[ad_1] Air India has partially sealed its Centaur hotel in Delhi near the airport to disinfect it after a crew member tested positive for Covid-19 at a temporary facility there, authorities said according to PTI. Air India owns another Centaur hotel in Srinagar. Last week, five Air India pilots and …
Read More »Lockdown 4.0: Delhi metro starts maintenance work for resumption of services – india news
[ad_1] Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Wednesday stated that the date for the resumption of metro services has not been finalized yet but the metro network managing body said it will start undertaking cleaning and maintenance work to get ready for the resumption of services in the near future. The …
Read More »Collective action necessary to confront terrorism: India in SCO | India News
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday proposed strong “collective action” by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (OCS) to confront the overwhelming threat of terrorism. Jaishankar made the comments in a video conference of foreign ministers from SCO member countries, an influential China-dominated bloc that focuses on political and …
Read More »Scientists Decipher How COVID-19 Disease Kills People
[ad_1] Beijing: COVID-19 kills mainly through an overreaction of the immune system, whose role is precisely to fight infections, say scientists who have deciphered the mechanisms, symptoms and diagnosis of the disease caused by the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus. In a study published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health, researchers explained …
Read More »Maharashtra crosses 25,000 coronavirus cases with highest peak in a single day
[ad_1] Mumbai Maharashtra reported 1,495 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the highest single-day peak in the state, totaling 25,992, while the number of deaths rose to 975 with 54 people dying of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, Health department officials said. The state capital Mumbai broke the 15,000 mark today …
Read More »NBFC relief to give debt funds a breather
[ad_1] MUMBAI : Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced measures worth ₹75,000 crore for liquidity-starved non-banks, mortgage lenders and micro financiers as part of the government’s economic rescue package. The government allocated ₹30,000 crore to buy investment-grade debt of non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), home finance companies (HFCs) and microfinance institutions (MFIs). …
Read More »‘First state to work on this’: Facing criticism of Covid’s handling, Mamata seeks change
[ad_1] The West Bengal government will launch sentinel surveillance against Covid-19 to help authorities monitor the trend of the disease and even act as an early warning system before any outbreak, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday. “We are the first state to start working on this surveillance. Surveillance …
Read More »Army proposes 3-year stint for civilians
[ad_1] In a first of its kind proposal. the Army plans to take civilians on a three-year ‘Tour of Duty’ (ToD) or ‘three-year short service’ on a trial basis to serve init as both officers and other ranks initially for a limited number of vacancies and then expanded later. This …
Read More »Crown Cases in India: No new Covid-19 cases in 9 states, UT in the last 24 hours; case duplication rate 12.6 days, Harsha Vardhan | India News
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Nine states and Union territories have not reported any new Covid-19 patients in the past 24 hours and the rate of duplication of cases has increased to 12.6 days, union health minister Harsh Vardhan said on Wednesday. Although the death toll is due, the novel coronavirus increased …
Read More »The opposition criticizes the Telangana government for not stopping the AP irrigation project
[ad_1] Hyderabad The opposition Congress and BJP held protests on Wednesday against the alleged failure of the TRS government to halt an irrigation project that it reportedly proposed that neighboring Andhra Pradesh resume on the Krishna River. President of the State Congress and Lok Sabha member N Uttam Kumar Reddy …
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