Karnataka has requested the Civil Aviation Ministry to reduce the number of incoming flights from five states – Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan – to contain the spiralling coronavirus infection in the state. The Karnataka government issued a clarification this evening, after earlier reports said that the state has asked for a […]
Continue ReadingPPEs Debunking reports that the quality of personal protective equipment (PPE) coveralls that are procured by the government is poor, the Union Health Ministry on Monday said that the products that under reference have no relevance to the those procured by the Centre. “There are some reports in a section of the media expressing concern […]
Continue ReadingA First Information Report (FIR) has been filed against Congress interim Chief Sonia Gandhi for her “misleading tweets” made from party~s official twitter handle INCIndia on May 11 about PM CARES fund in Shimoga, Karnataka. The FIR was filed against Gandhi based on a complaint made by an advocate, KV Praveen, from Karnataka`s Shivamogga district […]
Continue Readingairlines As domestic flight operations resume on Monday, the government has set limits on airfares, categorising them into seven bands as per the flight durations, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday. The limits would be in place till August 24, said Puri at a press conference in Delhi. The domestic civil aviation […]
Continue Readingpage After Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a Rs 20 lakh crore package for the labourers, farmers, honest taxpayers, MSMEs and cottage industry without going into the exact details, former finance minister P Chidambaram said that Modi gave India a ‘headline and a blank page’ which naturally elicited a ‘blank’ reaction from him. […]
Continue ReadingPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a video conference with the heads of all of India’s Embassies and High Commissions across the globe. The conference was the first such event for Indian Missions worldwide. Aimed at discussing the responses to the coronavirus pandemic, the conference was convened at 5 PM in the evening.Noting that […]
Continue ReadingLockdown In top news of the day, April 8, the Uttar Pradesh government announced that parts of 15 districts, including Lucknow and Noida, will be sealed off to stop the spread of novel coronavirus. These areas of the 15 districts have been identified as COVID-19 hotspots. The 15 districts are Agra, Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha […]
Continue ReadingIndia envoy to Japan Sanjay Kumar Verma has said that Indian and Japanese scientists are in touch with each other for a solution to the COVID-19 crisis. Speaking to our diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal, Verma said that Japanese PM Abe has “expressed his respect for PM Modi for demonstrating leadership in the South Asian region […]
Continue ReadingLady Coronavirus has changed the way of our lives altogether. The Sindh government had banned Friday congregational prayers earlier this month. Today, in Karachi, Orangi Town, Pir Abad, a lady police officer was thrashed by the people outside the mosque. Reportedly, the lady police officer went there to immobilize the people in the mosque. She […]
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