New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) During the nationwide lockdown, the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) has embraced a digital model to ensure seamless operations and said that it was holding pre-bid meetings for leasing various land parcels across the country. The RLDA, which is a statutory body under the Railway[Read More…]
Chennai, April 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K.Palaniswami on Friday said the official group set up to recommend the kind of industries that can start operations will submit its report on Monday. He also said the state has received 24,000 rapid test kits from China to carry out coronavirus[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo on Friday announced that it has donated close to 9 lakh masks to government health bodies, police agencies and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). “Vivo India has donated close to 900,000 masks to government health bodies, police agencies and @tweetndmc. We[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) To mitigate the impact of economic fallout on financial liquidity due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Reserve Bank of India on Friday announced a set of new measures including a reduction in reverse repo rate. Accordingly, the rate now stands at 3.75 per cent of Liquidity[Read More…]
Chennai, April 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu police has booked seven persons of Mooduvarpatti village in Madurai district for violating the curfew and participating in the burial of a temple bull that won several prizes in the Jallikattu bull taming sport. The police also said two local cops have been transferred[Read More…]
Bengaluru, April 17 (IANS) Karnataka-based IT-BT companies may resort to employee pay adjustment amid Covid lockdown than laying off, said Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwathnaraya on Friday. “Companies could find better ways of dealing with the situation (Covid), including measures such as pay adjustments rather than resorting to retrenchment,” said[Read More…]
Jammu, April 17 (IANS) The J&K government on Friday modified its earlier order and decided that the ‘Darbar Move’ of offices will now formally take place in the summer capital of Srinagar on June 15 instead of May 5. Darbar Move refers to the over 150-year old autocratic tradition to[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi has praised the work done by Congress-ruled states against the Covid-19 pandemic saying “where there is a will there is a way”. Gandhi tweeted “Congress ruled states Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh, Punjab,and Puducherry are fighting the coronovirus bravely, new special hospitals are being readied and[Read More…]
By Anindya Banerjee New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Union cabinet had met on Wednesday at 5.30 p.m. and was through with its work in an hour. There has not been any cabinet briefing since. The reason: round-II of the economic package that the government is reportedly working on was[Read More…]
New York, April 17 (IANS) Teenage tennis star Coco Gauff said that she struggled with depression just over a year before her stunning run at the 2019 Wimbledon. Gauff said that her ability with the racquet brought the pressure of expectations. “Throughout my life, I was always the youngest to[Read More…]
April 17, New Delhi (IANS) The Union Health Ministry on Friday said that before lockdown, Covid-19 cases were doubling in 3 days but the last 7 days’ data shows that it is 6.2 days now and in 19 states and Union Territories, the case doubling rate is less than the[Read More…]
New Delhi/Srinagar, April 17 (IANS) When India is sending is medical teams and exporting medicines to the world to battle coronavirus, Pakistan is exporting terror, Indian Army chief Gen M.M. Naravane said on Friday. “It is unfortunate that while the world has got together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, our[Read More…]
Kochi, April 17 (IANS) The Centre on Friday informed the Kerala High Court that it will not be feasible at present to bring back Kerala diaspora holed up in the UAE. The Dubai branch of Kerala Muslim Cultural Centre (KMCC) last week sought the court’s help to evacuate thousands of[Read More…]
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) As many people have started work from home and students log in for studies following lockdown to counter coronavirus, the Cyber Coordination Centre (CCC) of the Home Ministry has red-flagged about cyber criminals using COVID-19 apps such as ‘Spymax, Corona Live 1.1’[Read More…]
Johannesburg, April 17 (IANS) Graeme Smith, who has been appointed South Africas director of cricket for the next two years, has confirmed that Quinton de Kock will not be given the extra responsibility of Test captaincy. “The one thing I can confirm is that Quinton will be our white-ball captain[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Showing a humane approach amid strict implementation of the nationwide lockdown, officials of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir coordinated to reunite a three-year-old boy with his parents. The boy, Mayankvir Singh, had travelled to his maternal parents house in Urban Estate Phase-II in Patiala city[Read More…]
Chandigarh, April 17 (IANS) To protect police personnel battling the Covid-19 crisis on the frontline, Punjab Police have deployed mobile clinics for their medical examination with 30,567 of the total 43,000 cops on the ground having already been given one thorough check-up. The Mobile Police Clinics are working in all[Read More…]
London, April 17 (IANS) Researchers have found that obesity increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by at least six times, regardless of genetic predisposition to the disease. “The results suggest that type 2 diabetes prevention by weight management and a healthy lifestyle is critical across all genetic risk[Read More…]
Bengaluru, April 17 (IANS) Karnataka-based Information Technology and Biotechnology (IT-BT) companies may resume work at offices deploying up to 50 per cent workforce after April 20 amid Covid lockdown, Deputy Chief Minister C. N. Ashwathnaraya said on Friday. “Up to 50 per cent of the IT-BT workforce will have the[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said that it has attached immovable and movable properties worth Rs 6.07 crore in a bank fraud case involving Damodar Developers Pvt. Ltd. and others. The financial probe agency in a statement said that the agency attached the properties[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Photo-messaging app Snapchat on Friday collaborated with Amazon Prime Video to bring second season of Amazon original series titled ‘Four More Shorts Please! closer to its fans through Augmented Reality (AR). Snapchat has created a ‘Snappable AR Lens’ that enables four friends to transform themselves[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Relaxing the lockdown too early could risk a resurgence in Covid-19 cases in India and force a need to extend the lockdown again, even as the government has opened up a larger share of the economy to mitigate costs. A report titled “Tiptoeing around Covid-19[Read More…]
Chandigarh, April 17 (IANS) The Punjab government has issued a show cause notice to Lovely Professional University near Jalandhar city for violating curfew norms by not shutting down the campus completely and allowing 3,200 people, comprising students, to stay there. The notice, issued by the Department of Higher Education and[Read More…]
Gurugram, April 17 (IANS) A 35-year-old man having criminal connections was found dead in Gurugram’s sector 9, police said on Friday. Rahul Kumar died on Thursday night after sustaining 10 bullet injuries. He had several cases of murder, attempt to murder and arms act against him in the past. He[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Former India skipper M.S. Dhoni is known to be a cool customer and spinner Kuldeep Yadav has revealed how the wicket-keeper told him that he hasnt been angry in 20 years. Speaking on ‘ASAP with JSAP’ Instagram video show, Kuldeep spoke about an incident in[Read More…]
