Author: IANS

Hyderabad, April 19 (IANS) The Telangana government on Sunday directed the house owners to defer collecting rent from residential tenants for three months with effect from March. The state cabinet took the decision to provide relief to tenants in view of hardships caused by the lockdown. Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar[Read More…]

New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) As the government on Sunday said that e-commerce platforms will be able to sell only essential goods, e-commerce majors have expressed their support to the decision, but have also said that they hope for relaxations to benefit both the customers and the sellers. The Centre[Read More…]

Meerut, April 19 (IANS) A controversial advertisement by a cancer specialist hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut said Muslim patients and their caretakers coming to the hospital must test negative for Covid-19, failing which they won’t be admitted. The management of the hospital also asked Muslims to carry their coronavirus test[Read More…]

New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Smartphone manufacturers who were taking small steps to adjust to the new normal were left in lurch on Sunday after the government prohibited e-commerce platforms to sell non-essential items from April 20. Chinese smartphone player Realme was all set to start online sales of its[Read More…]

Chandigarh, April 19 ( IANS) To deal with the adverse impact on economic activities caused by COVID-19 pandemic, the Haryana government on Sunday finalized a system for starting uninterrupted operation of industries and other establishments in the State beginning from Monday. For carrying out the operations of industries and other[Read More…]

Guwahati/Aizawl, April 19 (IANS) No fresh coronavirus cases were reported from any of the eight northeastern states in the past 24 hours even as several people, who had earlier tested positive, discharged from the hospital as they recovered from the dreaded disease, ministers and officials said on Sunday. Authorities in[Read More…]

Mumbai, April 19 (IANS) Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar on Sunday took to Twitter and posted a video in which he is seen holding a plate of Keema Cutlets and Pav (bread). Manjrekar, a renowned commentator, went down memory lane to narrate a story where he spoke about having keema[Read More…]

New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) In a bid to meet the demand for personal protective equipments (PPE) demand for the medical personnel across the country to combat the spread of novel coronavirus, the Northern Railway has prepared 1,003 personal protective equipment (PPE) suits in a single day. The Indian Railways,[Read More…]

Hyderabad, April 19 (IANS) The Telangana government on Sunday decided to extend the lockdown till May 7 and not to give any relaxation. Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao made the announcement on Sunday night after the cabinet meeting. The state had earlier extended the lockdown till April 30. Though the[Read More…]

Srinagar, April 19 (IANS) All the restrictions would continue across Srinagar till May 3, said District Magistrate Shahid Choudhary, here on Sunday. The extension in existing restrictions and reasons therefore were noted in the order issued on April 16, which was in line with the April 15 revised central government[Read More…]

Chennai, April 19 (IANS) In recruiting international captains who can be part of the leadership group, Mahendra Singh Dhoni ensured Chennai Super Kings always had better chances of getting success in the Indian Premier League (IPL), feels former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis. “A great thing that CSK has[Read More…]

New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Sunday asserted that doubling rate of Covid-19 cases has increased from three days before imposition of lockdown in March to 9.7 days now. “The rate of growth of new cases has been steadying for a while. As per[Read More…]

Mumbai, April 19 (IANS) In a huge shocker, Maharashtra registered 12 more deaths and a staggering 552 new Covid-19 cases, officials said here on Sunday. This has taken up the state’s death tally to 223 and the number of positive cases surpassed the 4,000 figure to touch 4,200 – the[Read More…]

Hyderabad, April 19 (IANS) National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand feels this lockdown can help everyone understand that it should not be always goal-driven and it is important to focus on the process as well. “It is a very similar kind of scenario for athletes as well. I have maintained this[Read More…]

Mumbai, April 19 (IANS) Celebrities like Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma, Madhuri Dixit Nene and Vidya Balan among others have joined hands to support an initiative #lockdownOnDomesticViolence, exressing concern over the global surge in cases of domestic violence amid the ongoing coronavirus lockdown. Under the initiative, a video is made in[Read More…]

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Amaravati, April 19 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government, here on Sunday, claimed that its doctors had set a record by conducting 5,508 Covid-19 tests a day, taking the second place among states conducting maximum number of tests per million. The doctors achieved the record on Saturday even without using the[Read More…]

Jabalpur/ Indore, April 19 (IANS) Javed Khan, who was arrested under National Security Act (NSA) for throwing stones at doctors in Indore 10 days ago, escaped from the Covid-19 isolation ward of the Medical College Hospital in Jabalpur around 4:30 pm on Sunday. He had tested positive for coronavirus on[Read More…]

New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) As the Finance Ministry has recommended states to use the funds of District Mineral Foundations (DMF) for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, non-profit organisations are divided over the move, with the Goa Foundation, opposing the decision and New Delhi-based PRAHAR urging the government to[Read More…]