Day: April 10, 2020

New, larger wave of locusts threatens millions in Africa

KAMPALA, Uganda — Weeks before the coronavirus spread through much of the world, parts of Africa were already threatened by another kind of plague, the biggest locust outbreak some countries had seen in 70 years. Now the second wave of the voracious insects, some 20 times the size of the […]

PM Johnson recovering from COVID-19 as Britons told to shun outdoors

LONDON – Prime Minister Boris Johnson was resting in hospital on Friday as he recovered from COVID-19 while Britons were told to avoid the temptation of spring sunshine during the Easter break with the coronavirus outbreak approaching a peak. The flamboyant 55-year-old leader’s visible decline shook the nation, […]

South Asian nations weigh tighter lockdowns as coronavirus cases hit 12,000

NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD – India accounts for more than half the tally of those infected with coronavirus across south Asia, which crossed 12,000 on Friday, government data showed, despite a harsh weeks-long clampdown to control the outbreak. India’s capital of Delhi, and its financial hub of Mumbai, have emerged […]

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Institute of Cost Accountants of India contribute Rs 28.80 crore towards PM CARES Fund to combat COVID-19 outbreak

open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 10: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Institute of Cost Accountants of India, the three Professional Institutes under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, have come forward to donate an amount of Rs 28.80 crore […]

PM remembers Jesus Christ on Good Friday

open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 10: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has remembered Jesus Christ’s commitment to truth, service and justice on Good Friday. “Lord Christ devoted his life to serving others. His courage and righteousness stand out and so does his sense of justice. On Good […]

India is ready to do whatever possible to help our friends to fight the pandemic says PM

open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 10: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi said that India is ready to do whatever possible to help it’s friends to fight against pandemic. Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi replied to the tweet from the Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who expressed […]

Publication of media reports on travel protocol etc of trains passengers on resumption of train services- Advisory for Media

open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 10: During the last two days, there have been some reports in media about various protocols etc of prospective travellers by trains. They have also been mentioning about number of trains starting from a given date. It may be brought to […]

Sensex rallies over 1,265 pts; Nifty reclaims 9,100 level

Mumbai, Apr 9: Equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 1,265 points on Thursday, led by robust buying in auto, financial and IT stocks amid hopes of a second stimulus package from the government to mitigate the blow of the Covid-19 lockdown. After hitting a high of 31,225.20 during the day, […]

Vijay Mallya gets bankruptcy reprieve from UK High Court

London, Apr 10: In a relief to liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the High Court in London has deferred hearings on a plea by the SBI-led consortium of Indian banks, seeking the indebted tycoon to be declared bankrupt to enable them recover a loan of around 1.145 billion pounds from […]

Enough stock of hydroxychloroquine in India: Govt

New Delhi, Apr 10: The government on Friday said that there is enough stock of hydroxychloroquine in the country and it is taking all steps to ensure that there is no shortage of the drug in the domestic market. India is the biggest manufacturer of the anti-malarial drug that […]

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