Tag: Coronavirus Pandemic

Alcohol
Liquor Sale: SC Asks States To Consider Home Delivery

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday observed that the state governments should consider online sale or home delivery of liquor during the nationwide lockdown that’s in place to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The remarks came from a bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B.R. Gavai during the hearing of a PIL […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
Air-India
Govt To Evacuate 15,000 Indians From 12 Countries This Week

New Delhi: Around 15,000 Indian nationals evacuated by the Central government from 12 countries are expected to land in India in the next one week. The evacuation of Indians is part of the relief measures provided to Indian nationals amid a country-wide lockdown which has been imposed to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic. Official […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
Harsh-Vardhan
Testing Capacity For COVID-19 Scaled Up To 95,000 Per Day: Harsh Vardhan

New Delhi: The testing capacity for COVID-19 has been scaled up to around 95,000 tests per day and a total of 15,25,631 tests have been conducted so far across 332 government and 121 private laboratories, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. The minister, who reviewed the status of COVID-19 in the northeastern states […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
Coronavirus
128 deaths, 3277 new COVID-19 cases reported in India in last 24 hours

New Delhi: With 3277 new cases and 128 new fatalities, total case count of novel Coronavirus rose to 62,939 and total deaths getting past the 2000 mark, the health ministry said on Sunday. The Health Ministry said of the total, 41,472 are active cases, 19,357 people have recovered, and 2109 people have succumbed to the […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
ICCT20-WC
ICC still go ahead with T20 World Cup in Oct-Nov? Players not so confident

New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) might be keeping its fingers crossed when it comes to answering queries on the fate of the T20 World Cup slated to be held in Australia in October-November (due to the coronavirus outbreak), but cricketers dont seem that confident when it comes to the mega event going ahead […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
BRICS-New-Development-Bank
India Fights COVID-19: Gets USD 1 Billion Loan From BRICS' New Development Bank

Beijing: The New Development Bank of the BRICS countries has fully disbursed USD one billion emergency assistance loan to India to help it contain the spread of COVID-19 and reduce human, social and economic losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB) was established by the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, […]

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
Japan
COVID-19 Impact: Japan's economy slides into recession, worse times likely ahead

Tokyo: Japan’s economic growth plunged into recession in the first quarter as the coronavirus pandemic squelched production, exports and spending, and fears are growing that worse times may lie ahead. The Cabinet Office reported Monday a 3.4 per cent drop in the annual pace of seasonally adjusted real gross domestic product, or GDP, for the […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
WFH
Why some companies will fail on work-from-home transition

Sydney: Organisations which are more control-oriented and check the productivity of their employees based on inputs will find it more difficult to trust their people when working from home, according to a new study. The pandemic has forced many organisations to change in ways that would have been unthinkable six months ago. According to Karin […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
Migrant-Chain-Pulling
Migrants 'Pull Chain' Of Odisha Govt's COVID Containment Measures

Bhubaneswar: Misusing the facility of alarm chain pulling is a criminal act on any given day, and particularly in the times of a pandemic when there is a threat of community transmission of COVID and even consequential deaths, worse crimes like these wherein migrants are de-boarding trains to flee, seem no less than grade-1 felonies. […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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China's Missing Virologist Appears On State TV; Says COVID-19 'Tip Of The Iceberg'

Beijing: A leading Chinese virologist whose mysterious disappearance sparked speculation about the deadly novel coronavirus emanating from a bio-lab in Wuhan, was for the first time interviewed on China’s state television where she warned that such viruses are just the “tip of the iceberg” and expressed regret over science being “politicised”. Shi Zhengli, known as […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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At FSDC Meet, FM Nirmala Sitharaman Takes Stock Of Economy Amid COVID-19

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday reviewed the state of the economy at the meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), in view of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the first meeting of the FSDC, which comprises RBI Governor and other financial sector regulators, since the coronavirus outbreak. […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
All through June On Weekends
COVID-19: Odisha Announces Complete Shutdown On Saturdays, Sundays In 11 Districts

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy on Monday announced complete shutdown on all Saturdays and Sundays throughout the month of June in 11 districts in view of rising COVID19 cases. In view of the heavy caseload in the districts of Ganjam, Puri, Nayagarh, Khurda, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore and Bolangir, the State government […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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Coronavirus Pandemic: Latest COVID-19 Updates From Around The World

The coronavirus pandemic has hit the world like never before. Here are some updates on the COVID-19 cases and death toll from around the globe today. Global COVID-19 cases top 6.2 mn: Johns Hopkins The total number of global coronavirus has increased to over 6.2 million, while the death toll has topped 375,000, according to […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
Coronavirus-Pandemic
Coronavirus Global Updates: COVID-19 cases tops 7.6 million, death toll at 425,000

The global number of COVID-19 cases has increased to over 7.6 million, while the death toll surged past 425,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, the overall number of cases stood at 7,632,377, while the deaths increased to 425,385, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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Coronavirus Pandemic: Latest Updates From Around The World

The coronavirus pandemic has hit the world like never before. Here are some updates on the COVID-19 cases and death toll from around the world on Sunday. Global COVID-19 cases surge to over 7.7 mn: Johns Hopkins University The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has surged to over 7.7 million, while the death toll […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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