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For MPSC aspirants in rural Maharashtra, lockdown curtails access to vital library services, educational resources
Sanket Jain • 5 years agoStudents in Maharashtra's villages often travel several kms to the nearest library to prepare for the MPSC exams, or move to big cities and towns to work part-time even as they study. With the lockdown, most are now stuck at home, where the seven-hour study routine has whittled down to two, and books and other material are scant.
Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: 267 new COVID-19 patients reported in Rajasthan today, total number of cases rises to 6,494
Fp Staff • 5 years agoCoronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: Two police stations have been sealed partially after a head constable was tested positive for COVID-19. According to police, the infected head constable was overseeing the arrangements to quarantine people who came from Mumbai.
Coronavirus Outbreak: RBI cuts repo rate by 40 bps to 4%; full text of Shaktikanta Das' statement
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the central bank reduced the repo rate by 40 bps to 4 percent to ease the financial stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
Coronavirus Outbreak: RBI cuts repo rate by 40 bps to 4%; full text of resolution of monetary policy statement
Fp Staff • 5 years agoTo mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19 outbreak, in a surprise move, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday again reduced the key lending rates by 40 basis points
Indian states' decision to suspend labour law amid COVID-19 crisis is delirious policy-making not backed by empirical analysis
Aayush Rathi And Sreyan Chatterjee • 5 years agoThe utter disregard for the value of human life could not be starker than in using the COVID-19 crisis as the foreground for the whittling down of labour rights. The proposed moves are the most short-sighted manifestation of the hasty assumptions that continue to undergird the case for neoliberal reform of India’s labour law framework.
Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: Mumbai reports 1,382 new COVID-19 cases; confirmed infections rise to 25,317
Fp Staff • 5 years agoCoronavirus Outbreak LIVE Updates: The MHA on Thursday said that state governments should 'ensure night curfew or prohibition of all non-essential activities between 7 pm and 7 am'.
Proper delineation of containment zones, social distancing mandatory post lockdown; enforce night curfew strictly, MHA tells states
• 5 years agoMHA said the night curfew has been imposed to ensure that people observe social distance.
Coronavirus Outbreak: IAS officers deputed to 3 Mumbai civic hospitals for effective management of COVID-19 treatment
• 5 years agoAs coronavirus cases continue to rise unabated in Mumbai, the Maharashtra government on Thursday deputed three IAS officers to three major civic-run hospitals in the city for effective management of the outbreak
Coronavirus Lockdown: Domestic flights to resume in calibrated manner from 25 May, says civil aviation minister
• 5 years agoThe minister, however, did not say as to from when international scheduled commercial passenger flights would restart.
Indian Railways releases list of 100 trains to run from 1 June; IRCTC opens online bookings from 10 am
Fp Staff • 5 years agoSeats will be provided to all passengers, the Railways said, adding these trains shall run from 1 June and booking will commence at 10 am on 21 May.