ive Three players at Real Betis 'test positive for coronavirus' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:42:53 GMT Three first team stars at La Liga club Real Betis have tested positive for coronavirus, according to Cadena Ser. LaLiga is set to restart next month, however it is unknown how this will affect that date. Full Article
ive YouTuber Etika live-streamed as police detained him months before died By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 18:35:46 GMT Desmond Amofah, inset, better known as Etika, was found in the East River on Monday. In April he shared a clip showing the moment cops broke down his door and shared erratic tweets, main. Full Article
ive KSI vs Logan Paul 2 LIVE: YouTube stars clash in LA - latest updates and undercard results By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 07:01:57 GMT The headguards are off! YouTube sensations KSI and Logan Paul come face-to-face once more but this time in a pro-boxing fight in Los Angeles. Follow LIVE ACTION right here from Staples Center. Full Article
ive Indian Captive Power Producers ... vs Gujarat Electricity Regulatory ... on 2 March, 2020 By indiankanoon.org Published On :: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0530 1. The present appeal has been filed by Indian Captive Power Producers Association (ICPPA) (Appellant) against the daily order dated 01.02.2019 ("impugned order") passed by the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission ("Respondent Commission") in Petition No. 1672 of 2017, preferred by the Appellant. Vide the present appeal, the Appellant is seeking necessary directions for expediting the proceedings in Petition No. 1672 of 2017 preferred by the Appellant. Under the aforesaid Petition, the Appellant is seeking amendment of the provisions of the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Intra-State Open Access) Regulations, 2011 ("GERC OA Regulations, 2011") as detailed therein. However, even after a lapse of more than 2 years, the Respondent Commission has failed to hear the Petition on merits, thereby leading to a delay in deciding the said case. Full Article
ive Mail gives £3million boost to small firms By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:51:12 GMT The Mail on Sunday today launches a £3million support package to help Britain's legion of small firms beat the coronavirus crisis. Full Article
ive Harry Maguire's fiancée Fern Hawkins gives birth to their second daughter Piper Rose By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:05:37 GMT The couple shared the news to Instagram on Saturday, with the Man United captain, 27, captioning a sweet hospital snap: Welcome to this crazy world baby girl. Piper Rose Maguire' Full Article
ive Amanda Holden PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Presenter poses for a stunning garden shoot By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 18:45:14 GMT Amanda Holden celebrated her fundraising success with a stunning garden photo shoot, before slipping into a bikini and enjoying a glass of rosé on Saturday. Full Article
ive Kim Kardashian receives criticism for saying mom Kris Jenner's post-baby body was 'MAJOR GOALS' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 19:15:32 GMT In anticipation of Mother's Day, Kim Kardashian shared a throwback snapshot of mom Kris Jenner, 64, rocking a yellow bikini on Friday. Full Article
ive Made In Chelsea's Sam Thompson gushes over girlfriend Zara McDermott on their one-year anniversary By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:14:13 GMT The reality TV stars marked their relationship milestone with an idyllic picnic as they lapped up the good weather. Full Article
ive U.S. Soccer star Alex Morgan announces she has given birth to daughter Charlie Elena Carrasco By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 21:22:06 GMT Alex Morgan welcomed her first child with husband Servando Carrasco, 31, a daughter named Charlie, on Thursday. Full Article
ive Sheridan Smith gives birth to a baby boy with fiancé Jamie Horn By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 22:20:55 GMT The actress, 38, announced the news in a social media post on Saturday, and gushed she's 'overwhelmed with love' for the new arrival. Full Article
ive Kaia Gerber is 'grateful to be able to stay active' in lockdown as she flaunts her abs on Instagram By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:07:32 GMT Kaia Gerber was recently deemed part of fashion's 'new wave of top-tier models.' Full Article
ive Scott Disick worried about kids after Kourtney Kardashian and sister Kim's explosive fist fight By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 03:17:16 GMT 'I'm trying to understand about Armenia because obviously it has to do with my children,' Scott Disick asked Kim Kardashian, ahead of her trip with sister Kourtney. Full Article
ive Emily Ratajkowski puts on a leggy display in floral as she enjoys drive with Sebastian Bear-McClard By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 03:55:35 GMT Emily recently told British GQ of quarantine with Sebastian: 'But my husband and I are in a good partnership. And I think that I've learned a lot about myself being married, for sure.' Full Article
ive Kylie Jenner says her daughter gives the 'best cuddles' while watching Frozen for the '127th time' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:15:34 GMT The 22-year-old reality star, who was previously watching an episode of Little Fires Everywhere, flipped the channel to provide a more family-friendly evening on Saturday. Full Article
ive The X Factor: Celebrity EXCLUSIVE: George Osborne gatecrashes filming with Louis Walsh By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 12:39:52 GMT Judge Louis Walsh was filming scenes with his act, Love Actually star Olivia Olson, on a London street when George, who proclaimed himself a huge fan of the IITV show, turned up. Full Article
ive Finally! George Osborne makes his first positive comments about Brexit By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 01:15:09 GMT The former Remain Tory chancellor, who was accused of being the architect of 'Project Fear' during the referendum, acknowledged the City could thrive when free from Brussels. Full Article
ive Ligue 1 side Nantes ready to offer Pedro Chirivella three-year deal By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 18:47:28 GMT The stylish 22-year-old is out of contract this summer and has had interest from a number of clubs. He joined Liverpool's academy from Valencia in a deal worth up to £2million. Full Article
ive Arsene Wenger insists Liverpool WILL be viewed as league winners regardless of how season is decided By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:44:29 GMT Jurgen Klopp's side are 25 points clear of their closest challengers Manchester City but there has been much debate regarding how the season should be decided. Full Article
ive Brighton chief executive Paul Barber claims neutral venues threaten safety of players By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:46:01 GMT EXCLUSIVE BY OLIVER HOLT: The Premier League clubs that have taken a stand against playing out the season in neutral venues have been labelled by some as cynical and pragmatic. Full Article
ive Rio Ferdinand compares Liverpool and Man United's Trent Alexander-Arnold and Aaron Wan-Bissaka By Published On :: Sun, 22 Mar 2020 11:24:22 +0000 Wan-Bissaka has starred at Manchester United since his £50million move while Trent Alexander-Arnold continues to go from strength-to-strength for Premier League champions-elect Liverpool. Full Article
ive Arsenal and Tottenham ready to battle for Liverpool's Dejan Lovren By Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 08:52:32 +0100 The Croatian has fallen behind the likes of Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez in the pecking order at Anfield and is looking for the opportunity to secure more first team football. Full Article
ive Roy Hodgson given green light to manage Crystal Palace for Project Restart despite being over 70 By Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:25:07 +0100 EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: There had been doubt over whether the 72-year-old would be forced to miss the remainder of the season, should it restart, due to Government guidelines. Full Article
ive Five more people die of coronavirus in Delhi By www.businessinsider.in Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:32:40 +0530 New Delhi, May 10 () Delhi recorded five more deaths due to coronavirus, while 381 fresh cases of the virus were reported, the city government said on Sunday.With the fresh cases, the virus tally in the nationalcapital has climbed to 6,923.Between midnight of May 8 and midnight of May 9, five fresh fatalities due to the virus were reported, taking the death toll to 73, the government said in its health bulletin.While there are 4,781 active cases of the virus in the city, 2069 patients have so far recovered from COVID-19. SLB DVDV Full Article
ive COVID-19: First batch of 88 nurses from India arrive in UAE By www.businessinsider.in Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:50:40 +0530 Dubai, May 10 () The first batch of 88 nurses from India arrived in the UAE to help the country's stretched healthcare professionals amid a surge in the number of COVID-19 infections in the Gulf nation that has crossed 17,000, according to media reports.The Ministry of Health and Prevention said the UAE reported 624 new cases on Saturday, taking the total number of infections to 17,417.The number of fatalities reached 185 after 11 deaths were reported on the day.The nurses, who are from Aster DM Healthcare hospitals in the states of Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra, will be put under quarantine for 14 days after which they will be assigned to various field hospitals as per requirement, the Khaleej Times reported.They arrived on a special flight at the Dubai airport on Saturday.India's Ambassador Full Article
ive Cricketers will have to live with dangers of COVID-19: Gambhir By www.businessinsider.in Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 12:06:51 +0530 New Delhi, May 10 () Former India opener Gautam Gambhir doesn't see major changes in the way cricket is played in the post COVID-19 scenario besides the ban on using saliva on the ball. The International Cricket Council is considering legalisation of the usage of artificial substances to shine the ball instead of saliva."I don't think a lot of rules and regulations will be changed, you can probably have an alternate for the usage of saliva – apart from that I don't think so many changes will happen," Gambhir told Star Sports. "Players and everyone else need to live with this virus; probably they have to get used to it that there is a virus and that it will be around. Players might end up catching it, and you got to live with it." Though social distancing is possible in cricket to a certain Full Article
ive Uttarkashi reports first COVID-19 positive case By www.businessinsider.in Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 12:48:38 +0530 Uttarkashi, May 10 () Uttarkashi on Sunday reported its first COVID-19 case, raising Uttarakhand's coronavirus tally to 68.Uttarkashi district falls in the green zone. The red, orange and green zone classification is based on the number of coronavirus cases, doubling rate of coronavirus cases, and the extent of testing and surveillance The man, who tested positive, hails from Dhanaripatti village in Dunda block and had returned recently from Surat in Gujarat, Chief Medical Officer DP Joshi said.Three persons who came along with him in separate two wheelers from Gujarat have been kept in isolation, he said, adding contact tracing is underway.The 32-year-old man's swab sample was tested at AIIMS, Rishikesh, Joshi said. Corr ALM DVDV Full Article
ive NGOs for disabled facing severe financial crunch as funds get diverted for tackling COVID-19 By www.businessinsider.in Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 13:02:38 +0530 By Uzmi Athar New Delhi, May 10 () Several NGOs working in the disability sector are facing severe financial crunch as most of the funds and donations they would earlier get has been diverted towards tackling the COVID-19 crisis.Prashant Verma, general secretary, National Association for the Blind, says he could just pay 65 per cent salary to his employees in the last two months due to financial crunch and if no fresh donations are made he does not have any money to pay his 120 staff members this month."We feel as if we are at the end of the line," he told .Verma said his organisation used to get grants from many companies under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and even from individuals, especially during March as it was the end of the financial year."But this year we didn't get any money. Full Article
ive Future of live music will be different for a while: Bono By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 10:10:53 +0530 U2 frontman Bono believes the future of live gigs looks "very different" as the world struggles to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. According to Contactmusic, the singer said drive-in shows can be a successful alternative as there is a possibility to maintain social distancing. "I think it will be very different for a while. I heard discussion of sort of drive-in type shows. "Outside the stadiums, you have these big (parking lots) -- so setting up drive-ins, where you have bands playing live from their rehearsal rooms," Bono said. The 59-year-old singer, whose real name is Paul David Hewson, is happy that his band was able to finish of its tour before the lockdown. "We haven't learned to phone in our shows. They're full-tilt for us," he said. Full Article
ive Sheridan Smith gives birth to first child By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:12:52 +0530 Actor Sheridan Smith has welcomed her first child with fiance, insurance broker Jamie Horn. "The Royle Family" star shared a picture of their baby boy clutching onto her finger on Instagram on Saturday. "Our little man has arrived! We are both completely overwhelmed with love," Smith, 38, captioned the picture. No other details about the child have been revealed. Smith, also known for starring in sitcoms "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps" and drama series "Cilla" about the life of English singer Cilla Black, announced her pregnancy last October. Full Article
ive COVID-19: First batch of 88 nurses from India arrive in UAE By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:50:52 +0530 The first batch of 88 nurses from India arrived in the UAE to help the country's stretched healthcare professionals amid a surge in the number of COVID-19 infections in the Gulf nation that has crossed 17,000, according to media reports. The Ministry of Health and Prevention said the UAE reported 624 new cases on Saturday, taking the total number of infections to 17,417. The number of fatalities reached 185 after 11 deaths were reported on the day. The nurses, who are from Aster DM Healthcare hospitals in the states of Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra, will be put under quarantine for 14 days after which they will be assigned to various field hospitals as per requirement, the Khaleej Times reported. They arrived on a special flight at the Dubai airport on Saturday. India's Ambassador to UAE Pavan Kapoor said that this would further strengthen the long-standing friendship between the two countries. "India and the UAE are showing how a strategic partnership translates into concrete ... Full Article
ive Teacher of Delhi school involved in distributing ration tests COVID-19 positive By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:44:53 +0530 A teacher of a civic body-run school, who was involved in distributing ration during the lockdown, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said on Saturday. The teacher was posted at a primary school in Wazirabad under the North Delhi Municipal Corporation. The teacher had last come to school on April 28 and started showing COVID-19 symptoms from May 2. His test report came on Friday, an official of North Delhi Municipal Corporation said. "We traced his six primary contacts and they have been sent into quarantine. Since they are completely asymptomatic, no test has been done yet," he said, adding the school building has been sanitised. Full Article
ive 16 test positive for COVID-19 in Bihar; total cases now 595 By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 00:46:53 +0530 Sixteen more people including two minors from nine districts tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 595 in Bihar, a top health department official said. Seven of the 16 fresh cases are migrant people from other states, Health Departments Principal Secretary Sanjay Kumar said in a tweet. "We are ascertaining their further infection trail," Kumar said. Of the 16 new cases, three each are from Muzaffarpur and Arwal, two each from Begusarai, Munger, Nalanda and one each from Vaishali, Bhojpur, Siwan, Sheikhpura districts, the Principal Secretary said. Five people have died of the disease so far in Bihar which is now left with 272 active cases while 318 have recovered. The number of samples tested so far at seven facilities in Patna, Bhagalpur, Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga is 32,767. Full Article
ive 1st batch of 326 Indians stranded in UK arrives in Mumbai By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 07:18:53 +0530 The first batch of 326 Indian nationals stranded in the UK due to the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions arrived here from London early on Sunday morning. The special evacuation flight AI 130, a Boeing 777 plane which departed from London on Saturday, landed at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) at around 1.30 AM with 326 Indians, according to a source. "1st flight 2 #Mumbai landed- crew interaction less with the passengers. Protective kit was given 2 all-along with snack n meal kept on the seat beforehand. Next #quarantine. Watch the space," tweeted a passenger onboard the flight. "Reached Mumbai safely from UK. Thank you so much to @airindiain @HCI_London, @NISAU_UK, @MEAIndia," another person said in a tweet. The airport authorities, in a statement on Saturday, said that the arriving passengers with symptoms will be moved to isolation centres. Asymptomatic passengers residing in Mumbai will be moved to quarantine facilities like hotels, .. Full Article
ive MP: Five migrant labourers killed, 13 hurt as truck overturns By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 09:32:55 +0530 At least five migrant labourers were killed and 13 others injured when a truck in which they were travelling overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur district, a police official said on Sunday. The accident took place near Patha village on Saturday night whennearly 20 migrant labourers were going in the truck to Jhansi and Etah in Uttar Pradesh from Hyderabad, Additional Superintendent of Police Rajesh Tiwari said. Five labourers were killed and 13 others were injured after the mangoes-laden vehicle overturned, he said. The injured persons were admitted to the district hospital for treatment, he added. Full Article
ive Naval ship arrives in Kochi with 698 repatriated Indians from Maldives By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 10:14:53 +0530 INS Jalashwa carrying 698 repatriated Indian citizens from the Maldives arrived in Kochi harbour on Sunday morning, completing the Indian Navy's first massive evacuation exercise from foreign soil during the COVID-19 lockdown, official sources said. The passengers would disembark from the cruise terminal of Cochin Port Trust, they said. Inspector General of Police Vijay Sakhare said all arrangements are in place to facilitate the safe stay of those repatriated, comprising 440 Keralites and people from other parts of the country. Four passengers are from Lakshwadeep. Besides these, the other passengers are from Tamil Nadu (187), Telganana (9), Andhra Pradesh (8), Karnataka (8), Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan (3 each) and Goa (1), Assam (1). There are seven passengers each from Uttarakhand and West Bengal, Delhi (4), Puducherry (3), while there are two passengers each from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand, the sources said. Full Article
ive 34 more test positive for COVID-19 in Bihar, total count 629 By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 10:38:54 +0530 At least 34 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Bihar, raising the total count in the state to 629, a top health department official said on Sunday. Of the 34, 11 hail from Begusarai, seven each from Saharsa and Madhepura, five, including a woman, from Rohtas, two from Darbhanga and one each from Khagaria and Araria districts, Sanjay Kumar, the principal secretary of the state health department, said. "We are ascertaining the infection trail. These are yesterday's results received late in the night," Kumar said, adding that seven out of 34 patients were minors. Barring Jamui, all 37 districts in the state have reported coronavirus cases. The number of active cases in the state currently stands at 306. Altogether, 318 people have recovered so far. Bihar has witnessed five COVID-19 fatalities -- one each from Rohtas, Munger, Vaishali, East Champaran and Sitamarhi districts. All five of them had pre-existing ailments. Munger has accounted for the maximum number of cases in the ... Full Article
ive Batsman should be given out LBW if any ball goes on to hit the stumps: Chappell By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:16:53 +0530 Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has proposed radical changes in the LBW laws, stating that a batsman should be given out leg before as long as the ball is hitting the stumps irrespective of the spot of its landing and impact. Chappell also said captains should agree on one way of working up the ball which will encourage swing bowling, even as the ICC is considering the use of artificial substances to shine the ball instead of sweat and saliva in post COVID-19 scenario. "The new lbw law should simply say: 'Any delivery that strikes the pad without first hitting the bat and, in the umpire's opinion, would go on to hit the stumps is out regardless of whether or not a shot is attempted'," he wrote in a column for ESPNcricinfo. "Forget where the ball pitches and whether it strikes the pad outside the line or not; if it's going to hit the stumps, it's out." The 76-year-old said the change in lbw law would attract expected criticism from the batsmen but it would make the game more ... Full Article
ive Five more people die of coronavirus in Delhi By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:32:53 +0530 Delhi recorded five more deaths due to coronavirus, while 381 fresh cases of the virus were reported, the city government said on Sunday. With the fresh cases, the virus tally in the national capital has climbed to 6,923. Between midnight of May 8 and midnight of May 9, five fresh fatalities due to the virus were reported, taking the death toll to 73, the government said in its health bulletin. While there are 4,781 active cases of the virus in the city, 2069 patients have so far recovered from COVID-19. Full Article
ive Sanitisation drive by NDMC on Flag Staff road By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:40:54 +0530 Municipal leaders, including mayor of the BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), on Sunday took part in a sanitisation drive outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence on Flagstaff Road here. The sanitisation exercise is part of the NDMC's campaign to prevent spread of COVID-19, said Jai Prakash, chairman of the standing committee of NDMC. "We have been sanitising the whole municipal area with mechanical and manual spray of sanitisers. So, we are here on Flagstaff road which comes under the NDMC's jurisdiction," Jai Prakash said. The municipal corporation has deployed nearly 40 large truck mounted power sprays and around 40 smaller mechanical sprays, to cover roads, residential areas, markets and other public places under the NDMC, he said. Full Article
ive Cricketers will have to live with dangers of COVID-19: Gambhir By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 12:04:52 +0530 Former India opener Gautam Gambhir doesn't see major changes in the way cricket is played in the post COVID-19 scenario besides the ban on using saliva on the ball. The International Cricket Council is considering legalisation of the usage of artificial substances to shine the ball instead of saliva. "I don't think a lot of rules and regulations will be changed, you can probably have an alternate for the usage of saliva apart from that I don't think so many changes will happen," Gambhir told Star Sports. "Players and everyone else need to live with this virus; probably they have to get used to it that there is a virus and that it will be around. Players might end up catching it, and you got to live with it." Though social distancing is possible in cricket to a certain extent, other sports will find it tougher when sporting action resumes, said the southpaw. "Social distancing and other rules may not be easy for any sport to maintain. You can still manage to do it with cricket, but ... Full Article
ive CM tells officials to prepare comprehensive agriculture policy By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 12:18:58 +0530 : Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has instructed officials to prepare a comprehensive agriculture policy for the state with an aim to make the agriculture sector profitable. Rao said he would be talking to farmers through clusters, farmers groups such as Rythu Bandhu Samithis and agriculture officers through a video conference very soon, an official release issued late on Saturday night said. Rao, who held a review on the agriculture department, instructed officials concerned to prepare the comprehensive agriculture policy and stressed the need for everything to happen in tune with it. "The government should decide on which crops the farmers should cultivate. Planning should be done in such a way that crops should be cultivated based on the food needs of people in the state and the crops, which are in demand in the markets in other regions," Rao said. Alternative crops should be identified and suggested to farmers and cultivation done on these lines, he said, Full Article
ive Uttarkashi reports first COVID-19 positive case By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 12:48:56 +0530 Uttarkashi on Sunday reported its first COVID-19 case, raising Uttarakhand's coronavirus tally to 68. Uttarkashi district falls in the green zone.The red, orange and green zone classification is based on the number of coronavirus cases, doubling rate of coronavirus cases, and the extent of testing and surveillance The man, who tested positive, hails from Dhanaripatti village in Dunda block and had returned recently from Surat in Gujarat, Chief Medical Officer DP Joshi said. Three persons who came along with him in separate two wheelers from Gujarat have been kept in isolation, he said, adding contact tracing is underway. The 32-year-old man's swab sample was tested at AIIMS, Rishikesh, Joshi said. Full Article
ive NGOs for disabled facing severe financial crunch as funds get diverted for tackling COVID-19 By www.business-standard.com Published On :: Sun, 10 May 2020 13:02:53 +0530 Several NGOs working in the disability sector are facing severe financial crunch as most of the funds and donations they would earlier get has been diverted towards tackling the COVID-19 crisis. Prashant Verma, general secretary, National Association for the Blind, says he could just pay 65 per cent salary to his employees in the last two months due to financial crunch and if no fresh donations are made he does not have any money to pay his 120 staff members this month. "We feel as if we are at the end of the line," he told PTI. Verma said his organisation used to get grants from many companies under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and even from individuals, especially during March as it was the end of the financial year. "But this year we didn't get any money. Some of the companies, which even committed to us, are saying that this time they have to think about their own survival. Many individuals (who earlier donated) don't have money to support us. A lot of the money is ... Full Article
ive Vanishing people, vanishing livelihoods By indiatogether.org Published On :: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0000 Nomadic communities make up about 7 percent of India's population, but policy makers have largely ignored them, says Bahar Dutt. Full Article
ive A tentative beginning By indiatogether.org Published On :: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000 The National Advisory Council's civil society members assured us of their independence and continued focus on the public good. That promise met its first test during the past fortnight. The India Together editorial. Full Article
ive A fuller record of our lives By indiatogether.org Published On :: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0000 What is history, and who are its worthy subjects? The Sound and Pictures Archives for Research on Women preserves women's voices from the past and present. Full Article
ive Securing live-in relationships By indiatogether.org Published On :: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000 The Maharashtra government recently approved a proposal where a woman in a live-in relationship for a "reasonable period" of time would get the status of a "wife". Ramesh Menon has more. Full Article
ive Bringing spring back in the lives of India’s widows By indiatogether.org Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 07:21:56 +0000 Widows in India have lived on the margins of society for decades but the intervention of NGO Sulabh International, led by Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, has brought new hope and colour in their lives. Ramesh Menon reports on one of the first celebrations in their new-found lives. Full Article
ive Waste pickers live, work with pride By indiatogether.org Published On :: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 12:52:06 +0000 A glimpse into the lives of women waste-pickers in Pune by Suchismita Pai. Full Article