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In recent weeks around 1200 Americans, 1,400 Canadians, thousands of Europeans from big and small states from across the continent, over 3,000 Japanese and 2,000 Brits were evacuated from various parts of India through chartered and special flights organised by respective countries besides the Indian government, ET has reliably learnt.
India is shipping out much-needed hydroxy chloroquine tablets to countries severely hit by COVID-19, and for this we have earned rich praise from the US, Israel and Brazil among others. But this isn’t the first time that India has stepped in to help countries in need.
) Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Sunday launched a web-portal Young India Combating COVID with Knowledge, Technology and Innovation (YUKTI), here.
It’s a unique portal and dashboard to monitor and record the efforts and initiatives of MHRD.
All Union ministers have been asked to resume work in their ministries from Monday and focus on kick-starting the economy post lockdown, sources said on Saturday.
Governmentof India has announced pro-poor initiatives under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, as part of economic response to Covid-19. This is aimed at alleviating the hardships faced by poor due to economic disruption by Corona virus. As per this Yojana, free LPG Refills are to be provided to Ujjwala beneficiaries over the period of 3 months, from April to June 2020.
A digital pipeline has been laid through linking of Jan-Dhan accounts as well as other accounts with the account holders’ mobile numbers and Aadhaar [Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile (JAM)].
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked Foreign Minister S Jaishankar to prepare for the medical team for Kuwait
India will be exporting around one lakh tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan and Lebanon under government to government (G2G) arrangement. The country is expecting a record wheat production of 106.21 million tonne this year – 2.61 million tonnes more last year’s out put.
The Indian government has asked the US to extend the validity of visas, including H-1B and other types of visas, held by Indian nationals who have been hit by the Covid-19-related economic slump, people familiar with developments said on Friday.
India fares better as compared to other countries such as the United States, Germany, Italy, Spain, South Korea and Britain in the Oxford Covid-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT).
