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  1. 15 minutes ago

    Shortage of food can cause social disturbance in the best of times. In the current situation of country wide lock-down, it will be catastrophic for Bharat’s poor, who have already lost their jobs and income.

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  2. 39 minutes ago

    Two siblings owning and operating a truck service were on Sunday booked for allegedly ferrying 64 labourers illegally to Uttar Pradesh, Saki Naka police said. The labourers were found crammed in the truck in the early hours of the day in Powai.

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  3. 1 hour ago

    "I believe that they have done no wrong because there is widespread hunger and people are helpless. The government should ensure that there is no scarcity of essential food items such as flour.”

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  4. 2 hours ago

    The two 'official' websites, those of the ICMR and the health ministry, don't do a great job and are clearly not in sync. Nearly 17 states and union territories also do a poor job of disseminating information.

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  5. 2 hours ago

    Europe’s COVID-19 death toll shot past 20,000 Saturday, with Italy and Spain each reporting more than 800 dead in one day. The global death toll of COVID-19 is currently at over 30,000.

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  6. 2 hours ago

    "The migrant workers were told that the buses would start from Durgapura. When they reached there, they were told that the buses were waiting for them at Jagatpura, which is about 30 kilometres away."

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  7. 3 hours ago

    "The number of poor people in India who are dependent on a daily income is simply too large for us to unilaterally shut down all economic activity," said, urging a 'nuanced approach' to the

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  8. 3 hours ago

    “If Europe does not rise to this unprecedented challenge, there is a danger that the European house loses its foundations before the eyes of our citizens,” Conte told the daily.

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  9. 3 hours ago

    The Kerala govt assured the guest workers that all facilities would be provided for their stay in the state during the lockdown period. They rejected their demand for travel facilities.

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  10. 4 hours ago

    At least 17 migrant labourers and their family members – including five children – have lost their lives so far in the course of their uphill effort to return home since the lockdown began.

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  11. 4 hours ago

    “We’re a nation of foot soldiers who have lived liked generals.” The amazement at the beauty of Rome stripped clean of tourists and cars has shifted to a foreboding sense of dystopia.

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  12. 5 hours ago

    On Saturday, the Delhi government announced that it is setting up hundreds of centres to provide meals to people and urged people to not leave the city and risk contracting the virus while travelling in such large numbers.

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  13. 5 hours ago

    North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in an unprecedented flurry of launches that South Korea decried as “inappropriate” amid the global coronavirus pandemic.

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  14. 6 hours ago

    Seven migrant labourers hailing from the Purulia district of West Bengal have been quarantined atop three trees since they arrived in their village on March 25 from Chennai.

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  15. 6 hours ago

    A CPR ground report points to a mass hunger crisis among migrant workers in Delhi post-COVID-19 lockdown. It highlights the disconnect between the government’s responses to the crisis of hunger and health among the most vulnerable populations.

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  16. 6 hours ago

    By springing the lockdown on millions of migrant workers, the Modi government has once again shown a combination of unseemly haste and organisational ineptitude. | Prem Shankar Jha writes.

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  17. 7 hours ago

    In a rare display of public anger in China, dozens of people in central Hubei province attacked official vehicles after they were stopped from crossing a bridge and travel to neighbouring Jiangxi after the lifting of the lockdown.

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  18. 7 hours ago

    . had been warned against publishing her report and threatened with a case under the Epidemic Diseases Act. But one day later, the corporation has finally made protective gear available to them.

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  19. 7 hours ago

    The rationale to stay home is to defer the strain on the existing health infrastructure in India – but there are worries that this will lead to further abuse, domestic violence and mental health issues.

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  20. 8 hours ago

    On Saturday, reports poured in from across the country on the shortage of medical equipment for doctors and a shortage of medicines at chemist shops. The shortage of medicines was reported due to disruptions in supply chains because of the lockdown.

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