New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) A day after India resumed domestic flights, a total of 608 services ferrying 41,673 passengers were operated till 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Taking to Twitter, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said smooth operations were witnessed today. According to the minister, India’s airports have[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The domestic stock market gave up all its gains on Tuesday to end in negative territory. The BSE Sensex which surged over 400 points earlier in the day to cross the 31,000 mark, eventually ended at 30,609.30. The Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange also[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the Centre’s response on a plea highlighting restrictions, due to sealing of borders, on movement for permissible activities in the national capital region (NCR) amid the Covid-19 pandemic. A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan and comprising Justices S.K.[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Actress Shraddha Kapoor is an advocate for the safety and protection of animals. She is impressed by the efforts of some villagers in Rajasthan who have been doing their bit to help animals. The actress shared an article on social media where villagers in Rajasthan have[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) As the national capital gears up to deal with the increasing number of coronavirus cases, the Delhi Health Department has ordered 30,000 PPE kits, 3.5 lakh N-95 masks, 28 ventilators and 435 oxygen concentrators. In a statement, the Raj Niwas said that Secretary (Health) presented[Read More…]
Beijing 26 May (IANS) China on Tuesday downplayed the much-publicised evacuation of its citizens from India in the backdrop of the border tension between both the countries. Global Times, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China, said that evacuation of Chinese citizens from India was a normal process[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Yami Gautam is missing her long locks. Taking to Instagram, the actress posted a throwback pictureback from the time when she used to have long hair. “One upon a time I had long hair,” Yami captioned the image. Speaking of short hair, it has become a[Read More…]
Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday said the state was making policies to save water and had sought farmers’ suggestions and feedbacks. Expressing concern over falling groundwater level, he said while interacting with farmers in Kurukshetra town that it had reached below 40 metres[Read More…]
Bengaluru, May 26 (IANS) Returnees from domestic travel to three Indian states led to a spike in COVID-19 cases in Karnataka with 101 new infections, raising the state’s tally to 2,283, an official said on Tuesday. “New cases reported from Monday 5 p.m. to Tuesday noon are 101,” said a[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Young people, facing insecurity in their careers due to job losses around Covid-19 or facing uncertainty about the future, are likely to enhance their qualifications during this period. According to research by Apriori Consultants, a marketing consultancy, among the 10 predictions on how consumers will[Read More…]
Panaji, May 26 (IANS) The Goa government will take steps to introduce economic reforms to revive the state’s industry and businesses within two months, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters after receiving a report of the state government-appointed Economic Revival Committee which was formed in April[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Music Composer duo Sachin-Jigar, known for their work in Bollywood films like “ABCD”, “Go Goa Gone”, “Badlapur” and “Stree”, are working towards bringing more quality to Gujarati independent music. The duo has launched a song titled “Tari duniya mari duniya” as a part of their effort.[Read More…]
Amaravati, May 26 (IANS) Taking a serious note of the contemptuous remarks made against it on social media, the Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday ordered notice to 49 people including a Member of Parliament and a former Member of Legislative Assembly. Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) “Des mere des”, sung by Sukhwinder Singh and AR Rahman for the 2002 Ajay Devgn-starrer “The Legend Of Bhagat Singh”, has got a special edition. The aim of the song is to lift spirits of people and instil a sense of pride for “corona warriors”. The[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held a meeting with the country’s top defence and foreign affairs officials and the National Security Advisor (NSA) over the prevailing situation at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. NSA Ajit Doval and the Chief of Defence[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Hand sanitizers manufactured by anonymous companies are being sold at almost all shops at Bhagirath Palace, the biggest medicine market in the national capital, where drug dealers from neighbouring Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan come to buy medicines, masks and sanitizers. As you enter Bhagirath[Read More…]
Jaipur, May 26 (IANS) Batting great Rahul Dravid is the toughest batsman Varun Aaron has bowled to, the Rajasthan Royals pacer has revealed. “I would say Rahul Dravid is the toughest batsman I’ve ever bowled to,” Aaron said during a Royals Podcast on Facebook with New Zealand spinner and Royals[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Actress Kalki Koechlin has shared an Instagram video where she croons the classic “La Vie En Rose” for her daughter Sappho. She renders her interpretation of the popular Edith Piaf song on a ukulele. ” ‘La vie en rose’ Sharing our interpretation of Edith Piaf’s sweet[Read More…]
San Francisco, May 26 (IANS) Facebook on Tuesday said that it has changed the name and brand of its digital wallet designed for Libra cryptocurrency project — from Calibra to Novi. The Libra project, a new payment system which is built on blockchain technology, has faced regulatory challenges in the[Read More…]
Manchester, May 26 (IANS) English Premier League giants Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has said his players are mentally ready and look good physically after resumption of training. Former United striker Solskjaer added that while they will need a bit of time to gel when they start training in[Read More…]
Jammu, May 26 (IANS) Another 91 people tested positive in Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday as the total number of COVID-19 patients jumped to 1,759 in the Union Territory. A statement issued by the information and public relations department said 91 more people tested positive, 54 in Jammu division and[Read More…]
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Ram Gopal Varma has released the trailer of his upcoming Telugu production titled “Coronavirus”, which deals with the pandemic and the lockdown as its subject. On Tuesday evening, the filmmaker took to Twitter to release a four-minute trailer of the movie, which has been completely shot[Read More…]
Guwahati/Itanagar, May 26 (IANS) At least three people died and over 2,50,000 people of over 350 villages were affected due to floods and landslides in three northeastern states – Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya, officials said on Tuesday. Officials in Itanagar said that a woman and her two children were[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) About a month after several lanes in Mehrauli were sealed as two persons involved in food distribution among the needy had tested positive for coronavirus, the district administration on Tuesday directed scaling down of containment process in the area. According to an order signed by[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The District Magistrate of the North district in the national capital on Tuesday directed to seal Gali No. 3A, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A and 5B in Swatantra Nagar, after six positive Covid-19 cases were detected in the area. In an order issued on Tuesday, Deepak[Read More…]
