Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan is a “rebel” child who got “good grades in school”, according to her mother Amrita Singh and brother Ibrahim. Sara took to Instagram and shared a fun video with mom Amrita and brother Ibrahim as they sit together to take up[Read More…]
Bengaluru, April 17 (IANS) City denizens spitting and dumping waste in public spaces will be fined up to Rs 2,000 as part of stricter vigilance amid COVID-19 lockdown, an official said on Friday. “Stricter vigilance during COVID-19 times. Spitting and dumping of garbage in public spaces are punishable by law.[Read More…]
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, April 17 (IANS) If fresh figures are to be believed, the liquor smugglers in Rajasthan are actually staying home during the nationwide lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. Additional Director General, B.L. Soni said: “Liquor seizure during lockdown from March 25 till April 16 have only[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Banks will not be required to pay any further dividend from their profits from financial year 2019-20 as the Reserve Bank of India wants these financial institutions to conserve capital so as to deal with heightened uncertainty amid the coronavirus scare. Announcing a raft of[Read More…]
Dubai, April 17 (IANS) Several Indian nationals who arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) seeking employment but now stranded due to flight suspensions in the wake of the coronavirus lockdowns, were desperate to return home as they claimed of running out of money, it was reported. Shahanad Pulukkool, 26,[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Unable to persuade India to sign on to its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has entered the Indian market through venture investments in start-ups and penetrated the online ecosystem with its popular smartphones and their applications (apps). India may have sidestepped the physical corridor,[Read More…]
Gandhinagar, April 17 (IANS) The number of fatalities due to coronavirus reached 38 in Gujarat on Friday, while the number of people infected with the virus crossed the 1,000 mark even as the health authorities intensified surveillance and testing in five containment zones in the state to curb the spread[Read More…]
Jammu, April 17 (IANS) The Pakistan Army again resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation on the Line of Control (LoC) on Friday in J&K’s Poonch district. After a respite of just one day, Pakistan again resorted to unprovoked firing and shelling on the LoC. Defence ministry spokesman, Colonel Devender Anand told[Read More…]
Dubai, April 17 (IANS) An Indian family in the UAE had to watch the funeral of their son, who died due to cancer, on Facebook as they could not fly back to their native state of Kerala due to the COVID-19-related travel restrictions, a media report said. Born on Easter[Read More…]
Bengaluru, April 17 (IANS) City civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has put the brakes on chicken and mutton prices to bust profiteering amid lockdown, an official said on Friday. “The maximum retail price for chicken and meat has been fixed to protect consumers during the period of lockdown,”[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, April 17 (IANS) This was bound to happen, as people in Kerala, who have been glued to the TV for the daily corona updates, watched it when Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced that the daily press briefings, which were there on all working days since Covid-19 took a heavy[Read More…]
Bengaluru, April 17 (IANS) Former Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Gowda married Revathi at a farmhouse near Bidadi in Ramanagara district amid lockdown, a spokesman said on Friday. “As scheduled, the wedding was held at the auspicious time (10-11 a.m.) in the farmhouse at Kethaganahalli near Bidadi in[Read More…]
Lucknow, April 17 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in a meeting with officers on Friday, said that food from community kitchens should be provided to all needy persons even if they do not have an identification document. “Even if a person does not have Aadhar Card, ration card,[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Indian womens hockey team will raise funds for helping the poor and migrant families whose lives have been affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic by launching an 18-day fun fitness challenge starting Friday. While the challenge aims to raise crowdfunding for the cause, the[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) To mitigate any economic fallout on financial liquidity due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Reserve Bank of India on Friday announc ed a set of new measures including a reduction in reverse repo rate. Accordingly, the rate now stands at 3.75 per cent of LAF. The[Read More…]
Islamabad, April 17 (IANS) Confronted with adjournment of cases on a daily basis as well as difficulties faced by litigants in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Pakistan Supreme Court has proposed adopting social network apps to overcome regular postponement of cases. On Thursday, Justice Qazi Faez Isa, while[Read More…]
Wuhan, April 17 (IANS) Wuhan city, the capital of China’s Hubei province where the global coronavirus pandemic originated last December, on Friday revised the number of deaths caused by the disease in the city, leading to some 50 per cent increase in the figures. The revised death toll is 3,869,[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, April 17 (IANS) Odisha has not reported any fresh cases of COVID-19 in the past two days, said the Health department on Friday. The total number of positive cases in Odisha stands at 60. As per the data released by the health department, Odisha has so far received tested[Read More…]
BY AHANA BHATTACHARYA Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) Sushant Divgikar has reasons to be happy these days. Only the other week, he became India’s first drag artiste to feature on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List, for Class 2020. However, the journey has not been easy for the model, actor,[Read More…]
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Along with its raft of measures to cut the Gordion knot tied up by the Covid-19 pandemic and to help improve the overall liquidity and credit flows in the system, the Reserve Bank of India on Friday also took another important measure of increasing the[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) The Indian stock market lost most of its initial gains despite the announcement of fresh liquidity measures by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The BSE Sensex, although trading in the green, is currently down over 650 points from the intra-day high of 31,711.70 points. At[Read More…]
Washington, April 17 (IANS) The PGA Tour is planning to resume the season in June with the first four events being closed to fans. The Tour has been suspended since March 12 because of the global coronavirus pandemic which has brought the entire sporting calendar to a grinding halt. “The[Read More…]
Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) Non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) can extend the date for commencement for commercial operations (DCCO) by a year, in the case of loans provided to commercial real estate projects which have been delayed for reason beyond the control of promoters. Announcing a slew of liquidity and regulatory[Read More…]
London, April 17 (IANS) Premier League club Chelsea will provide 78,000 meals to the National Health Service (NHS) and charities that support the elderly and vulnerable groups amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In a statement, the club said on Thursday that the initiative is aimed at helping NHS staff who[Read More…]
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh), April 17 (IANS) A 23-year-old married woman was allegedly raped by a ration dealer who promised her free ration as per government orders. According to reports, the woman had approached the local shopkeeper for her quota of government ration when her savings dried up but he refused[Read More…]
