Kejriwal meeting with Delhi BJP MPs turns into blame game on tracing Tablighi Jamaat members
New Delhi: A video meeting between Arvind Kejriwal and MPs from the national capital on Covid-19 Wednesday turned into a blame game, with the Delhi Chief Minister alleging non-cooperation from the police in tracing Tablighi Jamaat members and BJP parliamentarians questioning his claims about feeding 10 lakh people and also the quality of the food being […]
GROWING COVID-19
Despite all efforts by the administration to combat Covid-19 in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, positive cases of this virus are growing. We have a silver lining also, hundreds of suspects who were quarantined either in isolation centers of government or at homes have tested negative. The growing number of positive cases in Kashmir […]
‘Talking to CMs, none asked me to lift the lockdown’: PM Modi at all-party meet
Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually ruled out lifting of the nationwide lockdown next week in his video conference with floor leaders of opposition parties. He also added that while there is tremendous pressure on resources, India is one of the few countries where the spread of the coronavirus is still under control. Emphasising that “lockdown is the only way to save […]
Covid-19: Govt to issue all pending income tax refunds up to Rs 5 lakh
The finance ministry on Wednesday ordered immediate release of income-tax refunds involving amount up to Rs 5 lakh to provide cash in hands to 14 lakh taxpayers who might be facing liquidity crunch due to the nationwide lockdown, an official statement said. Similarly, all Goods and Services Tax (GST) and customs refunds will also to […]
Explained: Can a person’s sound be used to detect if they have COVID-19?
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have designed a new mobile phone app that will be used to collect data to develop machine learning algorithms, which will be able to detect if the person has COVID-19 or not based on the sound of their voice, their breathing and coughing. How does a person’s sound help in detecting […]
Virus-hit Iran urges IMF to approve its loan request
Tehran, Apr 8 (AFP) Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani appealed to the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday to approve a USD 5 billion emergency loan request to combat its novel coronavirus outbreak. “I urge all international organisations to fulfil their duties,” Rouhani said during a cabinet meeting. “We are a member of the IMF… if there’s going to […]
Australia passes record $80 billion employment-rescue package
Australia’s parliament passed a record A$130 billion ($80 billion) jobs-rescue plan on Wednesday, as the government continues efforts to buttress the economy from the coronavirus outbreak. “It’s unprecedented in its scale and its scope, and around six million workers should be able to use this program to stay in a job,” Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said in a […]
PM Modi says lockdown unlikely to be lifted in one go, to consult CMs on April 11
With COVID-19 cases showing no signs of abating in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said it was unlikely that the nationwide lockdown would be lifted in “one go” after it ends on April 14. Interacting with floor leaders of opposition and other parties in Parliament via video conferencing, the Prime Minister said the situation in the country was akin […]
Track down absconding travelers on war footing basis: Div Com to DCs
Directs to setup separate help-lines for Cancer, Dialysis patients, Juveniles homes, orphanages SRINAGAR, APRIL 08: The Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole, today, directed all the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to track-down all absconding travelers on war footing basis in their respective districts and put them in administrative quarantine. All Deputy Commissioners were asked to strengthen […]
Drive to axe Female Russian Poplars in Pulwama begins
PULWAMA, APRIL 08: District Development Commissioner (DDC), Puwama, Dr Raghav Langer, today visited Khrew to monitor the ongoing cutting of Russian Poplars in the area where a team of Revenue and Social Forestry Corporation ( SFC) officials has started cutting poplar trees. Speaking on the occasion DDC said that in prevailing situation axing of poplar […]
