RBI slashes rates again in off-cycle meeting to mitigate virus impact Swati Bhat MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India on Friday slashed its key policy rate for a second time this year in an emergency meeting to counter the economic fallout from a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. […]
Robin Uthappa wants BCCI to lift player ban on overseas T20 leagues The Indian cricket board should lift its ban on players competing in overseas Twenty20 tournaments, says former India batsman Robin Uthappa. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) bars its men’s players from joining franchise leagues other than the Indian Premier […]
Doctor who raised concerns over PPE shortage admitted to mental hospital An Indian doctor who was suspended after raising concerns about a shortage of masks is again in the spotlight after officials committed him to a mental hospital. BBC Telugu’s V Shankar reports. Dr Sudhakar Rao, an anaesthetist with 20 years of experience, made national […]
Tamil Nadu Says Its Done Highest Number Of COVID-19 Tests In India, 85K In Chennai DMK’s Stalin had alleged that the Tamil Nadu government had cut down number of tests to 8,270 on May 16 as against 14,102 on May 7. Press Trust of India ARUN SANKAR VIA GETTY IMAGES A medical technician gestures at […]
Stunned Fox News Host Neil Cavuto Warns: Hydroxychloroquine ‘Will Kill You’ “I cannot stress this enough,” warned Neil Cavuto about the anti-malaria drug the president has touted as a coronavirus cure, “this will kill you.” By Ryan Grenoble, HuffPost US Donald Trump told reporters Monday that he’s been taking hydroxychloroquine for several weeks, despite a lack of evidence the […]
Tens of thousands evacuated as India, Bangladesh brace for super cyclone KOLKATA/DHAKA (Reuters) – Authorities in eastern India and Bangladesh were relocating tens of thousands of villagers away from the coastline on Tuesday ahead of a super cyclone that is expected to inflict large-scale damage as both countries struggle to contain the coronavirus. Coronavirus quarantine […]
India coronavirus infections surge past 100,000, deaths top 3,000 (Reuters) – Coronavirus cases in India reached 100,000 on Tuesday, matching its number of intensive care beds, and the rate of increase of new infections showed little sign of slowing. A woman and her baby wait for a bus to take them to a railway station […]
BJP Govt Solely Responsible For Plight Of Migrants: AAP AAP leader Raghav Chadha urged the BJP-led government to pay heed to the condition of the migrants. Press Trust of India UTPAL BARUAH / REUTERS A migrant labourer looks out of a window as he waits in a train compartment in Guwahati, the major city of […]
Lockdown 4.0 Guidelines For Shops, Travel, Offices, Night Curfew States and union territories can now delineate of Red, Green and Orange zones. The guidelines say they may prohibit certain other activities in various zones or impose restrictions deemed necessary. Newsroom NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES Migrants undergo thermal screening before boarding buses to their native places,during […]
India to open up space exploration and satellite launches to private companies NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will allow the involvement of private companies in its space exploration and satellite launch programmes, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told a press conference on Saturday. Both industries are currently predominantly operated by the government’s Indian Space Research Organisation. […]
