India on Friday ran the first train service for thousands of migrant workers desperate to return home since it imposed a nationwide lockdown to control the spread of the coronavirus. | AP
On Friday, India registered another daily high of nearly 2,000 infections, bringing totals to 35,043 with 1,147 deaths.
The Uttar Pradesh government in northern India has announced the distribution of free food grains, but a majority of the migrant workers do not have cards issued by the state government to avail of the facility. State Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered that those who do not have the government ration cards should not be denied food grains and should be given a provisional card.
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