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NEW DELHI: Faced with growing concern over an accelerating spread of Covid during the festival season, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has called for an additional vigil, saying that no religion or God states that religious events should be celebrated ostentatiously. The minister on Sunday urged people to avoid large gatherings …

The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee voted on Friday to keep key rates unchanged and maintained an accommodative stance, Governor Shaktikanta Das announced. With this repurchase rate it remains at 4.0% while the reverse repurchase rate remains at 3.35% The development comes amid signs of recovery in the …

EAM S Jaishankar meets with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Tokyo. (File photo) Two meetings in a span of 20 days and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, traveling half the world both times during a pandemic for an in-person engagement, gives a sense of urgency to the …

Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will speak at the ‘Daring Cities 2020’ virtual conference on Wednesday. He will speak about the steps taken in the national capital regarding environmental sustainability and climate change. “Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been invited among five urban leaders from around the world to speak …

Of all the TV shows, Bigg Boss 14 is perhaps the best suited to resuming production amid a still raging pandemic. The reality show is all about quarantine – a group of people locked together in a big house for months and completely isolated from the outside world, and thanks …

Akshay Kumar’s spy thriller ‘Bell Bottom’ has become the world’s first film to begin and end shooting during the pandemic. The 53-year-old actor called the success “teamwork” and said he is grateful to each and every member of the cast and crew. “It is a team effort and I am …

The Covid-19 crisis could have slowed the entertainment industry, but it is still a great source of employment and income. As filming resumes across the country, there is a more exciting announcement made by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who recently announced the creation of the country’s ‘largest’ film …

India’s economic recovery prospects have gone from bad to worse after the nation emerged as a new global hotspot for the coronavirus pandemic with more than 5 million infections. Economists and global institutions like the Asian Development Bank have recently cut India’s growth projections from record lows as the virus …

The Federal Reserve left interest rates near zero, saying it would keep them there until at least 2023 to help the US economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The Federal Open Market Committee “hopes to maintain an accommodative monetary policy stance” until it achieves an average inflation of 2% over …

Written by Deeptiman Tiwary | New Delhi | Updated: September 16, 2020 10:14:08 am Migrants at the train station in New Delhi (Archive) Migrants began walking hundreds of kilometers home during the lockdown due to fake news, the government told parliament. He also said that the global experience with Covid-19 …