Rahul Gandhi said the country was crying seeing the plight of the poor migrant labourers who are travelling 100s and sometimes 1,000s of kilometres on foot to their native places and urged PM Narendra Modi to deposit ₹7,500 in their accounts.
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PM Narendra Modi hinted the extension of the coronavirus lockdown during a meeting with the chief ministers of states. However, he also indicated that more curbs will go as the government is keen on opening up economic activities.
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Gujarat, MP and UP have relaxed their labour laws considerably to “kickstart economic activities” and “attract foreign companies” following the long nationwide lockdown imposed to stop the spread of coronavirus. Meanwhile, migrants workers continue to take risks travelling back home.
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The Supreme Court suggested the state governments that they may consider allowing home delivery of liquor or its indirect sale to prevent crowds from gathering at liquor shops and throwing caution to the wind in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
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At least 16 migrant workers were killed when a goods train ran over them in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad, on Friday morning. The migrants were reportedly sleeping on the tracks after being exhausted while walking along the railway line towards their native places in Madhya Pradesh.
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Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy said the Gujarat coronavirus situation will stabilize if Anandiben Patel, the state’s former chief minister, is brought back to her old post as CM.
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Maharashtra and Gujarat continue to reel under the new coronavirus pandemic but 13 states and Union territories have not recorded a single case on Thursday. Meanwhile, the number of Covid-19 cases has crossed 56,000 in India with nearly 1,900 deaths.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on the occasion of Buddha Purnima, in which he said those who are engaged in the service of humanity are Buddha’s true followers.
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The total number of coronavirus cases in the country crossed the 50,000-mark with 3,587 fresh cases. Meanwhile, the Centre slammed the West Bengal government for being lax in dealing with the pandemic.
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Soon after a meeting between the Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa and top property developers, the state government has decided to cancel all Shramik Special trains which the railways started running to ferry migrant workers.
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