Centre tells states to use mobile tracking method for quarantine enforcement
The Union government’s telecommunications department is offering states the ability to mass track people using mobile network tower data, offering a platform that can let ground-level authorities create virtual geo-fences for those meant to be in quarantine, as well as a second service that can let officials send out SMS messages to people in a […]
Migrant’s last earning before suicide: Rs 2,500 from sale of phone
On Thursday morning, 35-year-old Chhabu Mandal, a migrant from Bihar who worked as a painter in Gurgaon, sold his phone for Rs 2,500 and used the money to purchase a portable fan and some ration to feed his family — his wife, her parents, and his four children, the youngest five months old. His wife […]
Imran Khan is MIA on Saarc Covid-19 Fund; India spends $1.7 mn in a month
India, which had pledged $10 million to help other South Asian countries tackle the Covid-19 pandemic last month, has already delivered medicines and other relief material worth $1.7 million, people familiar with the development told Hindustan Times. India has used its Saarc Covid-19 Emergency Fund to send drugs, medical supplies and machines to Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives […]
Palghar mob lynching: Three men beaten to death over suspected theft
Three men were lynched in Gadchinchle in Palghar district of Maharashtra by a local tribal, who though they were thieves. The three were travelling in a car on Thursday when they were stopped by a vigilante group that locals had set up to patrol the area during the night. All the three men from Nasik […]
India hospital segregates Muslim and Hindu coronavirus patients
In what many are calling a case of “apartheid” during a global pandemic, a government-run hospital in Ahmedabad, the main city in the western Indian state of Gujarat, has segregated coronavirus patients based on their religion, claiming the order came from the government. “Generally, there are separate wards for male and female patients. But here, […]
Covid-19 cases in India climb to 13,387, death toll at 437
India reported 724 new Covid-19 cases and 23 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry on Friday morning. The ministry’s website showed at 8am that there were 11,201 active cases, 1748 people have been cured or discharged from hospitals and 427 Covid-19 related fatalities. Maharashtra inched toward the 4000 mark […]
Coronavirus Lockdown: As Hunger Grows, the Fear of Starvation Is Real
Meerut: Tek Narayan and Shyam Kishore Singh are migrant labourers who were employed at a construction site earning Rs 300 a day. Since the lockdown was announced, they have been stranded at the site, which is located on the outskirts of Meerut. Their homes are over 1,200 kilometres away in Latehar, one of the most backward districts of […]
ED files money laundering case against Tablighi Jamaat chief
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday registered a money laundering case against Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad based on Delhi Police’s FIR seeking answers related to the religious gatherings in mid-March at the group’s six-storey headquarters in Nizamuddin Basti, which has emerged as the largest hot spot of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country. The Delhi […]
Is Ordering Food Online Safe? Doubts Grow After Pizza Delivery Boy Tests Positive
After a pizza delivery boy tested positive in South Delhi, Outlook visited several food joints and found that many of them were not following the guidelines to maintain proper hygiene. This reporter found food delivery partners crowding at several food joints instead of practising social distancing. In the picture above, about half a dozen delivery boys have gathered, without […]
COVID-19 Lockdown: Over 100 Million Face Food Insecurity If PDS Is Not Universalised
Meerut: Tek Narayan and Shyam Kishore Singh are migrant labourers who were employed at a construction site earning Rs 300 a day. Since the lockdown was announced, they have been stranded at the site, which is located on the outskirts of Meerut. Their homes are over 1,200 kilometres away in Latehar, one of the most backward districts of […]