Liquor shops in Tamil Nadu are allowed to open from today after the Madras High Court on Wednesday permitted opening of Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) shops.
The state-run Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) in Himachal Pradesh has procured 4,000 metric tonnes of peas valued at Rs 9.20 crore in Solan district amid the lockdown due to coronavirus scare, government officials said on Thursday.
Sara Ali Khan shared first-day shoot photos from her films including Kedarnath, Simmba, Love Aaj Kal, Coolie. No. 1 and Atrangi Re; and wrote, "Missing being a #working #woman on a #working #wednesday"
Bollywood filmmaker-producer Farah Khan shared a new video in which her three kids-- Anya, Diva, and Czar were seen interviewing their mom with questions that were certainly smarter and trickier.
The IHS Markit India Services Business Activity Index stood at 5.4 in April, an extreme decline from 49.3 in March, and indicative of the most severe contraction in services output since records began in December 2005.
The Yogi Adityanath government has issued guidelines for operation of roadways buses in green zone districts of Uttar Pradesh from Wednesday.
Worldwide coronavirus cases have crossed 3.7-million mark taking positive patients toll to 3,726,666 including 258,294 deaths while 1,241,894 have recovered, according to the Worldometer figures.
Technology such as social media, messaging and video-calling apps helped authorities rescue 23 deaf and mute persons from Madhya Pradesh, who were strandedin Gurgaon and Delhi ever since the COVID-19 lockdown was imposed in March.
As the rising number of coronavirus cases has caused havoc in the country, 40 migrant laborers escaped from a shelter home in Delhi's Tilak Nagar on Tuesday. 56 migrant workers were shifted from Govt. Boys Sr. Secondary School, Punjabi Bagh to newly created shelter home at Sarvoday Bal Vidyalaya, Chand Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Delhi.
From laptops to apparels, people are logging on to e-commerce platforms like Amazon, Paytm Mall and Snapdeal to place orders for non-essential items, but lack of adequate manpower amid the lockdown could delay deliveries, as per industry executives.
The Chhattisgarh government has launched a web portal for home delivery of liquor in green zones of the state to avoid crowding at wine shops during the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, an official said on Tuesday.
Two persons who were habitual drinkers died in Ghaziabad after consuming nail polish remover, aftershave lotion and sanitizer, while one person who had consumed the toxic chemicals along with them is in critical condition in a hospital, police said on Monday.
Worldwide coronavirus cases have crossed 3.6-million mark taking positive patients toll to 3,644,795 including 252,364 deaths while 1,194,835 have recovered, according to the Worldometer figures.
West Bengal government on Monday allowed the opening of salons and resumption of intra-district bus services in green zones.
Amidst criticism over the railways charging stranded migrant workers for ferrying them home, payments for 45 special trains that have run so far have been made by originating states, barring Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka, sources said on Monday.
In the wake of COVID-19 lockdown, IGNOU June 2020 Term End Examinations have been postponed by the Indira Gandhi National Open University, Vice-Chancellor of the University, Nageshwar Rao said on Monday.
Karnataka government on Monday allowed certain industries, IT/ITES companies, call centers, telecommunication to resume operations in Red Zone areas with 33 per cent of their staff strength.
The government has not talked about charging anything from migrant labourers as 85 per cent of the transportation cost is borne by the railways and 15 per cent by state governments, the Centre said on Monday.
Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday that the nationwide lockdown will be lifted gradually, asserting that Pakistan cannot afford an indefinite closure, hours after 1,083 new infections were diagnosed, taking the country's total confirmed COVID-19 cases past 20,000.
As liquor shops in various states across the country resume their sale, the Tamil Nadu government on Monday decided to open state-run liquor retail outlets from May 7 onwards.
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