In Dehradun alone, more than 2,000 accounts of migrants labourers had been opened in the last one week, according to Ansuya Prasad, Senior Superintendent of Post Offices.

The JEE (Main), the gateway exam for admission to the NITs, will be held over five days between July 18 and July 23. The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduate medical programmes will be held on July 26.

According to figures shared by the Union Health ministry, the 7-day compounded daily growth rate (CDGR) of Covid-19 cases started dipping on April 8.

Those living in the district, which includes Noida and Greater Noida, as well as those entering from outside, need to have the app installed on their smartphones, according to an order circulated on the night of May 3 and in force from the following day.

A Bench of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Rajnesh Oswal listed several reasons why the practice of shifting the civil secretariat and other government offices between the two capitals of the erstwhile state should be discontinued.

With travel restricted, doctors and clinics hard to get through to, and stores and markets closed, Srinagar District Project Officer Zeenat Ara has been using her network of anganwadi workers such as Heena, and ASHA workers to ensure no expectant mother or the newborn falls off their radar.

Finance Ministry officials said the hike in excise duty, which comes into effect from Wednesday, will not result in hike in retail prices of petrol and diesel for the consumers.

Given that this sector is responsible for an estimated 11 crore jobs and accounts for 30 per cent of the GDP, and a prolonged crisis could infect the entire economy.

Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), expressed concern over the fact that “the curve has not shown a downward trend”.

Sources in the Railways said that there was no move to revise the guidelines or Standard Operating Procedure issued on Saturday vis-à-vis fares, and that the Railways would continue to charge states, at whose request these trains were being run, for tickets.

The state, whose Budget size is the second biggest after Uttar Pradesh, imposed a 67 per cent cut in development (scheme) spend for 2020-21.

The Centre had constituted 10 IMCTs to tour certain districts in states such as West Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

From April 21, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit the streets of Kolkata, speaking directly to the people, urging them to stay indoors.

The first signs of TRF emerging as a strong militant group were visible when the J-K Police busted a module of over-ground workers (OGWs) in Sopore.

This is the second attack on the CRPF in North Kashmir within a month. On April 18, three personnel were killed and two others injured after militants attacked a joint checkpoint of CRPF and J&K Police in Sopore.

More than a dozen newborn babies have been waiting, some for more than a month, at the Anand surrogacy hub in Gujarat, waiting for their biological parents to take them home.

On Monday, government-run alcohol shops in Delhi opened for the first time since March 23, when the lockdown was announced. But despite appeals by authorities to maintain social distancing, there was crowding outside many of the 150-odd outlets.

Purported screenshots from the group, called ‘Bois Locker Room’, had been shared widely on Twitter and Instagram on Sunday. Police have found that some students of leading South Delhi schools created the group in the last week of March and started adding their friends.

Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh had recently said nearly 10 lakh migrant workers work in Punjab and if that number is taken into consideration, 2,42,887 of them have applied as the main applicants while another 4,09,484 will be moving with them as group members.

“I spend 8-9 months of the year in Punjab. I would have been busy harvesting wheat there now. Instead, I am stuck harvesting rabi maize here, which pays Rs 200-250 daily, and the work will be over in the next 10 days," says a worker.

Developed in 19 days and launched on April 13, the eSanjeevaniOPD has already been adopted by 13 states.

A jute mill worker, Prajapati has been without work since March 22 and the lockdown extension has added to his worries. He says the PDS ration is not enough and he is counting on a “little advance” from the mill owner because he has run out of money.

Wait for safety net as Covid threatens operations built on savings, struggle

Major Sood’s family got the news of his death the same day as he was scheduled to return home after a gap of six months.