Month: August 2020

India should focus on protecting economy, says ex-RBI governor

MUMBAI – India’s policymakers should focus on protecting the economy as businesses struggle amid the coronavirus pandemic instead of being overly focused on what ratings agencies think, former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan said on Thursday. “It is also important to convince both domestic and international […]

Eight COVID-19 patients die in hospital fire in Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD, India – Eight COVID-19 patients died in a fire that broke out in the intensive care ward of a private hospital in Ahmedabad early on Thursday, officials said as they launched a probe into the incident. Police stopped angry relatives from entering the Shrey Hospital in Gujarat […]

Standoff with China will be long, India warns in pulled statement

GUWAHATI, India – India’s defence ministry has warned, in a statement since removed from its website, that a military standoff with China that began with border fighting in June is likely to be a long one, despite multiple rounds of talks between the nuclear-armed rivals to defuse the […]

PM to deliver inaugural address at the ‘Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education

open view news desk NEW DELHI, AUGUST 6: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi shall be delivering the Inaugural Address at the ‘Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under National Education Policy’ tomorrow, i.e 7th August 2020, through video conference. The conclave is being organised by the Ministry of Education and […]

PRESS COMMUNIQUE

open view news desk NEW DELHI, AUGUST 6: The President has accepted the resignation of Shri Girish Chandra Murmu as Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.  The President has been pleased to appoint Shri Manoj Sinha, to be the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir with effect from […]

Defence Institute of Advanced Technology wins first prize in Smart India Hackathon-2020

open view news desk NEW DELHI, AUGUST 6: Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) Pune, an autonomous organization under the Department of Defence Research & Development, DRDO, won 1st prize in Smart India Hackathon (SIH)-2020, where Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacted with the participants in a live event. The […]

Centre releases Rs 890 cr as 2nd tranche of package for COVID-19 health system preparedness

New Delhi, Aug 6: The Centre has released Rs 890.32 crore as the second instalment of the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness package to 22 states and Union Territories, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. The amount of financial assistance to each state and Union Territories is […]

RBI leaves benchmark lending rate unchanged; maintains accommodative stance

Mumbai, Aug 6: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday opted for a status quo and left interest rates unchanged, but maintained an accommodative stance, implying more rate cuts in future if the need arises to support the economy hit by the COVID-19 crisis The benchmark repurchase (repo) […]

English rendering of PM’s address on the occasion of laying of foundation stone of Ram Mandir at Ram Janmabhoomi, Ayodhya

open view news desk August 5, 2020 Siyawar Ramachandra ki Jai! Hail Lord Rama! Siyawar Ramachandra ki Jai! Hail Lord Rama! Hail Lord Rama! Hail Lord Rama! Jai Siyaram! Jai Siyaram! Jai Siyaram! Today this call is reverberating not only in this Ayodhyathe city of Lord Rama, but […]

India’s police shamed by rare murder probe into custodial deaths

CHENNAI – It took a while for Indians to learn how a father and son died in hospital with blood pouring from their rectum, days after police in small southern town locked them up for violating a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Fanned by media reports, outrage spread throughout India […]

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