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Lockdown not an attack on coronavirus, but on poor: Rahul Gandhi
"The lockdown was an attack on labourers, farmers and small shopkeepers. It was an attack on our unorganised sector. We have to understand this. We all have to stand against this attack," he said. "Whatever was done in the name of Corona was the third attack on the unorganised sector," he also said.
Lockdown, visa expiry hold up return of Sindhi men from Pakistan
Their families originally hail from Pakistan but they are now settled in dif...
Rajya Sabha: Opposition slams government on lockdown, Covid deaths
Sharma asked the government to share the latest figures of those infected ...
West Bengal comes to grinding halt on first total lockdown of September
The WB govt has declared complete lockdown across the state on Sept 7, 11 and 12. Kolkata Police conducted naka-checking in several areas of the metropolis, while mobile units visited different localities to ensure that people remained indoors on the first day of lockdown this month.
Anand Sharma questions Harsh Vardhan’s claims that lockdown prevented 78K deaths
On 3rd day of Monsoon session of Parliament, Congress MP Anand Sharma in Rajya Sabha sought for “scientific data” of Union Minister Dr Harsh...
Only country not reaping lockdown strategy benefit appears to be India: Chidambaram
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday attacked the government over the rise in the number of coronavirus cases, claiming that the only country that is not reaping the benefit of the lockdown strategy appears to be India.
Early lockdown prevented 14-29 lakh Covid cases, up to 78,000 deaths in India: Harsh Vardhan
The health minister elaborated on India’s response to the pandemic. He said a detailed community surveillance programme was initiated for travel-related cases and subsequently for cases being reported from community by Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP).
31 farmer bodies in Punjab call for lockdown
A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting of 31 farmer organisations held at Moga in which it was decided to make the occasion historic by not taking the support of any political party, farmer leaders said.
Strict lockdown enforced across West Bengal, violators taken to task
Streets in the city and elsewhere mostly wore a deserted look, with police personnel keeping a strict watch on all major thoroughfares, and traffic intersections.
No central data on death, injury to people during lockdown enforcement: Govt in Rajya Sabha
"Data pertaining to complaints and cases registered, First Information Report (FIR) regarding harassment, injury, death of individuals in enforcing the COVID-19 lockdown across the country is not maintained centrally," Reddy said.
Tamil Nadu extends Covid-19 lockdown till September 30 with relaxations
With coronavirus cases crossing four lakh-mark in Tamil Nadu, the state government has extended lockdown till September 30 with certain rela...
14-29 lakh COVID-19 cases, 37-78k deaths prevented by lockdown: Govt
Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said the World Health Organisation (WHO) has observed, with regard to the lockdown measures taken by the government, that India's response to COVID-19 has been pre-emptive, pro-active and graded with high–level political commitment and a "whole government" approach to respond to the pandemic.
Lockdown in Bihar extended till September 6
Under Unlock 3.0, government offices barring defence, central and police force, public utilities, disaster management, power generation and transmission units, post offices, National Informatics Centre, have been working with 50% employees, news agencies said.
College students' mental health worst-hit by the coronavirus-induced lockdown: Study
Conducted by YourDost, an online mental health platform, the study found that the second worst-affected segment of people was working professionals. They were not affected at the beginning of lockdown, but were severely hit with a drastic deterioration in feelings of anxiety, anger and loneliness.
Introducing fortified staples, more ration can help kids who missed mid-day meals in lockdown: UN WFP
Introducing fortified staples in the food baskets distributed to schoolchildren, focussing on fulfilling nutritional requirements of children rather than just providing food and increasing the ration size beyond the existing one as the food given is usually distributed within the family were among a few measures suggested by Parajuli to mitigate the nutrition loss incurred by children due to the absence of mid-day meals during lockdown.
