Month: April 2020

In Modi's India, virus fallout inflames divisions between Muslims and Hindus

MUMBAI – The purple ink stamped on Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui’s hand by Indian health workers was supposed to ensure he stayed home under quarantine. But the 66-year-old Siddiqui, an egg seller in Mumbai’s sprawling Dharavi slum, rubbed it off as best he could and went back to work. […]

Over 1.51 Crore free LPG cylinders distributed so far to the PMUY beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana(PMGKY)

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan appreciates the sincerity and hard work of LPG delivery boys, calls them frontline soldiers Some LPG Delivery boys infom that they have also contributed towrads PM-CARES Fund open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 17: More than 1.51 Crore free LPG cylinders have been distributed […]

MHA issues order to exempt certain activities regarding Minor Forest Produce, Plantations, NBFCs, Cooperative Credit Societies and Construction in Rural Areas from Lockdown Restrictions to fight COVID-19

open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 17: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued an order to exempt certain activities under the consolidated revised guidelines to all Ministries/Departments (https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/MHA%20order%20dt%2015.04.2020%2C%20with%20Revised%20Consolidated%20Guidelines_compressed%20%283%29.pdf), regarding the Nationwide lockdown to fight COVID-19. The order exempts from lockdown restrictions certain activities as below: Collection, […]

First time in 167 years, railways not ferrying passengers on its birthday

New Delhi, Apr 17 : The Indian Railways turned 167 years old on Thursday and for the first time ever, its trains did not carry any passengers on its birthday and instead stood idle in the yards waiting for the nationwide lockdown to end. On this day 167 years […]

RBI to ensure adequate liquidity in system; cuts reverse repo rate by 25 bps

Mumbai, Apr 17: The Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the central bank will ensure adequate liquidity in the system to ease the financial stress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The central bank reduced the reverse repo rate – the rate at which banks park […]

WWII veteran, 99, raises £13 mn for UK health workers

A 99-year-old British World War II veteran on Thursday completed 100 laps of his garden in a fundraising challenge for healthcare staff that has “captured the heart of the nation”, raising more than £13 million ($16.2 million, 14.9 million euros). “Incredible and now words fail me,” said Tom […]

Record 22 million have sought US jobless aid since virus

WASHINGTON — The wave of layoffs that has engulfed the U.S. economy since the coronavirus struck forced 5.2 million more people to seek unemployment benefits last week, the government reported Thursday. Roughly 22 million have now sought jobless benefits in the past month — easily the worst stretch of U.S. […]

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

open view news desk JAMMU, APRIL 16: The Government Thursday informed that 14 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (all from Kashmir division), have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 314. According to the daily Media Bulletin on […]

Medical intelligence sleuths tracked, warned of new virus

WASHINGTON — In late February when President Donald Trump was urging Americans not to panic over the novel coronavirus, alarms were sounding at a little-known intelligence unit situated on a U.S. Army base an hour’s drive north of Washington. Intelligence, science and medical professionals at the National Center for […]

MHA issues Advisory on Secure use of ZOOM Meeting Platform

open view news desk NEW DELHI, APRIL 16: The Cyber Coordination Centre (CyCord), under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has issued an advisory on secure use of ZOOM Meeting Platform by private individuals. This advisory states that the platform is not for use by Government officers/officials […]

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