Tag PM Narendra Modi

Features, India

Scavengers, Sanitation workers: the unsung heroes of war against Corona Virus

Sanitation workers on job. Photo courtesy Flickr

–Soroor Ahmed Even on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti (April 14) hardly anyone sang paean highlighting the contributions of Doms, Mehtars, Mehatranis, Valmikis etc, who form the big bulk of 60.94 lakhs sanitation workers(2011 Census)–– the foot-soldiers involved in the war against Corona Virus…

Thenewsweb
April 25, 2020

Health, India, Opinion

Lock down extends, what is the road ahead!

–Shams Khan TNW, New Delhi, April 15: Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his previous address to the Nation had hinted that ‘lives together with livelihood’ will be the basis of lock down 2.0, yet on Tuesday (April 14) when…

Thenewsweb
April 15, 2020

Global, Health

Trump’s ‘retaliation’ threat over Hodroxychloroquine, India to partially lift the export ban

PM Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump (File Photo). Photo by Livemint.

TNW, New Delhi, April 7. Indian government has decided to partially lift the export ban on Hodroxychloroquine along with few other medicines. The move comes a day after American President Donald Trump threatened to retaliate if India does not supply the…

Thenewsweb
April 7, 2020

Global, Opinion

Coronalogy of events leading to lock-down

–Soroor Ahmad TNW, New Delhi,April 4. When something between 50,000 and 70,000 people died in the heat wave in Europe in 2003 the Indian media had barely covered this tragedy. More than one-fourth of these casualties occurred in France. All this…

Thenewsweb
April 4, 2020

India, Politics

PM Modi declares: country wide lock-down for 21 days

TNW, March 24, New Delhi. To contain the spread of Corona Virus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Tuesday that there will be complete lock-down for next twenty one days with effect from today midnight. PM requested the citizens…