New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet will not pay April and May salaries to its pilots, barring those who have been flying cargo flights. In an email to the airline’s pilots, Captain…
Chandigarh, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday announced extension of curfew in the state by two weeks after May 3, while unveiling steps for limited lifting of the lockdown restrictions from…
New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Countries like India, Indonesia and Thailand that are among the world’s largest vaccine manufacturers from the South-East Asia region must play a lead role in overcoming the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,”…
Lucknow, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to ensure stricter punishment for those assaulting corona warriors, including doctors, paramedical staff, police personnel…
Chandigarh, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chandigarh Advisor Manoj Parida, here on Wednesday, said he was planning to block his direct message on Twitter as he was getting too many requests for cakes amid lockdown. “I plan…
Dhaka, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh on Wednesday registered eight more deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the toll in the country to 163. The tally of COVID-19 infections surged to…
Chennai, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Fleeing of 98 fishing workers from here to Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, their home states, has surprised both the authorities and the local fishermen. “They know the sea, the climate and…
Kathmandu, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nepal on Wednesday reported three more coronavirus cases, taking the total count of such cases in the country to 57, health officials said. According to Madan Kumar Upadhyaya, chief medical superintendent…
New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Gamocha, the traditional cloth and symbol of respect in Assam, has now become a symbol of health, safety and hygiene. More than one crore face masks have been made by…
New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two more staffers from the office of the South-West District Magistrate in the national capital on Wednesday tested positive for coronavirus, taking the tally to three from the team. According…
By Sumit Saxena New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The air pollution has plummeted over many parts of India during nationwide lockdown, but the real challenge will begin after the lockdown, which is likely to end…
New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Chairman of Delhi Minority Commission, Zafarul-Islam Khan, has been on and off the news for his controversial social media posts for the past few weeks. But this time he…
Chennai, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami, here on Wednesday, told the District Collectors the government would soon issue orders for restart of industries in the ‘green zones’. Chairing a review meeting…
Panaji, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Off the roads since the lockdown started on March 22, Goa’s motorcycle taxi riders, known as pilots, might end up switching passengers in favour of delivery packages on their pillion seat….
New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) For the safety of all government officials, Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions on Wednesday issued an order for all Central government employees to “immediately” download Aarogya Setu…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major step to tame the coronavirus, a mobile COVID-19 sample collection kiosk has been designed under the Agartala Smart City project and if successful, more such…
New York, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers from Boston University have claimed that underlying conditions that increase the risk of severe illness or death from coronavirus (COVID-19) are much more common among the people of colour,…
New Delhi, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The government has directed the Indian Navy to get their big sailing engines ready to bring back citizens stuck in the Gulf countries due to the coronavirus induced lockdown. India…
Bhubaneswar, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The number of COVID-19 cases in Odisha rose to 122 as three more districts reported new cases on Wednesday. Three persons have tested COVID-19 positive in Jharsuguda, Keonjhar and Deogarh districts,…
Bengaluru, April 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nine more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Karnataka in the past 19 hours, taking the total number of corona patients in the state to 532, an official said on…