The Shiv Sena on Friday slammed the Modi government over the economic crisis faced by the country, saying demonetisation and "mishandling" of the coronavirus-induced lockdown were to be blamed for the current situation. An editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana' criticised the NDA government for what it called trying to "wash its hands of the crisis".
With coronavirus cases in India seeing a steep rise in the past week, the Union Health Ministry-led by Dr Harsh Vardhan has issued guidelines for societies and gates RWAs who are willing to set up a COVID19 care facility for patients benefit. Here's what societies and RWAs need to strictly follow:
A Hong Kong-based virologist has claimed that China knew about the deadly novel coronavirus well before it claimed it did. In an interview to US-based Fox News published on Friday, Dr Li-Meng Yan, who has specialised in virology and immunology at Hong Kong School of Public Health, claimed Chinese authorities knew about the deadly virus in December last year, but hushed it up.
Based on responses of 1,351 professionals in India, findings from the survey conducted between June 1-14 reveal that India's workforce is beginning to feel more confident about their personal finances.
The helpline -- 8800883323 -- "ekatra" was conceptualized by the students to help the hiring of the unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled workers across Delhi-NCR.
The move comes after another rating agency Moody’s earlier this month downgraded India’s sovereign rating by a notch to lowest investment grade of ‘Baa2’ for the first time in 22 years.
Classes for standards IX, X in schools located in non-red zone areas and junior college for XII would begin in Maharashtra from July 1, the state government said on Monday. Classes of 6th to 8th standards would begin from August, as per the government.
The country's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Tuesday said it has cut production by 97.54 per cent in May at 3,714 units amid coronavirus pandemic, according to a regulatory filing by the company.
Boeing has announced that they were going to be notifying employees that they're making their first layoff since the covid virus hit and lay off over 67-hundred people. They also said that 55- hundred have taken buyouts. So they're eliminating more than 12,000 jobs.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led government in Maharashtra has extended the lockdown in the state to May 31, PTI reported quoting officials. The Lockdown 4.0 will be implemented with strict measures in the state including containment zones Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Pune, Malegaon, Aurangabad and Solapur until May 31. Same red, orange and green zone rules will apply as before.
The review meeting of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with CEOs of public sector banks (PSBs) scheduled for Monday has been postponed.
Gene therapy and selected antivirals such as remdesivir are the most promising approaches in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, according to a review of studies.
India may have the best opportunity to attract foreign investment and replace China as the world's manufacturing hub, says US India Strategic and Partnership Forum (USISPF) president Mukesh Aghi.
The number of deaths due to the deadly coronavirus rose to 1,84,204 on early Thursday. Meanwhile, the total number of cases across the globe mounted to 2,637,414. According to John Hopkins University, the United States recorded 1,738 new Coronavirus deaths in 24 hours.
OYO on Wednesday asked some of its staff in India to go on leave with limited benefits from May 4 for four months, and also asked all employees in the country to accept a cut in their fixed salaries by 25 per cent due to the impact of the COVID-19 on the hospitality industry.
China has come under increasing global pressure over lack of transparency in its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has so far infected over 2.5 million people and claimed more than 170,000 lives across the world.
India coronavirus confirmed cases have crossed 18,000-mark taking positive cases toll to 18,601 including 590 deaths and 3,252 have recovered, according to the health ministry's figures on Tuesday.
Private provident fund trust have disbursed Rs 481.63 crore to 40,826 employees as non-refundable advance to cope up with difficulties during the lockdown to contain COVID-19. These trusts include NLC, TCS, Vizag Steel Plant, state-run power giant NTPC, HCL and Power Grid.
A nine-month-old infant is among the youngest to be contracted with the deadly disease in Uttarakhand. It is reported that the infant contracted the infection from his father after he returned from a Tablighi Jamaat congregation.
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das addressed a press briefing today. This was his second briefing since the COVID-19 outbreak. In his previous address on March 27, Das announced several relief measures approved by its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to counter the economic slowdown.
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