On Wednesday Uttarakhand’s urban development minister and government’s spoke person Madan Kaushik Said The state has suffered a setback of Rs 7,000 crore in the ongoing financial year. He, however, denied calling the entire amount as a financial loss as it also comprises of the funds that were to be […]
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Vijay Mallya can now be extradited in 28 days
Indian fugitive and former liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Thursday lost his appeal in the UK Supreme Court against his extradition to India, clearing a major roadblock for the Narendra Modi government to bring him back in the next 28 days. The former parliamentarian, who ran India’s largest spirits company, […]
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One Ration Card, Minimum Wages: Finance Minister Relief for Migrants, Farmers
On Thursday Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the second tranche of fiscal stimulus, emphasizing ‘one nation, one ration card. The second tranche detailed relief measures for the migrant workers, farmers, street vendors, and marginal traders. Introducing national portability cards under the ‘One Nation, One Ration Card’ scheme, Sitharaman said workers […]
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Markets retreat as investors mull details of economic package
Indian shares slid on Thursday as an initial government stimulus to boost a coronavirus-hit economy failed to excite investors, while a dour outlook from the chief of the US Federal Reserve added to weak sentiment. At 12:15 pm, the Sensex was down 637.89 points, trading at 31,370.72 and Nifty had […]
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Lockdown bringing couples closer, says new survey
The COVID-19 has come with strict social distancing norms, but as people stay indoors at an unprecedented rate, relationships seem to be blooming, a survey by a relationship health app has found. While over three-fourths have learnt something new about their partners, almost half (47 percent) of married and engaged […]
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Two Jodhpur doctors become plasma donors after recovering from Covid-19
Two doctors from Jodhpur have emerged as corona warriors from corona survivors. The doctors, who contracted SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, while treating patients at Mathuradas Mathur Hospital, have become among the handful from Jodhpur — four at last count — to donate their plasma to treat the critically ill after […]
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Power discoms to get ₹90,000-cr liquidity fund as demand drops
The government on Wednesday announced a ₹90,000 crore liquidity injection into fund-starved electricity distribution companies (discoms) as part of a stimulus package to revive the country’s battered economy. The announcement, made by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is one of the measures in the first tranche of a stimulus package to […]
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Free food grain supply for 8 crore migrants for next 2 months: Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced the second tranche of the Rs 20 lakh crore economic stimulus package focussing on migrants, street vendors, traders, self-employed people and small farmers. The minister announced free food grain supply to all migrants who are non–card holders amounting to an expenditure of Rs […]
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Kareena finds eyeshadow ‘too mainstream’; rocks no-makeup look
Bollywood divas are making the most of sans makeup looks as they, like everyone else, practice social distancing and quarantine. Along with this, they’re keeping their fans and followers inspired by uploading sunkissed, makeup-free photos of theirs with positive messages to help everyone sail through these dark and testing times. […]
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Apple plans to return more staff to offices in break from rivals
Apple Inc. plans to soon start returning more employees to its major global officess while other tech companies are continuing work-from-home policies through at least the end of 2020 due to Covid-19. The Cupertino, California-based technology giant plans to bring back employees in phases to its offices, including the main Apple Park […]
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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, 8 others elected unopposed to Council
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and eight others were declared elected unopposed to the state Legislative Council on Thursday. Apart from Thackeray, Council Deputy Chairperson Neelam Gorhe (Shiv Sena), four candidates of BJP – Ranjitsinh Mohite Patil, Gopichand Padalkar, Praveen Datke and Ramesh Karad; NCP’s Shashikant Shinde and Amol Mitkari […]
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Deepika, Alia, Kareena: Throwback to the best celebrity looks in red
Style icon Audrey Hepburn once said that there is a shade of red for every woman and it stands true in so many ways. Red is one go-to colour when it comes to experimenting with textures, patterns, silhouettes and cuts. The appeal is powerful and distinctive even though many hesitate […]
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Let Alexa give you those English lessons
Pearson India has launched an interactive skill on Amazon Alexa that will help students and learners, across age groups, to learn English. Pearson’s MyPedia skill on Alexa offers stories, fun facts, trivia, quizzes etc, followed by rewards so as the learning experience becomes something to look forward to. The interactive format of […]
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Ladakh man takes online classes as passion for teaching dwarfs infection
Despite having tested positive for the coronavirus, a teacher in Ladakh is making sure his students do not miss any mathematical formula or the enigmatic algebra problems do not get tougher than what the life may sometimes throw at them. Lodged in an isolation centre in Leh district, Kifayat Hussain […]
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Automated tools helping Facebook remove more hate speech, bullying
Facebook on Tuesday revealed in detail how its automated tools and technologies are curbing hate speech, adult nudity and sexual activity, violent and graphic content, and bullying and harassment on its main platform as well as Instagram. In its fifth ‘Community Standards Enforcement Report (from October 2019 through March this […]