Deep Mukherjee

Officials say the increase in the MNREGS figures accounts for those who earlier didn’t have to rely on the employment guarantee scheme but after the Covid-19 crisis has now joined the labour force under the scheme in absence of work.

The trials were conducted only on asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients. Severely symptomatic patients and those with acute respiratory distress syndrome were excluded for enrolment.

The number of criminal cases under IPC sections had decreased by 47.6 per cent in April during the peak of the nationwide lockdown as compared to those recorded in March or February. Several lockdown restrictions were eased after April 20.

BJP says ruling Congress renamed Raje govt’s food scheme, officials say it expired on March 31

BJP says ruling Congress renamed Raje govt’s food scheme, officials say it expired on March 31.

This particular portion in the e-textbook however, is not mentioned in the 2020 edition of the class 10 social science textbook distributed by the Rajasthan State Textbook Board.

The standing order, dated June 15, stated that judicial officers and court staff express opinions on social media on “matters to which they have no concern whatsoever”.

The 25-year-old skilled worker who is now looking at MNREGS to survive is not alone.

According to the FIR, the incident took place on Tuesday when Kalu Harijan went to Nandkishore Sain’s shop in the village for a haircut.

On Saturday, Dr Sunil Choudhary, who runs the Srichand Baradiya Rog Nidan Kendra, a private orthopaedic hospital in Sardarshahar, apologised on Facebook, saying his staff did not intend to hurt the sentiments of any religious group.

The 72-year-old is disappointed that like many other farmers across the state, he has stopped receiving a power subsidy of up to Rs 833 per month, which was announced by the previous BJP government in Rajasthan in October 2018 in addition to the regular tariff subsidy provided by the state government to farmers.

The opposition has demanded a CBI probe into the death, alleging that local politicians and other officials were responsible for the suicide of police inspector Vishnu Dutt Bishnoi.

Following the incident, screenshots of an alleged chat between him and a lawyer were widely circulated on social media, in which Bishnoi allegedly mentioned his wish for voluntary retirement due to “dirty politics” aimed at trapping him.

Move comes after Rajasthan government faces opposition from agricultural mandis and farmer groups.

Pramod Rai, Kamlesh Sahu, Ravi Maurya, Dinesh Kharadi, Ajay Manjhi, Gajraj Yadav, and Abdul Azim are the “luckier” ones, having made their way back to their villages after long journeys. As they rework their budgets and life, what keeps them going is the whiff of their dreams

Senior citizens, who are being considered particularly vulnerable to Covid-19, account for a relatively lower percentage of positive cases in Rajasthan as compared to the younger age-groups, according to the data.

Rezaul Karim, a migrant from Malda, West Bengal, said, “In the past one month, we haven’t received much ration and have run out of money. Today, we decided to take to the streets and ask the administration to give us food and find means to go home."

The government has said that the 2 per cent fees collected will be deposited in the Krishak Kalyan Kosh — dedicated to the welfare of farmers in the state.

While the Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation (RSRTC) is ferrying labourers for free, its services are restricted to within the state.