[ad_1] Coronavirus Outbreak LATEST Updates: Maharashtra on Thursday reported 1,602 fresh COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day spike so far, taking the state’s overall count to 27,524, according to state health department data. With 44 deaths registered today, the death toll in Maharashtra due to the contagious coronavirus disease has now …
Read More »In highest single-day spike, Delhi’s COVID-19 cases jump by 472 to 8,470; toll reaches 115
[ad_1] New Delhi: Delhi on Thursday recorded the highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases, with 472 fresh infections taking its tally to 8,470 and the death toll in the national capital rose to 115, the health department said. Delhi’s previous highest spike of 448 cases was recorded on 7 May. …
Read More »Eight laborers dead, over 50 injured in bus-truck collision in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna
[ad_1] Coronavirus Outbreak LATEST Updates: Eight laborers were killed and around 50 were injured after the truck they were traveling in collided with a bus in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna on Wednesday night, ANI reported. The injured laborers have been shifted to a district hospital. They were going to their home …
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 »‘PM gave a headline and a blank page’: Chidambaram on Rs 20 lakh cr Covid-19 economic package – india news
[ad_1] Former finance minister and senior Congress leaders P Chidambaram on Wednesday reacted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of releasing Rs 20 lakh crore as an economic stimulus package for the country amid the coronavirus crisis. Chidambaram said that he looks forward to learning the details of the stimulus …
Read More »IRCTC special trains: Full list of trains and time-table starting from May 12 – india news
[ad_1] Indian Railways has released the list of the 15 passenger trains that will begin plying from the New Delhi railway station from May 12. Tickets for these trains can only be booked on the website of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (irctc.co.in) or the IRCTC mobile app. …
Read More »Aarogya Setu App Gets Just 2 Out of 5 stars in MIT Technology Review for COVID Contact Tracing Apps
[ad_1] As India attempts to emerge from the various stages of lockdown in an attempt to flatten the COVID curve, there is a renewed push to get the citizens to download and install the Aarogya Setu app on their smartphones. Official numbers suggest that the Aarogya Setu app has been …
Read More »184 trains have brought back over 2 lakh migrant workers to Uttar Pradesh: Top state official – india news
[ad_1] In a bid to safely repatriate stranded migrant workers to their native places in Uttar Pradesh, the Ministry of Railways has operated 184 trains amid the Covid-19 lockdown and has brought 2.26 lakh migrant workers from across the country, Additional chief secretary (Home), Uttar Pradesh, Awanish Awasthi told reporters …
Read More »Will India extend lockdown? PM Modi meets with chief ministers to discuss strategy
[ad_1] As India enters the final phase of 54-day nationwide lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets the chief ministers today to discuss the road ahead. This was the fifth such meeting between PM Modi and state chief ministers since the outbreak emerged. The focus of today’s meetings will be on …
Read More »‘Response to coronavirus crisis has been anemic, spotty’: Barack Obama slams Donald Trump’s handling of pandemic in leaked call
[ad_1] Washington: Former President Barack Obama described President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as “chaotic” in a conference call with former members of his administration, a source said on Saturday. Obama has largely kept out of the fray even as Trump has blamed him and his Democratic administration …
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