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The Council of Leather Exports (CLE) has said shipment orders worth USD 1 billion (around Rs 7,600 crore) were cancelled in the past one week due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Some viral proteins seemed to target just one human protein, while others are capable of targeting a dozen human cellular proteins, the researchers explained.

At the same time, he assured that there are sufficient stocks of milk, fruits, vegetables, medicines, foodgrains, fuel and all other essential items of daily life.

Under the MPLADS, the lawmakers can recommend the district collector on which project to spend the money on in their respective constituencies.

A Kolkata-based non-profit organisation is giving counselling services to psychiatric patients and individuals as the nationwide lockdown is resulting in rising cases of stress disorders.

Those guilty of such attacks will be punished as per provisions of law, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said. The police and citizens should exercise self-restraint and self-discipline, he added.

On Wednesday, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had approved the Food Ministry's proposed to supply extra two kilo subsidised foodgrains to over 80 crore people registered under the Public Distribution...

Health officials said one new case each was detected in Ahmedabad, Surat, Gandhinagar and Bhavnagar on Thursday.

The youth, who lives in a village near Kattakkada, a hilly town close to Tamil Nadu border nearly 20 kilometres east of the state capital, went to another place on his two-wheeler on Wednesday afternoon, to meet the astrologer and had to pay a fine to the...

Chief Minister Hemant Soren said the decision to provide ration two months in advance will benefit 90 per cent of the families in the state.

The government has prohibited entry of any international cruise ship, crew or passengers with a travel history to coronavirus-hit countries post February 1 to its major ports.

The unions have demanded financial package as well other interventions like postponement of loan premiums of their vehicles and rebate in taxes to tide over the difficult time.

The Home Ministry said due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, high alert has been declared by the Centre as well as the states and union territories.

The scheme is to ensure that the poor, who depend on daily wages for livelihood, are not affected by the 21-day nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak and do not have to purchase food items for the month of April, he said after a meeting in...

In many parts of the state, the curfew was relaxed from 6 am to 9 am for buying milk, vegetables and fruits and then from 8 am to 11 am for purchasing groceries and medicines, officials said.

In a communication to chief secretaries and DGPs of all states, the ministry asked them to take action to allay apprehensions and maintain peace and tranquillity.