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Migrant labourers pay hefty amounts to reach home

As harrowing tales on the plight of migrant workers continue to come from every nook and corner of the country, stranded labourers in Maharashtra are paying Rs 4,000-5,000 each to get into trucks and buses at the Bhiwandi-Nashik highway to return to their respective homes. Narayan Kashyap, a daily wager,

Migrants ready to pay more to truckers than wait for trains & buses

It was a sight nobody had bargained for while dealing with Covid-19. A few days into the lockdown, the mass migration of workers began and soon became a humanitarian crisis of proportions many of us haven’t seen in our respective lifetimes. Men, women, children marching on even when the prospect

SC dismisses plea asking Centre to identify migrants walking on road

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by lawyer Alakh Alok Srivastava seeking that Centre should identify migrants walking on the roads and provide them food and shelter. “It is impossible for this court to monitor who is walking and not walking,” SC said. Petitioner Alakh Alok Srivastava

Andhra govt auctions lands, Opposition call it a scam

The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to sell 18.9 acres of lands in nine prime areas of the state in an e-auction. Part of the ‘Mission Build AP’ initiative, the e-auction will be held on 29 May and the reserve price of these land parcels is fixed at Rs 208.62

Punjab CM calls Centre’s farm package a ‘jumla’

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday said that the announcements made by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the agriculture sector as nothing but a pack of “jumlas”. He added that the so-called economic package offered no immediate relief to the distressed farmers, who were battling the stress

Congress-ruled states demand power to mark containment zones

States ruled by the Congress have suggested that they be given the power to demarcate containment zones instead of the Centre. With the deadline for states to send suggestions to the Centre on the way forward in Lockdown 4.0 looming, The Daily Guardian accessed the key suggestions made by Congress-ruled

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COVID-hit tourism industry looks at govt for survival

The Daily Guardian talks to industry giants to understand the current ground situation and the possible way out of the crisis.

DRONE SWARM TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT ON FUTURE WARFARE

Drone swarm technology promises significant advantages in the near future as no other technology is likely to offer as many tactical advantages to the military and that too at low costs.

Bihar migrants praise Yogi, slam Nitish for not doing enough

It’s hopelessness that has come to grip a group of 16 Bihari migrant labourers walking back home from other states. These labourers, hailing from Purnia and Katihar in north-east Bihar, are totally exhausted, have run out of ration which they carried with them, and their shoes and slippers have given

Coast Guard gets 150th ship, Navy commissions 7th Landing Craft Utility

Adding more power to India’s maritime security capability, the Indian Navy and Coast Guard commissioned four new ships on Friday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commissioned Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Sachet and two interceptor boats (IBs) C-450 and C-451 in Goa via video-conference from Delhi. ICGS Sachet has become the

MoD approves defence testing scheme in partnership with private industry

In order to give a boost to domestic defence and aerospace manufacturing, the Ministry of Defence on Friday approved the launch of Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS) with an outlay of Rs 400 crore for creating state-of-the-art testing infrastructure for this sector. The scheme would run for the duration of