Visakhapatnam gas leak |At least 10 dead, over 350 admitted to hospitals
Ten persons, including a six-year-old girl, died and over 350 others were admitted to various hospitals, when styrene monomer gas leaked from a chemical plant belonging to LG Polymers, located at R.R. Venkatapuram in Visakhapatnam. | Heart-rending scenes at hospitals | Video | No scientific studies report styrene gas causing deaths | What is styrene gas?
Coronavirus |Delhi, Mumbai, 6 other cities hold key to fight against COVID-19: Amitabh Kant
“Cities which hold the key to India’s fight against COVID-19 : Mumbai accounting for 20%, Delhi-11%, Ahmedabad is around 9%, Pune around 4%, Chennai- 4%, Indore around 3%, Thane also close to 3% & Jaipur around 2.5%. Testing, contact-tracing, & community surveillance critical,” the NITI Aayog CEO said in a tweet.
Coronavirus | 2 BSF personnel succumb to infection
The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the 2.5 lakh strong force stands at 195.
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Coronavirus | 4 CMs dial Yogi Adityanath, want to retain labour from Uttar Pradesh
Chief Ministers of Punjab, Karnataka, Haryana and Gujarat are worried that economic revival in their States, post lockdown, will be hampered as more and more labour leave their borders. | Back in U.P., migrants stare at an uncertain future
Coronavirus |Gurugram workers allege they were turned away on religious grounds
Garments unit’s management denies charges as baseless, cites non-discriminatory hiring policy. | Visakhapatnam gas leak affects movement of at least nine Shramik Special trains
Coronavirus |Madhya Pradesh pushes working hours from eight to 12 in factories
“The increased working hours are applicable only if employees are willing to work. And they must be paid for overtime,” Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, announcing sweeping changes to labour laws. He called the changes pro-worker and investment-friendly. | Karnataka decides to restart trains for migrants after facing flak over cancellation
Coronavirus | Long queues, umbrellas used to reserve spots, as TASMAC liquor outlets open across Tamil Nadu
Police personnel have been deployed to ensure physical distancing guidelines are followed at the liquor shops; women and Opposition parties protested in some parts of the State. | Women tremble as Tasmac outlets reopen in Madurai | On Day 1, chaos prevail at TASMAC shops in Chennai’s neighbouring districts
Coronavirus |First flights with non-resident Keralites from Gulf to land in Kochi and Kozhikode today
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the State is on high alert and has geared itself up to receive them. | Mandatory 14 days institutionalised quarantine for those entering Kerala from red zones
Coronavirus |Air India opens bookings for foreigners, visa holders on outbound repatriation flights
Foreign nationals or valid visa holders will be charged the same fare as Indian nationals who want a seat on the inbound repatriation flights. | All visas, OCI cards for foreign nationals outside India remain suspended
Coronavirus |Trump terms crisis worse than Pearl Harbour or 9/11
So far, more than 70,000 Americans have died in the global pandemic. | WHO warns of new lockdowns if transition not managed carefully
Coronavirus |Centre should allow States to devise their own economic strategies, says Economic Advisor to Rajasthan Chief Minister
Arvind Mayaram, a former Union Finance Secretary, says the Centre should not issue detailed guidelines for the entire country but allow the State governments to devise and implement economic strategy which reflects the reality in the respective States. | Today’s top business news
Coronavirus | Bonded labourers of Bengaluru
What is common for H-1B workers in the U.S., bonded labourers in brick kilns, and migrant workers in Singapore’s multi-storey slums? They share experiences of exploitative, extractive, and inhuman treatment that keeps business models profitable. The pandemic has stripped the moral fig-leaf that tenuously covered this.
Coronavirus |India loses to Europe, China as Vidit’s poor run continues on Day 2 of FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup tournament
These results pushed India, with just one match-point, to the bottom of the six-team table.
Non-coronavirus news:
- Rajnath Singh approves abolition of 9,304 posts in Military Engineering Service
- Areas under Pakistan-occupied Kashmir now in IMD’s weather forecast
- IAF Mi-17 helicopter makes forced landing in Sikkim
- Chinese Ambassador’s meetings part of solidarity from Beijing: Nepal Foreign Minister
- Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad to travel to India, Pakistan and Qatar
- American families adopted 241 Indian kids in 2019, says report
- Trump administration urges U.S. court not to block work permits to spouses of H1B visa-holders
- Facebook names first members of oversight board that can overrule Mark Zuckerberg