Coronavirus: India to Cap Stimulus Package at $60 Billion to Protect Credit Rating
New Delhi: The Indian government is likely to cap its overall spending on coronavirus-related relief at around 4.5 trillion rupees ($60 billion), due to concerns that excess spending could trigger a sovereign rating downgrade, two senior government officials said. “We have to be cautious as downgrades have started happening for some countries and rating agencies treat […]
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Appears In Public Amid Health Rumours
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days as he celebrated the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, state media said Saturday, ending an absence that had triggered global rumours that he may be seriously ill. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim attended the […]
J&K administration announces Rs 350 crore grant to support people affected due to lockdown
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has announced a Rs 350-crore package to mitigate hardships of people, particularly labourers and the destitute, during the coronavirus-triggered lockdown. The administrative council, in its latest meeting under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu, has approved the relief package for various categories of people, Principal Secretary of Planning, […]
Covid-19 impact: Automakers’ domestic sales draw a blank in April
MUMBAI : Indian automakers have for the first time reported zero local sales in April as factories and dealerships across the country remained shut to comply with a stringent lockdown. For comparison, nearly 250,000 vehicles were sold in the domestic market in April 2019. Indian automakers count the dispatch of vehicles from factories to dealers as […]
Was comparing him to McGrath, Akram: Razzaq on calling Bumrah ‘baby bowler’
Former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has made a name for himself for making controversial statements. He courted controversy last year when he called Jasprit Bumrah a “baby bowler” in comparison to the fast bowlers of his times. Bumrah today is the world’s premier fast bowler across all formats and Razzaq believes the Indian is on […]
130 districts identified as Covid-19 hotspots home to nearly 400 million
The Centre on Friday listed 130 districts as hot spots of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), down from the previously designated 170 “red zones”, even as the number of “green zones” – areas that largely remain outside the spectre of the pathogen – decreased from 353 to 319, an announcement that came hours before the national […]
ACR, ACD, visits Bemnipora Red zone
SHOPIAN, MAY 01: Assistant Commissioner, Revenue, today visited red zone area of Bemnipora, to take stock of the facilities put in place. Assistant Commissioner Development, Tehsildar Shopian and SHO Shopian accompanied the ACR. He directed the concerned to ensure availability of all the essential services to the inhabitants of the area at their doorsteps, adding […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
25 new positive cases reported today, 247 cases recovered till date in JK JAMMU, MAY 01: The Government Friday informed that 25 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), all from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 639. According to the daily […]
Advisor Sharma, CS review arrangements for regulated movement of stranded persons
Inspect Quarantine centre at Lakhanpur, visit Billawar KATHUA, MAY 1:- In order to make arrangements for regulated movement of stranded people, students, tourists, pilgrims and other persons stranded at different places due to lockdown, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, K. K. Sharma and Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today visited Lakhanpur and took stock of […]
MHA okays ‘Shramik Special trains’ for migrants, railways sets terms for travel
Migrant workers, students and others stranded in different parts of the country are allowed to return home by special trains that will be run by the Indian Railways, the Union home ministry said on Friday, expanding the scope of an earlier order that said such transportation can happen only by buses. The railways ministry will […]
