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Assembly Elections 2021

Labourers pluck tea leaves at a tea plantation in Shipaidura village. File

Amid tall poll promises, distress looms over north Bengal tea gardens Shiv Sahay Singh

With no ownership of land or houses and denial of minimum wage, lakhs of workers continue to live in a vicious cycle of bondage plucking

As COVID-19 cases surge, campaign curbs imposed in Bengal

1,071 companies of Central forces deployed

At all-party meet, BJP says it is against clubbing of poll dates

Left Front bats for original poll schedule

COVID-19

India records over 2 lakh new cases for second straight day Special Correspondent

Maharashtra leads with 63,729 infections, followed by U.P. and Delhi

Centre promises more oxygen, ventilators for U.P., Chhattisgarh

Shortage of oxygen supply in Gujarat hospitals

A 15-day-old infant dies of COVID-19 at Surat hospital

‘Strong evidence’ COVID-19 predominantly spreads through air, says Lancet study

National

Migrant workers at ISBI Anand Vihar, as they wait to board buses for their native places, in New Delhi, on April 17, 2021.

National

Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh asks PM to stop reverse migration of workers

Special Correspondent The lockdown could lead to economic depression, says trade union

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National

PM Modi calls review meeting on COVID-19, vaccination situation

PTI Top officers from various ministries will participate in the meeting scheduled for 8 pm on Saturday.

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PTI The Colombo Port City project, expected to play a key role in China's ambitious 'Maritime Silk Road' project in India's backyard, is said to be the single largest private sector development ever in the island

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Anti-coup protesters releasing balloons with posters reading "We Support NUG" that stands for 'national unity government' during a campaign on April 17, 2021, in Yangon, Myanmar.

International

Myanmar pardons prisoners, unclear if coup foes among them

PTI While reducing the sentence for some, the state has released 23,047 prisoners, including 137 foreigners who will be deported from Myanmar.

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People line up to register their names at a free COVID-19 testing facility at Urban Primary Health Centre Bagh Amberpet in Hyderabad on Thursday.

Data

Data | India accounts for 6% of the world's COVID-19 cases registered in April

The Hindu Data Team In India, Maharashtra continues to bear the brunt both in terms of cases and deaths

A Delhi Civil Defence staffer assists a health care worker to administer a shot of Covishield vaccine to a woman at Guru Gobind Singh Hospital in Raghubir Nagar in West Delhi on Wednesday. Delhi reported over 13,000 cases yesterday.

Data

Data | COVID-19 vaccination rate picks up significantly in the first ten days of April in India

Vignesh Radhakrishnan Tamil Nadu is one of the few major States that recorded a decrease in vaccination rate between April 1 and 10 compared to March 21 and 30

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Nayak period inscription found in Thanjavur

Special Correspondent A Nayak period stone inscription has been found at a school situated on North Street in Thanjavur.Th inscription was found during renovation of one of the buildings on the campus of Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Nursery and Primary School. On being informed by V. Panchapakesan, school management representative, Mani. Maran, Tamil Pundit, Saraswathi Mahal Library, Thanjavur, inspected the inscription along with his associates G. Thillai Govindarajan and G. Jayalakshmi.Mr. Maran, in a press release,