World T20 On Schedule, Says International Cricket Council; Little Window Of Hope For IPL
Finding a fresh window for the now-postponed Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 will be a challenge for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The International Cricket Council (ICC) told the Outlook that there were no plans to put off or cancel the World T20 championship in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Coronavirus Outbreak […]
“Those Were The Days”: Amitabh Bachchan Shares A Throwback Pic From Satte Pe Satta
New Delhi: Amitabh Bachchan just made our day better. The Sholay actor just dropped a throwback picture featuring himself from the sets of his 1982 film Satte Pe Satta and it is making his Instafam swoon. In the picture, a young Big B can be seen looking away from the camera. Sharing the picture, Big B wrote, “those were […]
Handwara Police Register Case Against Nursing Home Owner In Fraudulent Case
Srinagar, Apr 19 (KNS): Handwara Police on Saturday registered a case against Nursing Home owner for using letter pads of a doctor who had left the clinic in year 2016. Police Station Handwara received an application by one doctor namely Dr Shafqat Rasool Wani to effect that he was practicing as Consultant at Asif Memorial […]
Jammu Dy Mayor among 3 BJP leaders booked for lockdown violation
The police has registered an FIR against three BJP leaders, including the Deputy Mayor for violating the prohibitory orders in place for COVID-19 prevention in Jammu and Kashmir’s Jammu city. Police said an FIR has been registered in the city police station in Jammu under the IPC against three BJP leaders, Purnima Sharma, Rajesh Gupta […]
Delay in insuring IPL set to sting BCCI
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is set to face massive losses after failing to insure this year’s Indian Premier League against cancellation due to a pandemic. Why? Because by March, when the BCCI got in touch with their insurance company to get the cover for this year’s IPL, the company had […]
Week after hate attack in Himachal, J&K workers say still don’t know why
Bahar Ahmed says this question will always haunt him: why did they barge into his room, break his arm, assault his colleagues, and call all of them “ugravaadi (extremist)”? The answer, say lawyers and local residents in Himachal’s Barot village, lies in a “vicious hate campaign” on social media after 23 of the state’s 36 coronavirus cases […]
Ways and Means Advances: what is it, and how far will relaxation of limit help?
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday, announced a 60% increase in the Ways and Means Advances (WMA) limit of state governments over and above the level as on March 31, with a view to enabling them “to undertake COVID-19 containment and mitigation efforts” and “to better plan their market borrowings”. What exactly is Ways and Means Advances […]
Pool widened further, govt to test all coming to hospitals with flu signs
Looking at mass testing in areas with a large number of cases — hotspots and clusters — the Centre may start by screening all patients who come to the hospital with flu-like symptoms. This will be irrespective of the disease they have come for. The plan is to eventually extend this to all hospitals in […]
Coronavirus: Japan doctors warn of health system ‘break down’ as cases surge
Doctors in Japan have warned that the country’s medical system could collapse amid a wave of new coronavirus cases. Emergency rooms have been unable to treat some patients with serious health conditions due to the extra burden caused by the virus, officials say. One ambulance carrying a patient with coronavirus symptoms was turned away by […]
Netflix adds $50 million to relief fund for production workers
Netflix Inc has increased the amount of money in its coronavirus emergency relief fund by $50 million, bringing the total for displaced production workers to $150 million, a company spokeswoman said on Friday. Film and TV production has been shut down around the world as people shelter at home to help slow the spread of […]
