Month: May 2020

Cash-strapped India’s economic plan unlikely to soften coronavirus blow

NEW DELHI – India’s $266 billion economic rescue package rests mostly on boosting company credit but contains scant new public spending, tax breaks or cash support to revive demand and prevent firms from collapsing, business leaders and economists say. Businesses from airlines to small stores are reeling from […]

Outbreak at Chinese-owned factory shows challenges of easing India’s lockdown

NEW DELHI – Chinese smartphone maker OPPO suspended operations at a recently re-opened plant in India after workers tested positive for the coronavirus, an official said on Monday, underlining the challenges of easing a near two-month nationwide lockdown. The factory, located on the outskirts of capital New Delhi, […]

Vice President Shri Naidu calls for new ways of living with learning from corona lessons

Calls for new attitudes towards life and humanity Disease or economy hurts all; inter-connected living is the key lesson, says VP COVID brought to fore philosophical and moral issues; exposed effects of economic fault lines Calls COVID a civilizational concern Shri Naidu suggests 12- point new normal for […]

Update at 1730 Hrs IST: Super Cyclonic Storm ‘AMPHAN’ over west-central and adjoining central parts of South Bay of Bengal

open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 18: According to the latestrelease (at 1730 Hrs. IST)by the Cyclone Warning Divisionof the India Meteorological Department: The Super Cyclonic Storm‘AMPHAN’ (pronounced as UM-PUN) over west-central and adjoining central parts of South Bay of Bengal moved nearly northwards with a speed of 07 kmph during […]

Lockdown4.0 – States/UTs cannot dilute restrictions imposed in MHA guidelines

open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 18: Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), on 17.05.2020, issued the revised guidelines regarding lockdown restrictions, to contain COVID-19. As the lockdown was extended up to 31.05.2020, widespread relaxations were given in the restrictions. Under the new guidelines effective from today, […]

Union HRD Minister announces dates of remaining examinations for class X and XII

open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 18: Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’  announced the dates of remaining examinations of CBSE Class X and XII in New Delhi today. The Minister said that the examinations of Class X will be conducted for the students […]

COVID-19 updates

Present status: open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 18:Government of India is pursuing its pre-emptive and pro-active approach for prevention, containment and management of COVID-19. COVID-19 management efforts are being regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level. India currently has 56,316 cases under active cases. So […]

PIB’S DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19

(Contains Press releases concerning Covid-19, issued in last 24 hours, inputs from PIB Field Offices and Fact checks undertaken by PIB) COVID-19 updates from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 18: India currently has 56,316 cases under active cases. So […]

SC comes up with new guidelines for hearing matters from May 18 to June 19

New Delhi, May 17: The Supreme Court will hear all cases via video and audio links between May 18 and June 19, and has scaled up its ‘1881’ helpline to assist advocates and litigants in e-filing and virtual hearing, according to a standard operating procedure (SoP) released on Sunday […]

India supports move at WHO to seek origin of coronavirus

New Delhi, May 18: India is expected to join over 60 countries at a two-day crucial conference of the World Health Organisation in Geneva in pushing for an “impartial, independent and comprehensive” evaluation of the global response mechanism to the COVID-19 crisis as well as to find out the […]

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