By: Desk Explained | Pune | September 5, 2020 7:04:25 am A booth displaying a coronavirus vaccine candidate from Sinovac Biotech Ltd is seen at the 2020 China International Trade in Services Fair (CIFTIS), following the COVID-19 outbreak, in Beijing, China on September 4, 2020. (Reuters photo: Tingshu Wang) Coronavirus …
Read More »Quixplained: As Delhi Metro Reboots, A Look At New Guidelines
By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: September 5, 2020 10:53:38 am The Delhi Metro will resume operations on September 7. The Delhi Metro will resume operations on September 7, more than five months after it stopped its services due to the coronavirus pandemic. The metro, the mainstay of …
Read More »Amid increased demand, railways will operate 80 more trains starting September 12: see list
By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: September 5, 2020 7:07:42 pm Railways will also run “clones” of trains that are in high demand. (Proceedings) Witnessing an increase in demand, Railways decided to operate 80 more trains on various routes across India as of September 12, including a …
Read More »Bullet Train Faces 5-Year Delay: High Costs, Japanese Companies Not That Interested
Written by Avishek G Dastidar | New Delhi | Updated: September 5, 2020 11:10:06 am Workers at the Sabarmati center of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project in Ahmedabad. (Express / Stock Photo) FROM THE LOW turnout of Japanese companies to the bids canceled due to high fees quoted by bidders, …
Read More »Large rural credit boost from RBI, startups placed in priority sector
Written by George Mathew | Mumbai | Updated: September 5, 2020 11:10:56 am The RBI has also provided loans to farmers for the installation of solar power plants for the solarization of agricultural pumps connected to the grid. (Representational / File photo) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday …
Read More »New tapes show more of Nixon’s ‘hate’ towards India and Indians
Written by Shubhajit Roy | New Delhi | Updated: September 5, 2020 7:07:54 am Indira Gandhi with Richard Nixon in November 1971. (Express File) A set of recently declassified White House tapes reveal in great detail President Richard Nixon’s deep antipathy toward India and Indians, which, fueled by his national …
Read More »Hyderabad subway to resume operations in all three corridors, five stations to be closed
By: Express Web Desk | Hyderabad | Updated: September 4, 2020 10:21:13 am The three corridors would be fully operational as of September 9. As the Hyderabad Metro is established in resume operations in a phased manner Between September 7 and 9, stations that are in containment zones (Gandhi Hospital, …
Read More »15 years fighting thieves: ‘Lucky my mobile phone is still with me’
By: Express News Service | Jalandhar | Updated: September 4, 2020 9:18:24 pm “I feel very lucky that my mobile is with me even after the incident,” says Kusum, daughter of a daily bet, Sadhu Ram. (Photo Express) Kusum, 15, is recovering from wrist surgery and keeps her mobile phone …
Read More »Need to prevent young people from taking the wrong path: Prime Minister Modi on terrorism at J&K
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 4, 2020 12:28:17 pm Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AND ME) Two days after the government announced the Karmyogi Mission which will bring major changes in the way civil service officials will be trained and trained across the country, Prime Minister …
Read More »Ideas explained: two factors that will determine the course of the Indian economy for the rest of the year
By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: September 4, 2020 11:12:41 am Workers carry sacks of food grains at a market in Kolkata on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 (AP Photo: Bikas Das) The GDP growth figure for the first quarter, a 24% contraction, was in line with expected and …
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