Month: June 2020

Images show new structures near site of border clash

China appears to have added new structures near the site of a deadly border clash with India in the western Himalayas, fresh satellite pictures show, heightening concerns about further flare-ups between the nuclear-armed neighbours. June 22, 2020 Indian and Chinese military commanders agreed on Monday to step back […]

Payroll Reporting in India – A Formal Employment Perspective

open view news desk NEW DELHI, JUNE 25: The National Statistical Office(NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released the press note on Employment Outlook of the country covering the period September, 2017 to April, 2020 based on the administrative records available with selected government agencies to […]

Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh launches the IAS Civil List 2020 and its e-version

open view news desk NEW DELHI, JUNE 25: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, DrJitendra Singh today launched the IAS Civil List-2020 and its e-version here. He said that the dynamic […]

Decline in Arctic sea ice does not sound good for the environment, warns NCPOR

open view news desk NEW DELHI, JUNE 25: The NationalCentreofPolarandOceanResearch(NCPOR) has foundadramaticdeclinein the Arcticseaice due to globalwarming.Thedeclineofseaicehasledtolocalized increase in evaporation, air humidity, cloud cover, and rainfall. Arctic sea ice is a sensitive indicator of climate change and has strong retaliatory effects on other components of the climatesystem. In […]

UPDATES ON COVID-19

Central Team to visit Gujarat, Maharashtra and Telangana Cumulative tests cross 75 lakhs Recovery rate improves to 57.43% open view news desk NEW DELHI, JUNE 25: A Central Team led by Sh Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will visit Gujarat, Maharashtra and […]

Highest-ever daily jump in COVID-19 cases; death toll rises by 418

Mumbai, Jun 25: European aviation major Airbus on Thursday said it has appointment R mi Maillard as President of Airbus India and Managing Director of South Asia region, replacing incumbent Anand Stanley who is moving to Singapore in a different position. Maillard, who is the head of Airbus […]

IMF downgrades outlook for global economy in face of virus

WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund has sharply lowered its forecast for global growth this year because it envisions far more severe economic damage from the coronavirus than it did just two months ago. The IMF predicts that the global economy will shrink 4.9% this year, significantly worse […]

Gregory Katz, acclaimed AP journalist, dies at 67

NEW YORK — Gregory Katz, an acclaimed correspondent for The Associated Press in London who recently led the news cooperative’s coverage of Brexit and the election of Boris Johnson as prime minister, died Tuesday. He had been ill in recent months and had contracted COVID-19. He was 67. […]

Scarce medical oxygen worldwide leaves many gasping for life

CONAKRY, Guinea — Guinea’s best hope for coronavirus patients lies inside a neglected yellow shed on the grounds of its main hospital: an oxygen plant that has never been turned on. The plant was part of a hospital renovation funded by international donors responding to the Ebola crisis […]

Migrant workers need support, jobs at home after pandemic disruption – ILO

GENEVA – The U.N. labour agency appealed to governments on Wednesday to support tens of millions of migrant workers forced to return to their homelands due to the coronavirus pandemic only to face unemployment and poverty. Governments should include returning workers, many of whom had lost jobs overnight, […]

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