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Centre Facilitates the Inter – State Movement of Stranded People including Migrant Labourer in the country, in wake of COVID -19 Pandemic

Centre Facilitates the Inter - State Movement of Stranded People including Migrant Labourer in the country, in wake of COVID -19 Pandemic

As a result of lockdown restrictions to fight COVID–19, migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons are stranded at different places in the country. Now, the Centre has permitted the movement of these stranded persons by road. They would be allowed to move between one State/ UT to another …

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Eminent Banker Suresh N. Patel takes oath as Vigilance Commissioner today

Eminent Banker Suresh N. Patel takes oath as Vigilance Commissioner today

Suresh N. Patel took oath as Vigilance Commissioner today. Following social distancing norms, he was administered the oath of office by Sanjay Kothari, Central Vigilance Commissioner on video link. The swearing in ceremony was attended by SharadKumar, Vigilance Commissioner, Secretary and other senior officers of the Commission. Patel had over …

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Amid lockdown, SCTIMST gears up to meet COVID 19 pandemic with R&D, technologies and products

Amid lockdown, SCTIMST gears up to meet COVID 19 pandemic with R&D, technologies and products

Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) is an Institution of National Importance under the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India stood out with its research, technologies, and innovations to meet the need of the hour in India’s fight against COVID 19. Even though the …

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Rs. 50 lakh compensation declared for the Port employees/workers in case of loss of life due to COVID-19

Rs. 50 lakh compensation declared for the Port employees/workers in case of loss of life due to COVID-19

Ministry of Shipping has decided that all the Major Ports may grant compensation /Ex-Gratia in the event of loss of life due to COVID-19 to the dependent members/legal heirs of the port employees as under: All Port employees including Contract Labourers employed directly by the port…………. 50 Lakhs Other Contractual …

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UIDAI allows Aadhaar updation facility through CSCs 20,000 CSCs to offer this service to citizens

UIDAI allows Aadhaar updation facility through CSCs 20,000 CSCs to offer this service to citizens

In a major relief to those living in rural areas, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has allowed the Common Service Centre, an SPV under the Ministry of IT and Electronics, to begin the Aadhaar updation facility at their 20,000 CSCs which operate as Banking Correspondents (BCs), said Union …

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“We can also be the warriors sitting at home” Vijay Sharma on people following lockdown measures

“We can also be the warriors sitting at home” Vijay Sharma on people following lockdown measures

“For the ones who help, should never be tested for their patience and in the time of pandemic when all we see is suffering and deaths around, the social workers and the doctors are truly the ones who receive respect for fighting for us, rather than stones,” said Vijay Sharma, …

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Varanasi Smart City uses Drones to sanitize sensitive areas for controlling spread of COVID-19

Varanasi Smart City uses Drones to sanitize sensitive areas for controlling spread of COVID-19

Varanasi Smart City has engaged ‘Garuda Aerospace Private Limited, a Chennai Based company for spraying of sanitizer in the selected areas of Varanasi City under Smart Cities Mission. In view of limited options for transportation during lockdown period, these drones were specially airlifted from Chennai through Air-India Cargo flights with …

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Facts on the controversy around prices of Rapid Antibody tests

Facts on the controversy around prices of Rapid Antibody tests

First of all, it is important to understand the background in which procurement decisions are made by ICMR. Testing is one of the most crucial weapons to fight COVID-19 and ICMR is doing everything it can to ramp up testing. This requires procurement of kits and supplying them to states. …

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No reduction in retirement age of Central Government employees, PIB Fact Check busts fake news

No reduction in retirement age of Central Government employees, PIB Fact Check busts fake news

Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau has today clarified in a tweet that Central Government is not mulling a reduction in retirement age of Central Government employees. The tweet was a response to an article printed on a web portal which claimed that the Government of India is likely …

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Fake news on WhatsApp claims Government giving Rs 1000 under Corona Sahayata Yojana

Fake news on WhatsApp claims Government giving Rs 1000 under Corona Sahayata Yojana

Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau has today clarified in a tweet that Government of India is not giving Rs 1000 to anybody under the so called Corona Sahayata Yojana scheme. This tweet was in response to a widely circulating message on WhatsApp that claimed that Government had launched …

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