JUGYAI, India – Most days, you can find Dayaram Kushwaha and his wife, Gyanvati, hauling bricks for stonemasons in a booming northern suburb of New Delhi. They bring their 5-year-old son, who plays in the dirt while they work. But now a hush has come over the clattering […]
Jammu, Apr 21: Pakistan Army on Tuesday resorted to intense shelling on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesperson said. “At about 11.20 AM, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense […]
NEW DELHI – New Indian rules to ensure scrutiny of investments from companies based in neighbouring countries, especially during the coronavirus outbreak, will also apply to Hong Kong, two senior government sources told Reuters on Monday. India said on Saturday that foreign direct investments from countries with which […]
NEW DELHI – Some shops and businesses opened in rural India on Monday as part of a staggered exit from a weeks-long lockdown that has left millions out of work and short of food, while coronavirus infections rose by more than 1,500 over the previous day. India’s 1.3 […]
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI – Maharashtra, India’s largest regional economy, will allow a limited number of sectors to resume business on Monday, after a weeks-long shutdown to slow the spread of coronavirus left millions out of work. Maharashtra, home to financial centre Mumbai, has the biggest share of India’s caseload […]
New Delhi, Apr 19: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday urged the government to transfer cash and distribute free foodgrains to the poor, saying only a heartless government will not do anything. He said more and more people have run out of cash and are standing in queues […]
New Delhi, Apr 18: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday described the COVID-19 pandemic as a “huge challenge” as well as an “opportunity”, saying there is a need to mobilise the country’s scientists, engineers and data experts to work on innovative solutions to the crisis. “The Covid19 pandemic is […]
New Delhi, Apr 18: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 480 and the number of cases to 14,378 in the country on Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 11,906, as many as 1,991 people have been cured […]
New Delhi, Apr 17: The BJP on Friday lauded the measures announced by the RBI, with party president J P Nadda saying they will help protect people’s livelihoods and will be a “milestone” in helping Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to keep economy strong during and after the […]
New Delhi, Apr 17: The Union Health Ministry said on Friday the rate at which the number of coronavirus cases in the country was becoming double in the last one week was 6.2 days, as against three days before the nationwide lockdown was imposed At a daily media briefing […]
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