Coronavirus Crisis
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CM Kejriwal convenes meet as Delhi surpasses Mumbai to become worst-hit Covid-19 city in India
India | April 16, 2021 12:37 ISTDelhi Corona Update: Delhi has left financial capital Mumbai far behind in the daily tally of cases, becoming the worst-affected city in the country.
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Covid-19 curfew: Noida, Ghaziabad night restriction timings revised
India | April 15, 2021 16:40 ISTNoida, Ghaziabad night curfew: The Yogi Adityanath government has revised the night curfew timings in 10 districts including in Noida and Ghaziabad.
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Kerala lottery overcomes COVID-19 crisis, records increase in weekly ticket sales
Business | January 09, 2021 12:52 ISTThe Kerala lottery department has made unprecedented gains in the weekly ticket sales in the state overcoming the crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the sales soar in the last few months.
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There's a crisis, take loan from World Bank to help States: Shiv Sena tells Centre
India | September 18, 2020 12:17 ISTThe 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".
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COVID-19 care facility in society? Here's what Health Ministry guidelines say
Fyi | July 19, 2020 9:43 ISTWith 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:
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Hong Kong Virologist, who fled to US, accuses China of covering-up COVID-19 spread
World | July 11, 2020 20:54 ISTA 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.
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Professionals in India now slightly upbeat about income, savings: Survey
Business | June 30, 2020 13:23 ISTBased 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.
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Students-run think-tank launches helpline to find jobs for lockdown-hit workers in Delhi-NCR
India | June 21, 2020 18:07 ISTThe helpline -- 8800883323 -- "ekatra" was conceptualized by the students to help the hiring of the unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled workers across Delhi-NCR.
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Fitch Ratings revises India’s outlook to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’
Business | June 18, 2020 11:06 ISTThe 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.
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Schools to begin Classes for 9, 10 and 12 from July 1 in Maharashtra
Education | June 15, 2020 20:30 ISTClasses 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.
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Maruti Suzuki cuts production by 98% in May amid coronavirus pandemic
Business | June 09, 2020 20:45 ISTThe 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.
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Coronavirus fallout: Boeing announces massive layoffs, cuts 12000 jobs
Jobs | May 28, 2020 10:21 ISTBoeing 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.
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Maharashtra extends lockdown till May 31; red, orange and green zone rules will remain in place
India | May 17, 2020 15:11 ISTThe 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.
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FM Sitharaman's meeting with heads of public sector banks gets deferred
Business | May 11, 2020 11:32 ISTThe review meeting of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with CEOs of public sector banks (PSBs) scheduled for Monday has been postponed.
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Coronavirus crisis: India's 'Vande Bharat' mission to bring back 15,000 people continues
News | May 10, 2020 0:23 ISTIndia's 'Vande Bharat' mission to bring back 15,000 people continues
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Gene therapy, select antivirals most promising for defeating COVID-19, says study
World | April 24, 2020 12:36 ISTGene 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.
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Best opportunity for India to attract investments, emerge manufacturing hub due to COVID-19 crisis
Business | April 23, 2020 10:02 ISTIndia 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.
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Coronavirus death toll nears 1,85,000-mark globally; total number of cases cross 2.6 million
World | April 23, 2020 7:03 ISTThe 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.
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OYO cuts 25% salary of all employees in India for April-July; some sent on leave
Business | April 22, 2020 14:12 ISTOYO 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.
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China should tell whether coronavirus first developed in lab or Wuhan wet market: US NSA
World | April 22, 2020 12:45 ISTChina 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.
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