The death of the 51-year old migrant returning from Haryana has raised Bihar's death toll to 21. Since 3 May, 2,433 migrants have tested positive in the state.
A CMIE survey pegs unemployment rate in Bihar for April at 46.6%. With the influx of migrants, the Nitish govt is staring at a crisis in election year.
According to health department, returning migrants continue to comprise a high percentage of those infected and 2,072 of them have tested positive since 3 May.
There has been a spate of transfers of IAS officers despite the logistical challenges of Covid-19. The bureaucracy says this is the nature of the game. Politicians consider it good governance.
In an interview, RJD's Tejashwi Yadav says Bihar govt is treating migrant workers as ‘second-class citizens’, questions CM Nitish Kumar over transparency.
In Bihar’s Sitamarhi, women from the families of migrant workers say they are forced to borrow from private money lenders as their husbands and sons are left with no income source.
Israel's response to Iran's retaliatory attack was relatively small and also downplayed by Tehran. But there are factors that could jeopardise this perceived reprieve.
The 125 APAs include 86 Unilateral APAs (UAPAs) and 39 Bilateral APAs (BAPAs). The total number of APAs since the start of the APA programme has risen to 641, with 506 UAPAs and 135 BAPAs.
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