Month: October 2020

Sh. Santosh Gangwar releases revised Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers

CPI-IW with new base represents latest consumption pattern of target population and will prove to be in the interest of workers : Labour Minister DELHI, OCTOBER 22: Minister of State (I/C) for Labour& Employment Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, in the presence of ShriApurva Chandra, Secretary L&E and Shri DPS Negi, […]

India’s Active Cases below 10% of Total Cases since the last three days

Daily Positivity Rate sustained below 5% over the past three days DELHI, OCTOBER 22: India trend of steadily decreasing active cases continues unabated.  The Active Cases have been sustained below 10% of the total cases for the last three days suggesting only 1 in 10 cases are active […]

PM to inaugurate three key projects in Gujarat on 24th October

PM to launch ‘Kisan Suryoday Yojana’ for the farmers of Gujarat PM to inaugurate Paediatric Heart Hospital attached with U.N Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre PM to inaugurate Ropeway at Girnar DELHI, OCTOBER 22: Prime Minister Shri Narenda Modi will inaugurate three key projects in Gujarat […]

CSIR-CDRI Scientist Dr Saman Habib elected as fellow of Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi

Dr Habib bagged fellowship of all three premier Science Academies of India DELHI, OCTOBER 22: Dr. Saman Habib, Chief Scientist and Professor (AcSIR) in Molecular Biology Division, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow brought the laurels to the Institute again through her outstanding work for understanding the malaria parasite. She is elected […]

BJP manifesto for Bihar poll promises 19L jobs, bringing lentils under MSP

Patna, Oct 22: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Thursday released the BJPs manifesto for the Bihar assembly polls which seeks to reach out to the youth with the promise of 19 lakh jobs in the next five years and farmers with the assurance of bringing lentils under the MSP […]

Govt restores all existing visas, barring electronic, tourist and medical categories

New Delhi, Oct 22: The government on Thursday decided to restore with immediate effect all existing visas, except electronic, tourist and medical categories, almost eight months after their suspension following the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent imposition of a nationwide lockdown The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) also announced giving […]

‘So much work to do’: How Biden is planning for transition

WASHINGTON — If Joe Biden defeats President Donald Trump next month, he’ll quickly face a new challenge: standing up a new administration to lead a divided nation through a series of historic crises. After making Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic a centerpiece of his campaign, Biden will have to […]

Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain that openly gay and lesbian teachers weren’t welcome in the classroom. The policies that discriminated against LGBTQ […]

India at ‘doorstep of revival process’, says RBI chief

MUMBAI – India is “at the doorstep of the revival process” from the coronavirus pandemic, Reserve Bank of India governor Shaktikanta Das said in response to a question at a panel discussion conducted by Bloomberg Quint on Wednesday. Both fiscal and monetary policy were counter-cyclical and accommodative and […]

UK scientific advisor says coronavirus unlikely to be eradicated

LONDON – The coronavirus will be around for “evermore” as it is unlikely it will be eradicated, a British scientist on the government’s advisory committee for the pandemic said on Wednesday, although a vaccine would help improve the situation. Britain, like other countries in Europe, is currently in […]

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