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Coronavirus LIVE: US deaths exceed China tally; India toll rises to 35

Coronavirus latest updates: Worldwide, the number of cases has crossed 846,251, around 41,482 have died. Stay tuned to Business Standard for Covid-19 LIVE updates

UP CM blasts officials for spraying disinfectant on workers, warns them

The clip showed several migrants squatting on the ground as men in protective suits hosed them down

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Coronavirus: Labourers' exodus throws supply chain, production out of gear

Indian kitchens, particularly in the country's cow belt, cannot be run without atta (wheat flour) required to make roti (bread)

Politics over pain: Migrants' long walk home and the Centre-state tussles

The Centre and state governments bonded and then fell apart during the longest lockdown walk

Covid-19: 93 migrants held for defying orders, cops fire teargas shells

Situation became tense in Ganesh Nagar and Tirupati Nagar localities late Sunday night after nearly 500 migrant workers residing there came on roads, demanding transportation facility

Letter to BS: Lockdown should not mean robbing Peter to pay Paul

How will the small-scale in­dustries/contractors, whose businesses have shut down, make the payments to the workers?

Letter to BS: Help migrant workers survive the coronavirus crisis

Local authorities should persuade them to break their journey

Handling of lockdown brings back DeMo memories: Economist Jean Dreze

Dreze was part of academicians and activists who recently wrote to the Centre about the situation of the migrant workers

Migrant workers sprayed with chlorine in UP, Priyanka calls it 'inhuman'

A fire brigade official was quoted by PTI saying the migrants were sprayed with a solution containing sodium hypochlorite. It is often used to keep swimming pools sanitised

Rural wages in West Bengal set to take a hit as migrant workers return home

Many fear they will run out of money soon, as they are seen as a burden on the rural economy; most are ostracised due to social distancing

Exodus of workers, logistical hurdles hurting business, India Inc to govt

The issues formed key concerns raised by industry during a meeting with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held via video conference on Saturday

Food riots may occur if food is not present for migrant workers: Pronab Sen

'If supply system doesn't come unstuck, if the requirements of people who have no income are not met then food riots are very real possibility,' he said

Covid-19: UP govt arranges 1,000 buses to ferry stranded migrant labourers

The 21-day lockdown has triggered a mass exodus of migrant workers

Coronavirus outbreak: Cases in India climb to 834; death toll reaches 19

According to the data, the number of active COVID-19 cases in the country stood at 748, while 66 people were either cured or discharged and one had migrated

Do not leave Delhi, situation is under control: Kejriwal to migrant workers

He said Delhi has reported 39 coronavirus cases out of which 29 contracted the infection during foreign travel

Ready to fly migrant workers from Delhi, Mumbai to Patna: SpiceJet CMD

Migrant workers were seen walking on foot for hundreds of kilometers across the states - be it from Delhi, Telangana or Kerala to reach their home states

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Relief for the poor is welcome, but only a beginning

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Migrant workers' exodus continues in Gujarat, CM Rupani lashes out at Rahul

Vijay Rupani asked whether Rahul Gandhi will take action against his party's "own members who incited violence against the migrants in Gujarat"