the State Bank of India.