Earlier, according to the regulations issued by the Indian government in April, visas of foreign nationals and OCI cards were suspended as part of the new international travel restrictions following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Though the government's SAUBHAGYA scheme claims to have provided connections to 100 per cent households, that is not sufficient. Under this scheme, the beneficiary households were provided only one LED light and one power plug, says Shailendra Roy

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A large number of Indian citizens whose children are OCI (overseas citizen of India) card holders and several people of Indian origin having the card are unable to travel to India, even for emergency reasons, because of the temporarily suspension of their long-term visa

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There appears to be no distinction in terms of containment measures for the evacuees taking into account the state of the pandemic abroad

Even though there may be a need for both monetary and fiscal measures, combining them distorts the picture. Hence, including monetary measures such as liquidity in the stimulus of 10 per cent of GDP alongside monetary measures is not ideal.

Shortage of coronavirus testing has long been a sore spot for the president, but he insisted anew that everyone who wants a test can get one

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With the COVID-19 pandemic normalising long-term work from home for many organisations, the report suggests that 55 per cent of organisations turn to service providers for their ability to help 'reduce security risks' with value-added service they offer

The Labor Department said Friday that 20.5 million jobs vanished in April in the worst monthly loss on record, triggered by coast-to-coast shutdowns of factories, stores, offices and other businesses

More than 78,400 people with COVID-19 have died in the United States and more than 1.3 million people have tested positive, according to the latest estimates from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

Coronavirus vaccine: World leaders and organisations, except the United States, have already pledged $8 billion to research, manufacture and distribute a possible vaccine and treatments for COVID-19 apart from the individual efforts taken by the countries and its pharmaceutical firms

Vizag gas leak: The decision to send the expert teams was taken during a high-level meeting in Delhi on Thursday. The teams will ensure measures for the safety of the affected people and secure the site affected by the disaster

An H-4 visa is issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to the immediate family members (spouse and children under 21 years of age) of the H-1B visa-holders, most of whom are Indian IT professionals

Once the menace of COVID-19 pandemic is over, a new ecopolitical order will emerge which will be more focussed on human development, infrastructure around health and education, climate preservation and most importantly on people

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Corona lockdown live updates: Union Home Ministry said new guidelines to fight COVID-19 will come into effect from May 4, which shall give considerable relaxations to many districts; India saw 1,813 new cases and 71 deaths in the last 24 hours

While the legality of the issue will get sorted out in the coming days, one thing is certain that the scramble for a share in the thriving business of rapid diagnostic kit supplies for COVID-19 is leaving several grey areas for potential legal tussles

A month earlier, in February, arrivals registered a year-on-year de-growth of 6.6 per cent and month-on-month decline of 9.2 per cent