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Delhi to Andhra, states take slow and steady steps to exit lockdown

Delhi implemented most of the demands made to the Centre in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 14 May.

Can states dilute Lockdown 4.0 guidelines? No, says Home Ministry

Inside the red and orange zones, containment and buffer zones will be identified by the district administration and local urban bodies

Lockdown 4.0 MHA guidelines: Shopping malls, public spaces to remain shut

The guidelines came soon after the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) extended the national lockdown beyond Sunday till May-end

Air India's repatriation flights delayed by a day; first departure tonight

The requirement of mandatory Covid-19 tests was communicated by the Home Ministry to the airline on Tuesday evening and has now led to a slight delay in resumption of operations

Centre pulls up West Bengal for suspending trade on Indo-Bangla border

Operations at Petrapole checkpost in the Bongaon area of North 24 Parganas district was closed as protests erupted after rumours of Bangladeshi labourers carrying the virus

Centre misusing disaster laws to step on states' rights, say experts

The imposition of Section 188 in the Indian Penal Code for "disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant" during the pandemic, was also seen by many as an overreach by the Central govt

Covid-19 crisis: Indians stranded abroad will be brought home from May 7

1,074 patients recovered in 24 hrs, highest in one day; 1,107,233 people tested in India so far

Lockdown 3.0: List of activities allowed and prohibited across the country

Since the biggest and the most economically-important cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Ahmedabad are all marked as red zones, they will remain under a strict lockdown

May Day in times of pandemic: A long march for Indian migrant workers

Here's a look at the status of thousands of migrant workers amid the global pandemic and also the measures announced for their welfare

Stranded migrants, students can now go home, but process is not that easy!

Here's how you can commute interstate according to the recent guidelines released by the central government

Centre to expand Jal Shakti Abhiyan activities during upcoming monsoon

Central and State sector schemes in irrigation and water conservation sectors have also been allowed to be implemented with suitable dovetailing with MGNREGA works

Did Prashant Kishor take a flight during lockdown? Centre asks airlines

On Thursday, Ministry of Home Affairs asked Ministry of Civil Aviation to find out

Home ministry issues SOP to streamline change of crew at Indian ports

Sign-on/sign-off procedures specified for merchant shipping vessels; seafarers to intimate travel and contact history for last 28 days to ship owner or RPS agency

Mumbai, Pune, Indore: 11 places where the situation is 'especially serious'

The central government has constituted six Inter-Ministerial Central Teams to make on-spot assessment of the Covid-19 situation in these places

Covid-19: Stranded migrants can work during lockdown, but conditions apply

No interstate movement allowed; registration with local authorities must

Cashew industry in Kerala expects lifting of curbs to help start processing

Most units will not take in fresh kernels and will only work on partially-processed stocks lying with them

How will new lockdown guidelines impact different sectors of the economy?

The services such as aviation, hotels, malls, etc. would have to wait for a much longer time

Covid-19: Govt extends visas of stranded foreigners in India till April 30

The foreign nationals are stranded in the country due to the 21-day lockdown announced on March 24 to curb the spread of the disease

Covid-19 lockdown: Let trucks move to prevent shortages, Centre to states

According to the communique, empty trucks or goods carriers should also be allowed to operate while on way to pick up goods, or returning after completing a delivery

About 9,000 Tablighi Jamaat members, primary contacts quarantined: MHA

The Union Home Ministry, told reporters during a daily briefing that out of about 2,000 such Tablighi Jamaat members in Delhi, 1,804 have been shifted to quarantine