Month: June 2020

President Promulgates Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020

open view news desk NEW DELHI, JUNE 27: In pursuance of the commitment to ensure safety of depositors across banks, the President has promulgated the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020. (Click to view the Gazette notification on the Ordinance) The Ordinance amends the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 as applicable […]

Prime Minister addresses the 90th Birth Anniversary of Rev. ‘Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan

Powered by Corona warriors, India is firmly fighting COVID-19, says PM Atma Nirbhar Bharat  ensures  economic strength  and prosperity for every Indian: PM Call of ‘Produce locally and  buy local products’  will light the lamp of prosperity in the homes of many: PM open view news desk NEW […]

Constitution our guiding light, says PM Modi at Mar Thoma church event

New Delhi, Jun 27: Asserting that the government’s guiding light is the Constitution of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the government does not discriminate between faith, gender, caste, creed or language and is led by the desire to empower 130 crore Indians. Addressing the 90th birthday […]

India’s records highest single-day COVID-19 spike with over 18,000 cases; death toll rises to 15,685

New Delhi, Jun 27: Six days after it recorded four lakh infections, India’s COVID-19 tally raced past five lakh on Saturday with the highest single-day surge of 18,552 cases, while the death toll climbed to 15,685, according to Union health ministry data The COVID-19 caseload zoomed to 5,08,953, […]

Senior Advocate Sh. B.S. Salathia passes away at PGI

open view news desk JAMMU, JUNE 27: Sh. B.S. Salathia, a Senior Designated Advocate and Former President of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, Jammu, has passed away. He was ill and was admitted to the PGI Hospital, Chandigarh. The untimely demise of Mr. Salathia is […]

Seawater seeping into decaying oil tanker off Yemen coast

CAIRO — The United Nations said an abandoned oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen loaded with more than 1 million barrels of crude oil is at risk of rupture or exploding, causing massive environmental damage to Red Sea marine life, desalination factories and international shipping routes. […]

Trump zeroes in on base to overcome reelection obstacles

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is sharpening his focus on his most ardent base of supporters as concern grows inside his campaign that his standing in the battleground states that will decide the 2020 election is slipping. Trump turned his attention this week to “left wing mobs” toppling Confederate […]

India’s social inequalities reflected in coronavirus care

NEW DELHI — When Pradeep Kumar’s wife was admitted to a government-run hospital in India’s capital for treatment of COVID-19, it took two days before she was able to see a doctor. “There are six other women in her room and everyone is frustrated,” he said outside New […]

Special Report: As world approaches 10 million coronavirus cases, doctors see hope in new treatments

Dr. Gopi Patel recalls how powerless she felt when New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital overflowed with COVID-19 patients in March. Guidance on how to treat the disease was scant, and medical studies were being performed so hastily they couldn’t always be trusted. “You felt very helpless,” said Patel, […]

India’s auto and pharma sectors not ready to wean off China

NEW DELHI – Days after a border clash with China this month in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed, New Delhi told firms to find ways to cut imports from China. But two big industries, automobiles and pharmaceuticals, say this is easier said than done. Like many countries, […]

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