Boris Johnson spends third night in ICU, showing progress
WEB DESK British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent a third night in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a London hospital with coronavirus and is making steady progress. The 55-year-old…
UNSC to hold discussion on COVID-19 situation
WEB DESK UN Security Council will hold a closed video-teleconferencing session today to discuss the COVID-19 situation, the first time the world body’s top organ is holding a meeting on…
It is unfair to take advance bookings by private carriers during lockdown: CAPA
Sanjay Singh / New Delhi Concerned over Indian carriers which are taking bookings for travel on domestic flight, Global civil aviation consultancy, Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) today said…
IT Department to release all refunds up to Rs 5 lakhs immediately
Around 14 lakh taxpayers to benefit All GST & CUSTOM refunds also to be released ; to provide benefit to around 1 lakh business entities including MSMEs Rs 18,000 crore…
NGOs permitted to buy food grains directly from FCI for Relief operations
WEB DESK NGOs and Charitable Organizations are playing important role in providing cooked food to thousands of poor and needy people during this time of nationwide lockdown. To ensure uninterrupted…
SC directs Centre to facilitate free testing of COVID-19
AMN The Supreme Court today directed that COVID-19 tests in approved government labs or private laboratories should be conducted free of cost and the Centre should immediately issue directions in…
411 patients recovered in country so far
485 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported during last 24 hrs AMN The total number of COVID -19 cases in the country rose to 5,274 today registering an increase of…
Several states, experts ask Centre for extension of lockdown periods
Interacting with leaders of political parties in Parliament, through video conferencing, the Prime Minister said that several state governments, district administrations and experts have asked for extension of the phase…
DMC issues notice to Police Chief over lynching of Muslim youth and boycott of Muslims
New Delhi Delhi Minorities Commission, DMC has sent two notices to the Police Commissioner Delhi. One is about plans to boycott Muslims in a Shastri Nagar colony and the other…
US: Indian American-owned pharma firm to donate 3.4 million Hydroxychloroquine Sulphate tablets
WEB DESK In the United States, an Indian American-owned pharma firm has pledged to donate 3.4 million Hydroxychloroquine Sulphate tablets to some of the key COVID-19 battleground states, including New…