India should begin with an outsized enough stimulus package to revive demand, Nobelist Abhijit Banerjee said on Tuesday, asserting that putting take advantage the hands of individuals would be the simplest thanks to boost the economy post lockdown. Banerjee, while lecture Congress leader Rahul Gandhi through video-conferencing, suggested giving money into the hands of rock bottom 60 per cent population to assist revive demand. He was deliberating on the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with Gandhi as a part of a series of dialogues broadcast on Congress’ social media handles. Banerjee said it had been important for India to…
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The centre has accused Bengal government of taking an “antagonistic view” and failure to cooperate with the team. The Central team that visited Bengal to review the ground situation regarding the coronavirus outbreak, has accused the government of not cooperating with the team, unlike Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, where similar teams were sent. Despite its repeated requests for field trips and interaction with the public, health professionals and state functionaries, all that it was allowed was a video conference with the health secretary and “some partial responses from the health department”. This was expressed in a letter to Chief…
“Harry Potter” author JK Rowling is contributing 1 million pounds to help some of those hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic and the subsequent lockdown. The 54-year-old writer made the announcement on account of the 22nd anniversary of the fictional Battle of Hogwarts on May 2. She has made it an annual tradition to apologise for killing off a character in the book, such as Fred Weasley, Severus Snape, Dobby, on the anniversary but this time she commemorated the event by donating instead. “Today’s the 22nd anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts, but I’m going to be honest and say…
Filmmaker Mira Nair on Sunday said it’s “virtually impossible” to speak about Irrfan Khan in past because the actor was alive for everything in life. Irrfan, 54, died during a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday after a two year fight with a rare sort of cancer. He was buried at the Versova graveyard. During the digital home-to-home fundraiser concert, ‘I For India’ which streamed on Facebook, Nair, who had helmed Irrfan’s debut “Salaam Bombay” and “The Namesake”, paid tribute to the actor. “To speak of Irrfan Khan within the past is virtually impossible, because Irrfan was always alive. He was alive…
Neetu Kapoor on Monday expressed her gratitude to the medical staff for taking care of her husband, veteran actor Rishi Kapoor, during his battle with leukemia. Rishi Kapoor died at the age of 67 on April 30 at H N Reliance hospital in south Mumbai, after a two year long battle with leukaemia. As a family we have a deep sense of loss When we sit together and look back at the past few months what we also feel is immense gratitude – gratitude towards the doctors at HN reliance hospital! The whole team of doctors, brothers and nurses headed…
President Donald Trump says he believes a vaccine for COVID-19 will be available by the end of the year. Trump also says the U.S. government is putting its full power and might behind remdesivir, a drug that has shown early promise as a treatment for the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Trump commented Sunday night during a televised town hall sponsored by Fox News Channel. Trump sat inside the Lincoln Memorial and fielded questions from two Fox hosts, as well as from people who submitted questions over Fox’s social media platforms. Trump responded to a Nebraska man who recovered…
Dhankhar on Monday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee “for running a police state” and said her “misplaced” stance about constitutional norms reflects “authoritarianism” which has no place during a democracy. “West Bengal is, unfortunately, emerging as a ”police state” with anyone posting on social media, to the distaste of the ruling dispensation, gets a police knock at his door,” the governor said during a letter to the chief minister. He said it’s time for the chief minister”s “tryst with reality” and to urge right down to provide relief to the people affected by the coronavirus pandemic. “The bitter truth is…
Soon after massive outrage against an Instagram group of schoolboys erupted on the internet, the Delhi Commission for Women on Monday swung into action and issued a notice to the Delhi Police and Instagram over the issue. “I saw screenshot of ”Boys Locker Room” group on Instagram. This is a clear example of a gruesome criminal and rapist mindset,” Delhi Commission for Women Chief Swati Maliwal said. “We are issuing a notice to Instagram and Delhi Police. All the boys in this group should be arrested,” she added. In its notice to Instagram, the women”s body has asked the photo…
Almost a year after its chief Ayman al-Zawahiri asked militants in Kashmir to step up terror attacks against India, Al Qaeda on Monday urged Indian Muslims to join the Islamist jihad. Yemen”s Al Qaeda in Arab Peninsula (AQAP), the globally banned terrorist group, issued a statement accusing India of being part of a global war on Muslims. The Al Qaeda statement comes days after the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Kuwait government and many Arab activists called India Islamophobic. The anti-India statements in the Arab countries were a result of Pakistani propaganda against India over the Citizenship Amendment Act…
After long queues outside liquor shops in the national capital took social distancing norms for a ride, the Resident Welfare Associations (RWA’s) in the city have urged the government to immediately close down all liquor vends and review arrangements. Several Resident Welfare Associations in Delhi have strongly objected to opening of liquor shops in most parts of the city despite entire Delhi being declared as a Red Zone with over 4,459 coronavirus cases . “The long queues started early in the morning outside liquor shops, even before the shops opened for sale, which led to social distancing going for a…