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PMO finalises MSME recovery package for immediate implementation

06 May 2020 04:10 AM IST

Already, government departments and public sector enterprises have been told to expedite payments due to the MSMEs.

Jaan bhi aur Jahaan bhi is our motto now: Javadekar

06 May 2020 04:03 AM IST

From overseeing the rerun of Ramayana on television to adopting video conferencing as a new form of governance, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar is adapting to the “new normal”. He talks to iTV Network’s Political Editor on life in the time of coronavirus: Q: Announcing the lockdown has

Israel develops Covid antibody that ‘attacks and neutralises’ the virus in patient’s body

06 May 2020 03:58 AM IST

Israel has developed a key coronavirus antibody at its primary biological research centre, Defence Minister Naftali Bennett said Monday. He called it a “significant breakthrough” towards a possible treatment for Covid-19. In an official statement, Bennet claimed that the “monoclonal neutralising antibody” developed by the Israel Institute for Biological Research

Chaos at liquor shops, fuel gets more expensive

06 May 2020 03:50 AM IST

The first day of India’s lockdown 3.0 ended with a lot of drama. Serpentine queues outside liquor shops stole the day’s headlines with the Delhi government ordering the levy of a 70% “special corona tax” on alcohol. All eyes were on the repercussions of the move by the state government,

Indian Navy launches operation ‘Samudra Setu’

06 May 2020 03:35 AM IST

A day after the government announced the measures to bring back Indians stranded abroad, the Indian Navy has launched a massive operation to bring them back from the countries situated in the Gulf and Indian Ocean regions. The Indian Navy has named this operation Operation ‘Samudra Setu’ (“Sea Bridge”) under

20 migrant workers escape quarantine centre in Bihar

06 May 2020 03:11 AM IST

The labourers, who had returned from other states, alleged food shortage at the facility.

Punjab gears up for influx of stranded people, NRIs

06 May 2020 03:07 AM IST

As Punjab prepares to handle a large influx of NRIs from other nations and stranded people from across the country, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday issued a series of directives to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the state. These included strict directives to the health department

RSS starts helpline for troubled women in lockdown

06 May 2020 03:04 AM IST

The countrywide lockdown owing to the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic has witnessed increased distress calls at the women’s helpline number and complaints with the National Commission for Women (NCW). The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has expressed concern over the rising cases of domestic violence against women and the women activists belonging

Women branded ‘witches’, paraded half-naked in Bihar village

06 May 2020 02:59 AM IST

A viral video showed mob thrashing, tonsuring and forcing them to consume human faeces.

Privacy and security of video-conferencing apps

06 May 2020 02:52 AM IST

India must create a culture of innovation where there’s respect for individual privacy

PM Modi must take governance back from babus

06 May 2020 02:42 AM IST

The Government of India circulars during Covid-19 have become a regular comprehension hurdle. Whoever is writing them needs a lesson in simple communication. The gem of course being Para 2 of the Home Ministry circular on 3 May, which, incidentally, was issued to clarify an earlier missive. This is how

IITs, NITs not to hike fees for new academic session: HRD Minister

06 May 2020 02:24 AM IST

Union Human Resources Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday announced that there would be no hike in fees for the IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), IIIT (Indian Institute of Information Technology) and NIT (National Institute of Technology) for the academic year 2020-21. Nishank also announced the dates for