Health

Swiss healthcare company Roche gets through coronavirus antibody test by Public Health England

News Desk May 14, 2020

The first coronavirus antibody test that could help ease lockdown in the UK has been given the go-ahead by Public Health England. No10 is now keen to get its hands on “as many of these as possible” after the potentially game-changing kit was developed by Swiss healthcare company

Business

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveils revival of economy post Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of Rs 20-lakh-crore stimulus package. Distressed MSME’s get breather.

News Desk May 14, 2020

Here is the full text of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcements during the press-meet Covid-19 Package Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday released the details of the ₹20 trillion stimulus packages to restore the health of Indian economy hit by Covid-19 pandemic. Sitharaman said banks will provide Rs3 trillion as automatic collateral-free loans to standard MSMEs.

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PM Modi announces Rs 20 lakh cr special economic package

News Desk May 13, 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a special economic package worth over 20 lakh crore rupees and 10% of India’s GDP in view of the coronavirus pandemic. He said the package would provide relief to almost every segment of the population. He added that the details of the package would be announced in the next few […]

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Lockdown 4.0. PM Modi invokes national pride, building a Self Reliant India was essential in a post COVID-19 world.

News Desk May 13, 2020

Addressing the nation on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that building a Self Reliant India was essential in a post COVID-19 world. He highlighted that India’s self reliance would be based on 5 pillars – Economy, Infrastructure, System, Demography and Demand. The Prime Minister emphasized that self reliance was essential for India’s global

World

Barack Obama lashes out at President Trump in call with supporters. More than 78,400 people with COVID-19 have died in the United States and more than 1.3 million people have tested positive

News Desk May 10, 2020

WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama harshly criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic as an “absolute chaotic disaster” during a conversation with ex-members of his administration, according to a recording obtained by Yahoo News. Obama also reacted to the Justice Department dropping its criminal case against Trump’s first national

Health

Ensure dispensation of medicines from pharmacy resumes without delay: Delhi HC to AIIMS

News Desk May 10, 2020

New Delhi, May 9 (PTI) The Delhi High Court has asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to ensure that dispensation of medicines from its pharmacy, which was functioning in limited capacity due to the coronavirus lockdown, resumes without any delay. A bench of justices Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar asked AIIMS to […]

Business

SBI complains to CBI after Rs 411-crore loan defaulter flee country

News Desk May 10, 2020

Three promoters of Ram Dev International, recently booked by the CBI for allegedly cheating a consortium of six banks to the tune of Rs 411 crore, have already fled the country before the State Bank of India reached the agency with the complaint, officials said on Saturday. The CBI had recently booked the company engaged […]

Health

Death toll due to COVID-19 rises to 1,981; cases climb to 59,662.The total number of cases also include 111 foreign nationals

News Desk May 10, 2020

The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,981 and the number of cases climbed to 59,662 in the country on Saturday, registering an increase of 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry.? The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 39,834, while 17,846 people have […]

Business

Sensex falls over 300 pts in early trade; HCL Tech jumps 3 pc.NSE Nifty slipped 33 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 9,237.90.

News Desk May 7, 2020

Equity benchmark Sensex fell over 300 points in early trade on Thursday as spiking COVID-19 cases in the country and poor macroeconomic data weighed on investor sentiment. After touching a low of 31,362.96, the 30-share index was trading 158.23 points or 0.50 per cent lower at 31,527.52. Similarly, NSE Nifty slipped 33 points, or 0.36 […]

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Vizag gas leak: Toll rises to 8, AP CM orders probe,CM Jagan closely monitoring gas leak incident.

News Desk May 7, 2020

The death toll from the styrene gas leak near Vishakapatnam on Thursday climbed to eight and the Andhra Pradesh government ordered a probe into the incident, the state police chief said here. Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy held a high-level review meeting to take stock of the situation and ordered a probe into the […]