The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said Wednesday that the Outpatient Department will be temporarily suspended. The hospital decided to use the available hospital beds for emergency or semi-emergency sick patients. Starting Wednesday, the OPD will be closed for the next two weeks. “In view of the need …
Read More »SoftBank invests in the Unacademy of India at a valuation of $ 1.45 billion
SoftBank Group Corp. leads venture investment round in India education startup Unacademy, increasing its valuation to $ 1.45 billion as online learning increases during the coronavirus pandemic. Investors in the $ 150 million funding include existing backers Facebook Inc. and Sequoia Capital, while SoftBank’s money comes from Vision Fund 2, …
Read More »The PM CARES fund received Rs 3,076 Cr within the first 5 days of launch; Why are there no names, asks Chidambaram
File photo of the leader of Congress, P Chidambaram. The fund was created with an initial corpus of Rs 2.25 lakh. PM CARES ‘”receipts and payments account” indicated that Rs 3,075.85 crore came from national voluntary contributions and Rs 39.67 lakh were foreign contributions. He has also received an interest …
Read More »Delhi metro restart from Monday approved by deputy governor: sources
Delhi Metro to restart services from September 7 (archive) New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Governor Anil Baijal accepted a proposal from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to resume metro services in the national capital from September 7, sources said on Wednesday. The decision was made at a meeting of the Delhi Disaster …
Read More »Anger over the move of the government at the time no questions asked for the parliament session
Lok Sabha will sit from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the first day and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. until October 1 New Delhi: The decision to cancel Question Time in Parliament’s monsoon session that begins on September 14 in the shadow of the coronavirus crisis has sparked …
Read More »Rahul Gandhi Tweets List of “Modi-Caused Disasters” in New Attack on Downtown
Congressman Rahul Gandhi today tweeted a list of “Modi-caused disasters” (file) New Delhi: Congressional leader Rahul Gandhi continued to attack the government on Wednesday, two days after a record drop in GDP amid the coronavirus crisis and as Chinese forces continue to engage in provocative military actions in Ladakh, listing …
Read More »US Says It Will Not Join Global Effort To Find Covid-19 Vaccine
The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will not work with an international cooperative effort to develop and distribute a Covid-19 vaccine because it does not want to be limited by multilateral groups such as the World Health Organization. The decision to act alone, first reported by The Washington Post, …
Read More »India faces increasingly slim policy options after record drop in GDP
India’s record contraction last quarter delays economic progress by several years and leaves Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious goals of doubling the size of the economy to $ 5 trillion nearly out of reach. The 23.9% drop in gross domestic product in the June quarter from a year earlier, the …
Read More »54% of Covid-19 cases in the age group 18 to 44 years, 51% of deaths among those over 60 years: Ministry of Health | India News
NEW DELHI: Fifty-four percent of total coronavirus cases in India were reported among people 18 to 44 years of age, while patients 60 and older account for 51 percent of deaths, according to data published by the Ministry of the Union. Health and Family Welfare. “54% of COVID19 cases are …
Read More »No question time at the monsoon session of Parliament | India News
NEW DELHI: In the wake of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, there will be no question hours or private member business during the monsoon session, according to a notification issued by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat. However, zero hour and other procedures will be carried out as scheduled. The monsoon session of …
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