PM CARES Got Rs 6,500 Cr A Month Ago, Allocates Rs 3,100 Cr To COVID-19 Fight Now According to reports, PM-CARES collected Rs 6,500 crore within a week of its existence. Forty-five days later, the trust has not revealed how much money the fund has collected in total. By Meryl Sebastian INDIAN GOVERNMENT / HANDOUT […]
Trump Again Undermines Dr. Anthony Fauci, Pushes For Schools To Reopen The president accused the NIH expert of playing “all sides of the equation” and called Fauci’s warnings about reopening too early “not an acceptable answer.” By Nick Visser, HuffPost US President Donald Trump urged schools across the nation to reopen “as soon as possible” even as […]
World Health Organization Warns COVID-19 ‘May Never Go Away’ WHO Official Dr. Michael Ryan said it could take years to build global immunity levels if no vaccine is developed. Lorine Cool and Elena Becatoros BRUSSELS (AP) — New coronavirus clusters have surfaced around the world as nations struggle to balance reopening economies and preventing a […]
Exhibitors seek PM’s help to stop OTT release of films meant for theatres Single screens and multiplexes had since mid-March stopped screening in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 9,000 single screens and multiplexes might go out of business, and employees could lose jobs, if the trend continues, the association said in its […]
Dhollywood to wait for IMPPA’s directives to resume work
Dhollywood to wait for IMPPA’s directives to resume work By – Abhimanyu Mishra Recently, the representatives of the Tamil Film Producers Council and film employees’ federation reached out to the Tamil Nadu I&B minister to seek permission to resume post-production work with limited access. While the south film industry has taken the initiative to reach out to […]
Gold holds steady ahead of U.S. Fed chairman’s speech Harshith Aranya (Reuters) – Gold held steady on Wednesday as market participants stayed away from making big bets ahead of a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell amid rising speculation the United States could one day adopt negative interest rates. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/File Photo Spot gold […]
Emerging markets will see less index, more Rolodex Una Galani A man walks past a board displaying the exchange rates for Mexican Peso and U.S Dollar and other exchange rates in Mexico City, Mexico March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero MUMBAI (Reuters Breakingviews) – Investing in poorer countries will require more nuance. Ultra-loose monetary policy from […]
Sensex, Nifty surge on $266 billion stimulus boost Sachin Ravikumar BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian shares soared on Wednesday, led by banking stocks, as investors cheered the government’s 20-trillion-rupee ($266 billion) stimulus package aimed at supporting an economy bruised by a strict weeks-long coronavirus lockdown. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building is pictured next to a […]
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