G20 finance ministers to hold virtual talks on coronavirus crisis

G20 leaders last week pledged a "united front" in the fight against the pandemic, saying they were injecting $5 trillion into the global economy to head off forecasts of a deep recession.
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Home Ministry to blacklist 800 Tablighi preachers from Indonesia for violation of visa rules

They participated in a three-day religious conference in Delhi this month attended by many people from across the country who tested positive for COVID-19
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Coronavirus | More labs being opened by ICMR across country

‘Efforts to increase test capacity by the pooling of samples are being evaluated’
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COVD-19 | Two more positive cases in Wayanad

Of the two confirmed cases, one is a 59-year-old resident of Kambalakkad and another a 22-year-old resident of Muppainad, said District Collector Adeela Abdulla
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Employment-based backlog to double by 2030, Indians will have to wait for decades for Green Card: CRS

Indian IT professionals, most of whom are highly skilled and come to the US mainly on the H-1B work visas, are the worst sufferers of the current immigration system which imposes a seven per cent per country quota on allotment of the Green Card.
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Two DPI employees suspended over sharing of message

Two employees associated with the Department of Public Instruction — a teacher serving with a government primary school and a cluster resource person
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Cusat wins Chancellor’s Award

The Chancellor’s Award carries a cash prize of ₹5 crore, and the best emerging young university will receive a prize of ₹1 crore.
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SEC requested to put off panchayat polls

Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K.S. Eshwarappa said on Monday that in the wake of the COVID-19 situation, the State Election Commiss
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Morning digest: Global lockdown tightens as death toll soars past 35,000; PM Modi holds video conference with 130 Indian envoys; and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day
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H-1B workers seek 180 instead of 60-day stay in US post-unemployment period

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows the US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.
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Netanyahu tests negative for COVID 19 after his aide’s infection

The tests were conducted earlier on Monday after it was found out that his advisor Rivka Paluch had been infected with the virus.
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U.S. coronavirus death toll passes 3,000: Johns Hopkins University

Trump cancelled his plans to re-open much of the country by Easter and extended social distancing guidelines until the end of April
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15 booked for violating lockdown norms in Ballari

As many as 15 people have been booked under various sections of Indian Penal Code for conducting a jatra violating the lockdown regulations imposed fo
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Railways arranges for distribution of food packets in Hubballi

Extending a helping hand to those in need, the South Western Railways has arranged for the distribution of food packets to over 1,000 people. A releas
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Constable, another suspendedfor assaulton archak

Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police B.M. Laxmi Prasad has placed police constable Shankar Samsi under suspension for an alleged assault on an ar
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Coronavirus | DLSAs get together to help pilgrims stranded in Gaya

Advocate Sami Durai said they were psychologically affected, staying far away. But they have understood the situation and are co-operating with the authorities there and were in touch with their families over phone.
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Coronavirus | 13 participants of Delhi meet in isolation ward

They have no symptoms of COVID-19 so far, says Virudhunagar Collector
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Door-to-door screening on in containment zone

21,300 houses checked in two days by a team of 176 workers
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Coronavirus | Allow movement of migrant workers, says Manish Tewari

The problem, he said, is not Delhi-centric and that the workers across the country are clamouring to get back to the safety of their communities, the Congress MP.
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Coronavirus | Close to 90,000 register with NDMA as volunteers

Close to 90,000 individuals and over 3,700 organisations have so far registered with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Disaster Management
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‘State of Emergency’ reports totally fake, says Army

The Army has described as “absolutely fake” messages circulating on social media about the “likely declaration” of a state of Emergency in the country
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No plans to extend lockdown: says Cabinet Secretary

The three-week lockdown is scheduled to end on April 14.
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Coronavirus | Telecom operators extend validity of prepaid packs

The two state owned telcos — BSNL and MTNL, on Monday extended the validity of their prepaid packs and committed to credit additional talk time of ₹10 to such accounts amid the 21-day lockdown.
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