By Navneet Mishra Amethi, April 17 (IANS) While long queues of account holders can be seen outside banks to withdraw money, officials in Amethi have made arrangements for deposit and withdrawal at the doorsteps of area residents, courtesy micro ATMs of the postal department. Union Minister Smriti Irani, who is[Read More…]
By Saiyed Moziz Imam New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi has been accused of taking the Prime Minister head on over each issue that confronts the nation, but at his press conference on Thursday, which was streamed live on social media, he struck a different note, saying while he[Read More…]
By Saiyed Moziz Imam New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi has been accused of taking the Prime Minister head on over each issue that confronts the nation, but at his press conference on Thursday, which was streamed live on social media, he struck a different note, saying while he[Read More…]
Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) Sourav Ganguly told Brendon McCullum that his life had changed forever after the former New Zealand captain smashed an unbeaten 73-ball 158 for Kolkata Knight Riders in the first-ever Indian Premier League (IPL) game on April 18 in 2008. Wicketkeeper batsman McCullum recalled that night where[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, April 17 (IANS) Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the people to follow the guidelines issued by the Ministry of AYUSH to help build immunity against the coronavirus pandemic, Kerala has set the ball rolling, said State Health Minister K.K.Shailaja on Friday. “The directive has gone that[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Commerce Ministry Piyush Goyal applauded the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) fresh slew of measures to ease liquidity and regulatory norms. In a series of tweets, Sitharaman said that central bank’s announcement would enhance liquidity and improve credit supply. “Today’s[Read More…]
Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government will resume working partially from April 20 as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs for the extended lockdown till May 3. Accordingly, government offices will reopen with minimal staff. UP Chief Secretary R.K. Tiwari issued a detailed advisory[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Private schools in the national capital can only charge tuition fee on a monthly basis from the parents and also cannot hike fee without the government’s nod, Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia said on Friday. Sisodia, also the Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, said the[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) The Producers Guild of India has decided to donate fully-equipped tents and vanity vans of Bollywood stars to the police force, particularly female cops, across 22 key locations in the city, as the uniformed personnel battle it out to protect Mumbai from the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic.[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday said that it has revised the international termination charge from the fixed 30 paise per minute to a forebearance regime within a prescribed range of 35-65 paise per minute. International termination charge (ITC) is the charge[Read More…]
By Aakash Kumar Bengaluru, April 17 (IANS) Indian hockey striker Mandeep Singh believes the team has moved on from the initial disappointment which they had to deal with following the postponement of Tokyo Olympic Games and are now working on improving their skills and fitness during the lockdown in place[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Crude oil prices continued their fall on Friday with the WTI crude of US dropping below the $19 per barrel mark and benchmark Brent crude price subdued on weakest economic data in three decades reported by China due to the impact of coronavirus pandemic. Currently,[Read More…]
Shimla, April 17 (IANS) A massive search and rescue operation has been launched by the Indian Army for Lance Havildar Prakash Ralla of Tripeak Brigade who had fallen into the Sutlej river while negotiating a crossing near the Line of Actual Control in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, a statement[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) Actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas has shared some words of wisdom along with a gorgeous picture of herself on social media. Priyanka took to Instagram where she shared a selfie, where the sun ray hits her face and adds glow to her skin. “There is always a[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Even 24 hours after Delhi BJP issued a helpline number for the poor and the needy of the city under the ‘Feed the Needy’ programme, people on Friday complained that the number provided is continuously ‘switched off since Thursday. However, BJP later clarified that there[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Principal Economic Adviser Sanjeev Sanyal on Friday said that the socio-economic situation, supply chain, and geo-politics will not remain the same in the after the world comes out of the coronavirus crises. In a tweet, Sanyal shared his view that the world may not return[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, April 17 (IANS) A day after an Indian Union Muslim League ( IUML) legislator slammed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, on Friday the Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau (VACB) registered a case against him. The case pertains to a complaint that KM Shaji took Rs 2.5 million for sanctioning courses[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) While the government has allowed IT and IT-enables services to start work with 50 per cent capacity from April 20, IT industrys apex body Nasscom has suggested the industry to go slow along with maintaining adequate health safety measures in place. Players in the IT[Read More…]
Gandhinagar, April 17 (IANS) After imposing curfew in Ahmedabad and Surat limited areas the Directorate General Of Police (DGP) Gujarat imposed curfew in Rajkot’s Jungleshwar area. The curfew will be effective from Friday midnight. “Wherever there is widespread corona infection and so that we can curb the virus spread and[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday said that the ratio between number of patients recovered and number of deaths is 80:20 and 13.6 per cent people have recovered so far. The news is a big relief amid the novel coronavirus scare in[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) While the top brass in Delhi University ponderes over online system to conduct semester exams amid the nationwide lockdown, teachers, members of academic council have started to speak up against the probable plan of conducting examinations in one of Asia’s largest universities. Rajesh Jha, a[Read More…]
San Francisco, April 17 (IANS) After shares of pharmaceutical major Gilead Sciences surged following a media report that the company’s antiviral drug remdesivir showed promise in treating COVID-19 patients in a “closely watched clinical trial”, analysts at Robert W. Baird & Co. said that the results need to be critically[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) The number of downloads of LaLiga’s various apps has passed 110 million in the past weeks as users continue to rise during the COVID-19 shutdown. With the majority of global sports competitions temporarily paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic, fans are searching for other means of[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan’s online chat show “Koki Poochega” is gaining popularity among his fans and on the third episode, the actor reaches out to Madhya Pradesh police personnel Madhurveena. Kartik says the interaction is quite insightful, as it gives an idea about how the police[Read More…]
Zurich, April 17 (IANS) Roger Federer wants to bring back Brazilian Gustavo Kuerten, Swedish Stefan Edberg and American Pete Sampras among others if he could, the Swiss tennis ace said in an interactive social media session with fans. On Thursday, Federer retweeted Tennis TV’s post and opted to “bring back[Read More…]