INDIA

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Open community kitchen, provide dry ration & facilitate transportation of migrant workers: SC

11:32 pm May 13, 2021

New Delhi: Supreme Court Thursday directed Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to open community kitchens in the NCR for stranded migrant workers amid the current wave of COVID-19 pandemic and facilitate transportation for labourers who want to return home. Passing a slew of interim directions to ameliorate the miseries of migrant workers facing difficulties in wake of the recent surge […]

SC refuses bail to activist Gautam Navlakha in Bhima Koregaon case

11:59 pm May 12, 2021

New Delhi: In a setback to civil rights activist Gautam Navlakha, the Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed his plea seeking bail in the alleged Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case of Bhima Koregaon in Maharashtra. The apex court examined the technical grounds raised by Navlakha for the default bail as the charge sheet in the case was not filed […]

COVID: Reliance Foundation contributes Rs 5 cr to Uttarakhand Disaster Mang Authority

10:30 pm May 12, 2021

Dehradun/New Delhi: Reliance Foundation on Wednesday contributed Rs 5 crore to Uttarakhand Disaster Management Authority as a support for COVID-19 relief measures. Thanking Reliance Foundation and Anant Ambani for the contribution, Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said it will strengthen the fight against the pandemic.

Man, daughter-in-law held for role in his son’s death in Jaisalmer

10:17 pm May 12, 2021

Jaisalmer: A man and his daughter-in-law were arrested for their alleged role in the death of his son on April 25 in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district, police said on Wednesday. A case was registered regarding the death of Hiralal Meghwal by his elder brother Bhomraj Meghwal on May 6, Nachna area DSP Hukma Ram Bishnoi said. Hiralal died on April 25 and his body […]

COVID: AstraZeneca pledges USD 250,000 as humanitarian aid to India

11:59 pm May 11, 2021

New Delhi: Drug major AstraZeneca on Tuesday said it has pledged USD 250,000 (over Rs 1.8 crore) in humanitarian aid to India to support relief activities amid the second wave of COVID-19 sweeping across the country. The aid to India is part of the USD 1 million which the British-Swedish multinational has earmarked for relief initiatives across communities which have been […]