With the govt extending the nationwide lockdown up to May 31, the Federal Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is probably going to increase the moratorium on repayment of loans for 3 more months, consistent with an SBI research report. On Sunday, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), the nodal department, announced lockdown 4.0 till May 31 to see the spread of the novel coronavirus. The lockdown was first announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 24 for 21 days during a bid to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. it had been first extended till May 3 and again till May…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday chaired a high-level meeting to review the response preparedness against cyclone Amphan, developing within the Bay of Bengal. The prime minister took full stock of things and reviewed the measures also because the evacuation plan presented by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), a press release from the Prime Minister’s Office said. During a presentation on the response plan, the NDRF director general informed that 25 NDRF teams are deployed on the bottom , while 12 others are ready in reserve. Twenty-four other NDRF teams also are on standby in several parts of the country,…
India is one among Afghanistan’s biggest donor nations within the war-torn country’s reconstruction efforts and New Delhi has been supportive of the social process , the govt has asserted. Rejecting the Afghan Taliban’s statement that India has been playing a negative role within the country for the past 40 years, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gran Hewad, said that Afghanistan’s relations with India are within international frameworks and supported mutual respect. India has been a key stakeholder within the peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan. it’s been supporting a national peace and reconciliation process which is Afghan-led,…
India has reported 4041 fresh cases of COVID-19 making the total number of people infected cross the one lakh mark. With Maharashtra having the maximum number of COVID-19 cases, it has topped with 35,058 cases. The Health ministry released the latest date showing Tamilnadu has an ovrall tally of 11,760 cases. Whereas Maharashtra has 2,033 fresh new cases in the last 24 hours. With the lockdown extended till May 31, there are modifications in terms of relaxation. Many of the public transport system like autos, taxis, cabs, and buses have been given permission to operate with restrictions. With Delhi following…
An 80-year-old head of a dera was found murdered at his ashram here on Sunday, police said. The dera chief, Shri Maha Yogeshwar Mahatma, had been living alone in his ‘Shri Muni Desham Ashram’ here since the coronavirus-triggered lockdown began in March, they said. One of his followers visited him on Sunday and found the ashram gate broken open. He also found Mahatma murdered in his room, police said. Kathgarh Station House Officer Parminder Singh said the body was found in a decomposed state, indicating that Mahatma might have been killed at least a week ago. A case has been…
A 10-year-old Indian-American girl Sravya Annappareddy has been honoured by US President Donald Trump for spreading some love and goodwill in this time of the Coronavirus pandemic. Sravya donated cookies to nurses and firefighters and sent personalised greeting cards to healthcare workers fighting the Covid-19 pandemic in the US, the worst affected country in the world. Sravya is a Girl Scouts Troop member and a fourth-grade student at the Hanover Hills Elementary School in Maryland. President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump on Friday paid tribute to several American heroes who are helping on the front lines of the coronavirus…
With the lockdown extended till May 31, Delhi Cm Arvind Kejriwal talked of the new guidelines for Lockdown 4.0 in a press conference. “When coronavirus came to India, we were not prepared. We did not know what will be needed. We used the lockdown period to make arrangements to deal with Covid-19. In the last one-and-a-half months, we have arranged testing kits, hospital beds and ventilators. Now, we need to slowly reopen economy.” said Arvind Kejriwal LOCKDOWN 4.0 GUIDELINES: What remains closed Delhi Metro will not resume services for now. School, colleges and training institutes will not been allowed to…
After receiving a letter from the Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the UP government has agreed to deploy buses for stranded migrant labourers who are struggling to make their journey back home. The Yogi Adityanath-led UP government permitted 1,000 buses arranged by the Congress leader for the stranded migrants. The Uttar Pradesh Government consented to Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s proposal through a letter. Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday wrote a letter to the UP Chief Minister asking permission to arrange 1,000 buses for the migrant workers wanting to return home, adding that the Congress will bear expenses of their homeward journey. In her letter…
Saints have demanded that temples be thrown open to pilgrims. They have also demanded an economic package for Vedic Brahmins, who are in deep distress due to paucity of ‘dakshina’ (offerings) due to the absence of devotees in the lockdown. Mahant Kanhaiya Das, president of Ayodhya Sant Samiti, said, “If markets and liquor shops can be allowed to operate, then why are temples still shut? We demand that temples be allowed to open in the holy town in accordance with social distancing norms.” Mahant Raju Das of Hanuman Garhi temple said, temples should be opened to enable devotees to invoke…
West Bengal and Orissa are on high alert as the Meteorological Department has forecasted cyclone alert named as AMPHAN. Cyclone Amphan is likely to intensify into severe storm overnight, says the weather office. It is expected to make a landfall in Bengal on Wednesday. “The very severe cyclonic storm ‘AMPHAN’ over central parts of South Bay of Bengal moved north-northeastwards with a speed of 13 kmph during past six hours, intensified into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm,” a statement by the India Meteorological Department or IMD read. The storm is likely to “further intensify” over the next six hours, it…