Month: March 2020

China’s schools, forced online by virus, run into censors

BEIJING — Less than 30 minutes into a lecture on bioinformatics, Chu Xinjian’s class was abruptly cut short. It was the first day of an unusual semester. Across China, schools are shut indefinitely in a bid to contain a new virus that has killed some 3,000 people. Chu’s […]

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issues advisory regarding Coronavirus

open view news desk The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued advisory to all private satellite news TV channels and all private FM radio channelsregarding the advisory issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfareon Coronavirus. The advisory seeks assistance and contribution of private TV channels and […]

President of India confers 61st Annual Lalit Kala Akademi Awards

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, conferred the 61st annual Lalit Kala Akademi Awards on 15 meritorious artists at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (March 4, 2020). Artists honoured today are: Anoop Kumar Manzukhi Gopi, David Malakar, Devendra Kumar Khare, Dinesh Pandya, Faruque Ahmed […]

LLP settlement Scheme, 2020 launched

Scheme shall come into force on the 16th March, 2020 and shall remain in force up to 13th June, 2020 open view news desk It has been observed that due to applicability of additional fee on late filing, which in case of inordinate delay could actually become a […]

India Pharma & India Medical Device 2020 Conference to be held from 5 -7 March at Gandhinagar

open view news desk The Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry- FICCI is organising India Pharma 2020 & India Medical Device 2020 Conference & Exhibition at Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat from March 5-7, 2020. The three day conference will be […]

Tornado hits downtown Nashville; at least 9 die in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding at least 40 buildings and killing at least nine people. One of the twisters caused severe damage across downtown Nashville, destroying the stained glass in a historic church and leaving hundreds of people homeless. Daybreak revealed a landscape […]

Virus crisis spreads in Iran, ebbs in China; G7 vows resolve

BEIJING — The coronavirus spread deep into Iran’s government, South Korea ramped up its fight against the epidemic by starting drive-thru testing, and seven major economies tried to shore up global confidence Tuesday with a pledge to use “all appropriate tools” to counter the economic fallout. Mushrooming outbreaks […]

Thousands of migrants look for way around shut Greek border

KASTANIES, Greece — Thousands of migrants searched for ways to cross Greece’s land border on Tuesday, days after Turkey made good on a longtime threat to open its borders for those seeking to cross illegally into Europe. Many of those hoping to enter Greece were trying their luck […]

India’s electricity supply rises 7.1% in February

NEW DELHI – India’s electricity supply rose 7.1% during February, provisional government data showed, marking the second straight month of growth after five straight months of decline. Power supply rose to an average of 3.62 billion units per day in February, up from 3.38 billion units last year, […]

India’s rice exports drop 12% in Jan on weak demand

MUMBAI – India’s rice exports fell 12% in January from a year earlier due to weak demand for non-basmati rice from African and Asian countries, government data showed on Tuesday. India is the world’s biggest exporter of rice. Rice exports totalled 908,492 tonnes in January, down from 1.03 […]

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