[ad_1] MUMBAI: With the number of covid-19 cases steadily increasing in Maharashtra and the increasing number of police officers who tested positive for the disease, the state government on Wednesday sought the deployment of at least 2,000 people from the Central Armed Police Force. “With the increasing number of covid-19 …
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 »Maharashtra to start home delivery of liquor starting tomorrow amid Coronavirus blockade
[ad_1] Home delivery of liquor in Maharashtra will start from May 15. Mumbai Home delivery of liquor in Maharashtra will begin as of May 15, according to an order issued by the state department of special taxes on Wednesday. The state government on Tuesday allowed liquor to be delivered to …
Read More »Nirmala Sitharaman says statutory PF contribution slashed to 10%; Center announces liquidity scheme for NBFCs
[ad_1] Coronavirus Outbreak Latest Updates: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the statutory PF contribution is being reduced from 12 percent to 10 percent. Government to infuse Rs 50,000 crores liquidity by reducing rates of TDS, for non-salaried specified payments made to residents, and rates of Tax Collection at Source …
Read More »FM begins to press Rs 20 lakh crore package, says ‘atmanirbharta’ does not mean isolationism
[ad_1] Nirmala Sitharaman in the economic package Latest updates: The finance minister addresses a press, where he is expected to give the details of the Center’s Rs 20 lakh crore economic package. The prime minister announced the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat package that will focus on making India self-sufficient on Tuesday. …
Read More »FM will shortly announce the details of the economic package of Rs 20 lakh crore from the Center
[ad_1] Nirmala Sitharaman in the economic package Latest updates: Twitter will allow its employees to work from home “forever,” CEO Jack Dorsey said Tuesday in a company-wide email. Interior Minister Amit Shah announced on Wednesday that all canteens of the Central Police Armed Forces (CAPF) such as CRPF and BSF …
Read More »Chidambaram calls Narendra Modi’s COVID-19 financial aid announcement ‘headline and blank page’
[ad_1] Coronavirus outbreak LAST updates: Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram shot Narendra Modi after the prime minister on Tuesday announced an economic package of Rs 20 lakh crores to provide relief to people and help the country combat the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. Yesterday, the Prime Minister gave us …
Read More »8,000 passengers on 8 trains on day 1 of the railway restart
[ad_1] Indian Railways resumed its passenger services after a nearly two-month gap on Tuesday with eight air-conditioned trains transporting a total of 8,121 people heading to their destinations across the country, according to the ministry of railways. While three of them set out for Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), Dibrugarh (Assam) and Bengaluru …
Read More »What is ‘Atmanirbhar’? Karnataka, Telangana residents turn to Google after Prime Minister Modi’s address
[ad_1] PM Modi announced the “Aatmanirbha Bharat Abhiyaan” during his speech at 8 pm on May 12 | Image credit: Twitter Within an hour of the speech, Google searches increased with many Indians searching for the meaning of terms like ‘aatmanirbhar’ (self-sufficient). News18.com Last update: May 12, 2020 10:11 p.m. …
Read More »Covid-19: what you need to know today
[ad_1] In the 10 days between May 1 and May 10 (both included), six states accounted for 91% of the average daily Covid-19 deaths in India. Two of them, Maharashtra and Gujarat, accounted for 66%. The six states accounted for 86% of all deaths in the country from the pandemic …
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