Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir administration's stunning move on Sunday to reintroduce severe restrictions and re-impose lockdown in many areas of the Kashmir Valley while simultaneously throwing open the region for tourism activities and the holy Amarnath pilgrimage, has stirred a heated debate.
London: Scientists have recommended three strategies, including a cycle of lockdown and relaxation, for the safe reopening of economies in low and middle-income countries after months of strict social distancing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As many as 80 millionaires have penned an open letter, urging governments across the world to impose more taxes on the super-wealthy to help the global economy tide over the coronavirus crisis.
An AFP report said, the group named ‘Millionaires for...
Even as the political crisis in Rajasthan has intensified with Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot claiming to have enough MLAs to destabilize the Ashok Gehlot government, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Monday said the issues in the (Congr...
Two days earlier than the anticipated date, the Central Board of Secondary Education has announced its 2020 exam results for class 12 on Monday (July 13). The results were released on their official website, cbseresults.nic.in.
The exams were disr...
New Delhi: News agency Press Trust of India has been slapped with a ₹84.48 crore-fine for an alleged violation of the terms of lease under which it was allotted land by the government for its Sansad Marg office in Delhi, reported ThePrint on Monday.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday (July 13) announced an investment of ₹75,000 crore in India over the next 5-7 years through 'Google for India Digitisation Fund'.
Addressing Google for India event, Pichai asserted that the latest move was ...
The recent custodial death of Jeyaraj and Bennicks in a police station in Tamil Nadu brings to for the high-handedness and excesses of police in the country. According to NCRB data, between 2001 and 2018, as many as 1,727 people have died in police and judicial custody, but only 26 policemen were convicted for the custodial deaths while most of the others were let off, and others are yet to complete trial. Despite several reforms and police well-being programmes being held in various states in various forms, police continue to enjoy a certain power and impunity. Click here to know more.
Bengaluru: A complete lockdown will be imposed in Bengaluru Urban and Rural districts for seven days, starting from 8 pm on July 14 in view of the rising novel coronavirus cases, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said on Saturday.
Tirumala: As many as 91 employees of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, Anil Kumar Singhal, the executive officer of TTD said in a media briefing on Sunday.
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his intervention in cancelling final year exams of Delhi University and other Central universities in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
As many as 80 millionaires have penned an open letter, urging governments across the world to impose more taxes on the super-wealthy to help the global economy tide over the coronavirus crisis.
An AFP report said, the group named ‘Millionaire...
The Indian IT sector may be taking the first few steps on the path to recovery, according to TCS CEO and managing director Rajesh Gopinathan but analysts believe that these are brave words.
During the last couple of months, the IT sector has ...
Terming the COVID-19 pandemic as the worst health and economic crisis in the past 100 years, Reserved Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das on Saturday (July 11) said that the Indian economy, however, is showing signs of inching towards n...
Kolkata: Chhattisgarh appears to have beaten the COVID-19 economic blues by ensuring 22 per cent higher GST collection in June this year in comparison to the corresponding month of the last year.
According to figures furnished by the state government,...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed that the Indian economy had started seeing “green shoots” of recovery, but one sector has seen more than just green shoots ever since Unlock 1.0. The used-car market has seen huge business ever since the ...
New Delhi: The Indian Railways (IR) seems to have taken some learnings from the hiccups faced by Airports Authority of India (AAI) in privatising airports, by barring a single bidder from bagging all the deals, while inviting bids by private parties to ope...
New Delhi: A finance ministry report on Monday (July 6) said that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) will contract 4.5 per cent as predicted by International Monetary Fund, in the current fiscal due to unprecedented supply-demand shocks induced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
