Month: March 2020

SP withdraws disqualification plea against Shivpal Yadav

Ballia (UP), Mar 26: The Samajwadi Party has withdrawn its application seeking disqualification of its senior leader Shivpal Singh Yadav from the Uttar Pradesh assembly under the anti-defection law. Leader of Opposition and senior SP leader Ram Govind Chaudhary on Thursday said he has written a letter to Uttar […]

Many businesses cautious about restarting economy amid virus

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — President Donald Trump wants the country open for business by mid-April, but some experts warn it’s not as easy as flipping a switch: Economies run on confidence, and that is likely to be in short supply for as long as coronavirus cases in the United […]

Trump’s push to open economy could come at cost of lives

WASHINGTON — The contrast could hardly be more stark. Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York has said that if all of his sweeping, expensive measures to stem the coronavirus saved one life, it would be worth it. President Donald Trump has another view: The costs of shutting down […]

Jobless after virus lockdown, India’s poor struggle to eat

NEW DELHI — Some of India’s legions of poor and people suddenly thrown out of work by a nationwide stay-at-home order began receiving aid distribution Thursday, as both the public and private sector work to blunt the impact of efforts to curb the coronavirus pandemic. India’s finance ministry […]

Senate passes $2.2 trillion coronavirus rescue package

WASHINGTON — The Senate passed an unparalleled $2.2 trillion economic rescue package steering aid to businesses, workers and health care systems engulfed by the coronavirus pandemic. The unanimous vote Wednesday came despite misgivings on both sides about whether it goes too far or not far enough and capped days of difficult […]

China’s local coronavirus cases die down, imported cases rise

BEIJING/SHANGHAI – Mainland China reported no new locally transmitted cases of coronavirus for the sixth time in eight days as Hubei province, where the virus was first detected, opened its borders, but imported cases rose as Beijing ramped up controls to prevent a resurgence of infections. All 67 […]

India outlines $22.6 billion economic stimulus to help poor hit by lockdown

NEW DELHI – India on Thursday announced a 1.7 trillion rupee ($22.6 billion) economic stimulus plan that will be released through direct cash transfers and food security measures aimed at giving relief to millions of poor hit by the nationwide lockdown in the country. “We have come with […]

DPIIT sets up a Control Room to monitor the status of transportation and delivery of goods, manufacturing, and delivery of essential commodities

open view news desk Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has set up a control room to monitor in real time the status of transportation and delivery of goods, manufacturing, delivery of essential commodities to common man and […]

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh reviews Ministry of Defence action plan to deal with COVID-19;

Urges Armed Forces, Defence PSUs and other organisations to gear up preparedness and provide all required assistance to civilian authorities open view news desk Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held a review meeting with senior officials of Ministry of Defence (MoD) on the action plan of the Ministry […]

$2 trillion rescue package passes US Senate, heads to House

Washington, Mar 26: The US Senate passed the nation’s largest-ever rescue package late Wednesday, a USD 2 trillion lifeline to suffering Americans, depleted hospitals and an economy all ravaged by a rapidly spreading coronavirus crisis. The monster deal thrashed out between Republicans, Democrats and the White House includes cash […]

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