While asserting that the growth of coronavirus cases in the country has been more or less linear and not exponential, the Union Health Ministry also said testing has been ramped up consistently.
“The States must be empowered to devise solutions to challenges due to COVID-19,” says the resolution adopted unanimously by the Congress Working Committee. | Asim Dasgupta, Bengal’s longest-serving Finance Minister, prescribes five steps for reviving economy
“The additional instalments of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief due from July 1, 2020, and January 1, 2021, shall also not be paid. However, Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief at current rates will continue to be paid,” the Finance Ministry order said.
25 doctors and paramedical staff, who have posted videos, shifted to a guest house. | Central teams check COVID-19 hotspots, hospitals in West Bengal
Mr. Baghel said that the State was employing five lakh workers every day under the scheme. | Congress CMs blame Centre for not giving any financial assistance to States
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The CEC meeting, held via tele-conference, decided that a decision on the World Test Championship and the proposed ODI league, scheduled in June, can be taken at a later date.
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