New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) National carrier Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express are all set to embark upon one of the world’s largest evacuation operations on Thursday. Accordingly, the two airlines will at different time slots operate the first ‘special ferry’ flights from New Delhi, Cochin and[Read More…]
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Raghav Bahl promoted Gaurav Mercantile acquires The Quint
As per the exchange filing, Raghav Bahl and Ritu Kapur are common directors in Gaurav Mercantile and Quintillion Media Private Limited.
MP records 89 fresh corona cases
Bhopal, May 7 (IANS) Neemuch, a town from Green Zone in west Madhya Pradesh reported four coronavirus cases to add to the health authorities’ woes on Wednesday as the state records 89 fresh corona cases in 24 hours taking the total tally to 3,138. In the last 24 hours, nine[Read More…]
Liquor to cost more in Karnataka with 17% tax hike
Bengaluru, May 6 (IANS) With 17 per cent increase in taxes, including 6 per cent additional excise duty (AED), select liquors would cost more in Karnataka from Thursday, an official said on Wednesday. “The state Finance Department has increased tax on select liquors by 17 per cent, including 11 per[Read More…]
Plasma therapy treatment starts officially in Jaipur’s SMS Medical College
Jaipur, May 6 (IANS) Rajasthan Health Minister Dr Raghu Sharma on Wednesday formally launched plasma therapy treatment for Covid-9 patients at the SMS Medical College here. On Tuesday, its attached SMS Hospital had become the first hospital in the state to have conducted a successful trial of this much-discussed therapy[Read More…]
Record 428 new cases in Delhi; total 5,532
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) With record 428 new coronavirus cases reported in a day, the total positive cases reported so far in Delhi reached 5,532 on Wednesday, the Health Department said. With one death in the last 24 hours, the death toll due to coronavirus reached 65, it said.[Read More…]
Six more trains ferry migrants from Telangana (Ld)
Hyderabad, May 6 (IANS) Six more special trains carrying over 6,000 migrant workers left Telangana for various states, officials said on Wednesday. The trains left for Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh. According to Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat, six trains were run on the intervening night of May[Read More…]
Hyderabad Airport hosts first freight plane from Russia
Hyderabad, May 6 (IANS) Hyderabad International Airport handled its first ever commercial cargo service from Russia with the landing of a freight aircraft of Aeroflot Airlines, the national carrier and the largest airline, airport officials said on Wednesday. The Aeroflot freight plane from Moscow landed at Hyderabad Airport on 11.17[Read More…]
Covid leads to dip in export of perishables from Bengaluru airport
Bengaluru, May 6 (IANS) Numerous logistical challenges amid the Covid lockdown led to exports of perishables cargo from the Kempegowda International Airport here falling by nearly 50 per cent in April, an official said on Wednesday. “KIA processed 1,425 MT of perishable cargo in April, compared to 2,770 MT in[Read More…]
Tea industry loss Rs 500 cr, Assam seeking foreign investment: Minister
Guwahati, May 6 (IANS) The tea industry, the biggest organised industry in Assam, has suffered a loss of Rs 500 crore during the lockdown, induced by the Covid-19 pandemic, state Industries Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said on Wednesday. The Minister also said that the Assam government has taken several steps[Read More…]
Noida admin asks RWAs to decide on entry of maids, dhobis
Noida, May 6 (IANS) The administration in UP’s Gautam Buddha Nagar on Wednesday issued guidelines for the residents, and left it on the RWAs to decide on the entry of the maids, car cleaners and dhobis (washermen). In the guidelines, the administration also said only one rider on a two-wheeler[Read More…]
After steep price hike, Andhra reduces liquor shops by 15%
Amaravati, May 6 (IANS) Under fire from various quarters for allowing sale of liquor during lockdown, YSR Congress Party government in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday decided to reduce the number of liquor shops by 15 per cent. The government said the decision to reduce the number of shops from 3,500[Read More…]
Karnataka to bail out overseas Kannadigas in distress: Minister
By Fakir Balaji Bengaluru, May 6 (IANS) The Karnataka government is bracing to bail out hundreds of Kannadigas living abroad but who now want to return to their home state, as they are in distress due to the coronavirus pandemic fallout, a state minister said on Wednesday. “Hundreds of overseas[Read More…]
Covid-19 chiller: Video shows patients sleeping with the dead in Mumbai hospital!
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, May 6 (IANS) Sending a shiver, Maharashtra BJP legislator Nitesh N. Rane on Wednesday posted a stunning video purportedly showing Covid-19 patients sleeping among the dead in a Mumbai hospital. The chilling videos, which also sparked off a huge chain reaction on social media, apparently show[Read More…]
Rahul hails security forces for killing terrorist Naikoo
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday congratulated the security forces for killing top Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo along with his accomplice in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir earlier in the day. Gandhi tweeted: “I congratulate our security forces for bringing the terrorist, Riyaz[Read More…]
Facebook hands over content decisions to members of the public
San Francisco, May 6 (IANS) Facebook on Wednesday SELECTED first 20 members of its independent content oversight board that will make binding decisions on what content Facebook and Instagram should allow or remove, in order to ensure good governance and accountability across its services and platforms. The four Co-Chairs and[Read More…]
Sudhir Krishnaswamy from India on Facebook content oversight board
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Facebook on Wednesday selected first 20 members for its independent content oversight board and one of the members is Sudhir Krishnaswamy who is Vice Chancellor of the National Law School of India University in Bengaluru. Krishnaswamy is part of the team that will review content[Read More…]
Covid-19: Rajasthan tops with 46.98% recovery rate, says official
Jaipur, May 6 (IANS) With 1,739 coronavirus patients reported in Rajasthan cured of the infection till Wednesday, the state had the highest 46.98 per cent recovery rate in the country, a senior officer said. While the active cases were 50.51 per cent of the total, the mortality rate in Rajasthan[Read More…]
COVID-19: 18 more BSF men test positive in Tripura, says CM
Agartala, May 6 (IANS) As many as 22 more persons — 18 Border Security Force (BSF) troopers, a woman and three children — tested coronavirus positive for the fifth consecutive day on Wednesday in Tripura, taking the active cases among troopers and their family members in the state to 62,[Read More…]
Maruti Suzuki to resume production at Manesar plant from May 12
Maruti Suzuki India Limited would re-start production of vehicles at its Manesar plant from the 12th of May 2020.
SC extends time for filing arbitral proceedings, cheque bounce cases
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS The Supreme Court, taking into consideration the difficulty faced by lawyers and litigants during lockdown, on Wednesday extended the limitation period prescribed for initiating arbitral proceedings and the cheque bounce cases with effect from March 15 till further orders. On March 23, the top court[Read More…]
Felt strange wearing the CSK jersey at first: Harbhajan
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Veteran spinner Harbhajan Singh said that it was strange to put on the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) jersey for the first time. Harbhajan joined CSK in 2018 after spending nearly a decade at Mumbai Indians with whom he won the Indian Premier League three times.[Read More…]
DTU issues notification to conduct online exams for final semester
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Days after the University Grants Commission (UGC) gave a free hand to universities to decide on methods of conducting examinations, the Delhi Technical University has issued a notification to conduct the End Term Examination (ETE) online, for all theory courses of final semesters of all[Read More…]
COVID-19: 28 more deaths, 380 new cases in Gujarat
Gandhinagar, May 6 (IANS) With 380 new coronavirus cases and 28 more deaths on Wednesday, Gujarat’s total positive cases climbed up to 6,625 and death toll to 396. As many as 119 patients were cured and discharged from hospitals across the state on Wednesday. Over 300 new corona cases hae[Read More…]
Cate Blanchett might star in ‘Borderlands’ adaptation (Lead)
Los Angeles, May 6 (IANS) Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett is in talks to get on board the film adaptation of the video game ‘Borderlands. Several sources told variety.com that Blanchett is in talks to star as Lilith in the Lionsgate’s project. Eli Roth is on board to direct the film,[Read More…]