-Livemint.com * The bulk of Rs20,000-crore package is frontloading the state's FY21 spending to the next three months * Kerala has 25 active COVID-19 patients so far, and over 30,000 people in quarantine ERNAKULAM: Kerala's mega financial package of Rs20,000 crore to mitigate the impact of the deadly coronavirus and counter its economic fallout has raised several eyebrows. Not only is the state the first in the country to offer such a package,...
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COVID-19: Labour rights group seeks Rs 50,000-crore emergency fund for informal sector workers
-Scroll.in The Working People’s Charter told the Centre that the economic risks the COVID-19 poses to workers employed in the informal sector cannot be overlooked. The Working People’s Charter, a labour rights group, on Friday urged the Centre to create an emergency fund of Rs 50,000 crore to provide social and economic support to workers in the informal sectors amid the escalating coronavirus pandemic. The organisation, which claims to represent trade unions...
More »Coronavirus: China trial found no benefit in HIV drugs, says study -Abantika Ghosh
-The Indian Express At 22.1 per cent, the mortality reported in the trial was substantially higher than the 11 per cent to 14.5 per cent mortality reported in initial studies of patients hospitalised with novel coronavirus (COVID-19), according to a study. The results of a 199-subject trial in China on the efficacy of HIV drugs Lopinavir and Ritonavir that India was looking at eagerly, has come out negative. At 22.1 per cent, the...
More »White fly hits oil palm, yield plummets -KV Kurmanath
-The Hindu Business Line Hyderabad: Industry association asks govt to remove land ceiling norms, source better varieties Oil palm growers in Andhra Pradesh are facing big trouble as plantations in the northern part of the State, particularly in East and West Godavari districts, have been hit by white fly infestation. Vast stretches of oil palm plantation in the State have been hit by white fly, which reportedly crossed over from infected coconut groves...
More »People resort to panic buying -Avneet Kaur
-The Tribune Jalandhar: As numbers of coronavirus cases are on the rise in the country and PM Modi announced janta curfew on Sunday, residents have a perception that the Central Government might impose a lockdown till March 31. Thus, they are rushing to grocery stores and vegetable stalls to stock up on essentials. At grocery stores in the city, including Easy Day, Big Bazaar, Reliance and D-Mart, and roadside vegetable stalls, people...
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