[ad_1] The Central and West Bengal governments were involved in another dispute over the repatriation of residents on Thursday, and the Foreign Ministry said the state had not confirmed whether it had organized quarantine facilities to receive people wishing to return from abroad. Foreign Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava tweeted that …
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[ad_1] 1602 new cases of COVID-19 and 44 deaths have been reported in Maharashtra on Thursday, bringing the total number of cases to 27,524 and deaths to 1,019. So far, a total of 6,059 patients have been recovered and discharged from the state. According to him Union Ministry of Health …
Read More »Government presents cheap loan plan of ₹ 2.46 tn to revive agricultural economy
[ad_1] The government released Thursday a ₹2.3 trillion cheap farmer loan program to shore up the rural economy before the main summer crop planting season. He also announced a series of measures to ease the hardships of India’s urban poor who have suffered the most after the economy went dormant …
Read More »Covid-19: what you need to know today
[ad_1] India will overtake China in terms of the number of cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) sometime on Friday. China had 82,929 cases on Thursday afternoon and India 78,810, according to worldometers.info. HT dash shows that India ended the day with81,859 cases. But the pandemic has followed completely different paths …
Read More »The welfare measures announced by FM show Prime Minister Modi’s “sensitivity” towards the poor and marginal sections: JP Nadda | India News
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: praising a series of measures announced by the Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday, president of BJP J P Nadda said prime minister show Narendra ModiThe “sensitivity” towards the poor and marginal sectors. In a series of tweets, Nadda cited several social welfare initiatives put forward …
Read More »India committed to peace and tranquility along the border with China: MEA | India News
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Days after Indian and Chinese troops clashed in two fierce clashes, India said Thursday that it remained committed to maintaining peace and tranquility along the border with China, noting that such incidents could have been avoided if there would be a common perception about the border. On …
Read More »Largest increase in a single day as Delhi Covid cases cross 8,000
[ad_1] New Delhi: Delhi experienced its highest peak in a single day in cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) so far, with 472 recorded on Thursday. The increase brings the city’s Covid-19 count to 8,470, according to the Delhi Daily Health Bulletin. Before this, the highest number of cases recorded in …
Read More »Sitharaman announces ‘a nation, a ration card’ for migrants, loans for street vendors and farmers in the second tranche; key conclusions
[ad_1] Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman listed details of the second tranche of the Center’s special Rs 20-lakh-crore economic package on Thursday, which included nine measures for migrant workers, street vendors and small farmers, among others. At a press conference, Sitharaman announced an increase of Rs 70,000 crore for the …
Read More »The government’s ‘jumla package’ is far below what the prime minister promised: Congress | India News
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Congress said Thursday that the government’s economic package so far has been far below what the prime minister had promised the nation, calling it a “jumla package” and an “empty package.” Main party spokesperson Anand Sharma said the country believed that the prime minister Narendra Modi He …
Read More »Decoding the Modi Mantra of Development
[ad_1] File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (GDP / PTI Photo) Is this the long-awaited takeoff moment for the Indian economy? Has the Prime Minister guessed the magical balance between social justice and the liberation of aspiring Indian entrepreneurial genius? Last update: May 14, 2020, 9:09 PM IST “… …
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