Cashless delivery mandatory after May 15 in Ahmedabad
NEW DELHI: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Monday decided to ban the cash-on- delivery option for grocery and food items from May 15, stating that novel coronavirus also spreads through currency notes. As per the AMC decision, the payment for such services will now have to be made only digitally, an official release said. […]
Sensex ends 81 points lower; financial stocks drag
NEW DELHI: Benchmark Sensex gave up all its early gains to end 81 points lower on Monday, dragged by losses in financial stocks as lenders beefing up provisions against COVID-19 risks stoked slippages worry. Besides, spiking COVID-19 cases in the country and tepid cues from global markets weighed on investor sentiment. After gyrating over 800 […]
Travel guidelines eased in Rajasthan
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government has relaxed guidelines for movement of people in the state during the lockdown period, allowing inter-district and intra-district travel for permissible activities from 7 am to 7 pm without pass. However, this exemption will not be available in curfew areas. Chief minister Ashok Gehlot cleared the new guidelines late on Sunday […]
Coronavirus may make education outcomes worse: World Bank
By Gunjan Sharma NEW DELHI: The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened to make education outcomes worse and without aggressive policy, the virus outbreak across the globe will have immediate costs on both learning and health of children and youth, according to the World Bank’s education team. Experts from the World Bank have pointed out that even […]
Coronavirus lockdown: Delhi government to give Rs 5000 in aid to construction workers
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government decided on Monday to provide another financial assistance of Rs 5,000 to the construction workers in the wake of the extended coronavirus lockdown. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Construction Workers’ Welfare Board, chaired by Labour Minister Gopal Rai. There are around 40,000 construction workers registered with […]
Telangana Chief Minister opposes resumption of train services now
NEW DELHI: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to resume the passenger train services at this juncture, saying allowing them would lead to movement of pepole and pose problems in testing them for COVID-19 and quarantining. Rao, who spoke during the video conference held by Modi with […]
Amid lockdown, Madhya Pradesh government reshuffles 50 IAS officers
BHOPAL: In a major administrative reshuffle amid the lockdown, the Madhya Pradesh government has transferred 50 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, including some additional chief secretaries, principal secretaries and a former chief secretary. This is the first major bureaucratic rejig by the BJP-led state government since Shivraj Singh Chouhan became chief minister in March this […]
Indian Railways to restart passenger train operations from tomorrow
NEW DELHI: Indian Railways plans to gradually restart passenger train operations from 12th May, 2020, initially with 15 pairs of trains (30 return journeys). These trains will be run as special trains from New Delhi Station connecting Dibrugarh, Agartala, Howrah, Patna, Bilaspur, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, Secunderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Madgaon, Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad and Jammu Tawi. […]
Rahul Gandhi demands audit of PM CARES Fund
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday demanded audit of PM CARES Fund and said the account of money received and spent be made public. On March 28, the Centre set up the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations (PM CARES) Fund with the primary objective to deal with any kind […]
Automobile showrooms, retailers can reopen in Tamil Nadu
NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday specifically named the kind of standalone outlets that could resumework from Monday and made it clear that only small and non-air conditioned jewellery and textile showrooms located in rural areaswill be permitted to open. The government, a day after announcing easing curbs further in non-containment zones with […]
Tripura MLA demands blacklisting of firms that supplied
NEW DELHI: Ruling BJP MLA in Tripura and former state health minister Sudip Roy Barman has demanded blacklisting of companies that had allegedly supplied “substandard” PPE kits and hand sanitiser to the state government. Roy Burman, in a letter to Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Saturday, said, “Out of different categories of PPE kits […]
Several parts of country to receive rain this week: IMD
NEW DELHI: Several parts of the country are likely to receive light to moderate rain, with instances of thunderstorm activities at isolated places, this week, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday. North India is likely to witness light to moderate rainfall this week due to two western disturbances that will bring precipitation and thunderstorms […]
NDMA issues guidelines for restarting industrial activities to avoid Visakhapatnam type tragedy
NEW DELHI: In the wake of the gas leak at a factory in Visakhapatnam, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued detailed guidelines for restarting industries after the lockdown and the precautions to be taken for the safety of the plants as well as the workers. In a communication to all states and union […]
After Ahmedabad and Surat, now total lockdown in Gandhinagar from today
GANDHINAGAR: To curb the increasing number of corona positive cases and the spread of virus infection, the Gandhinagar Collector on Saturday said there would be a total lockdown in Gandhinagar city and Kalol municipality on the lines of Ahmedabad and Surat. The lockdown order will be in effect from May 9 (6 p.m.) in Kalol […]
Surviving Corona: Hyundai Motor India rolls out 200 cars
NEW DELHI: Automobile giant Hyundai Motor India on Saturday said that it has rolled out 200 cars on May 8 — the first day of production restart. Accordingly, the company commenced production at its plant in Sriperumbudur, Chennai. “The company commenced production operations on May 8, 2020, ensuring 100 per cent social distancing compliance in […]
IT firms in Hyderabad told to gradually ramp up operations
NEW DELHI: With the information technology companies in Hyderabad allowed to resume operations with 33 per cent workforce following relaxations in Covid-19 lockdown norms, the police on Saturday asked them to gradually ramp up their work without rushing. The IT/ITES companies were asked to follow a staggered ramp-up plan to reach this 33 per cent […]