New Delhi: The Congress on Monday said the fiscal stimulus package announced by the government is “hopelessly inadequate” given the gravity of the economic crisis as it amounts to only Rs 1.86 crore, which is 0.91 per cent of the GDP. The party sought a revised and comprehensive package of 10 per cent of the […]
KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has formed a team of nodal officers to coordinate with other states to ensure a hassle-free movement of migrants and other people stranded due to the lockdown. A source in the secretariat said on Monday that the Trinamool Congress government has prepared a database of migrant population stuck outside due […]
Students directed to carry their own sanitiser bottles, wear masks
NEW DELHI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday announced the date sheet for the pending class 10 and 12 board exams, which will now be held from July 1-15. The exams were postponed due to the nationwide lockdown imposed on March 25 to contain the spread of Covid-19. The class 10 board […]
Washington: US president Donald Trump on Sunday called his predecessor Barak Obama a ‘grossly incompetent president’. Trump’s reaction came after Obama on Saturday criticised the US authorities’ response to the coronavirus outbreak. “He (Obama) was an incompetent president. That’s all I can say. Grossly incompetent,”” Trump told reporters at the White House on his arrival […]
Geneva: China will provide USD 2 billion over two years to fight the coronavirus pandemic, President Xi Jinping said Monday, rallying around the World Health Organization and its efforts even as the Trump administration has slashed funding for the UN health agency. The European Union’s 27-member bloc and other countries, meanwhile, called for an independent […]
New Delhi: Former Australian captain Ian Chappell feels India skipper Virat Kohli’s penchant for playing copybook cricketing shots and his incredible fitness make him the world’s best batsman across formats among the current generation of cricketers. “Of that group (including Steve Smith, Kane Williamson, Joe Root), Kohli is the best in all three forms. That’s […]
Mumbai: Benchmark Sensex crashed 1,069 points on Monday tracking massive selloffs in banking and auto stocks as government’s fiscal stimulus package failed to revive confidence in domestic investors. The 30-share BSE index ended 1,068.75 points or 3.44 per cent lower at 30,028.98, while the broader NSE Nifty plunged 313.60 points or 3.43 per cent to […]
Geneva: China will provide USD 2 billion over two years to fight the coronavirus pandemic, President Xi Jinping said Monday, rallying around the World Health Organization and its efforts even as the Trump administration has slashed funding for the UN health agency. The European Union’s 27-member bloc and other countries, meanwhile, called for an independent […]
New Delhi:The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Monday announced the date sheet for the pending class 10 and 12 board exams, which will now be held from July 1-15. The exams were postponed due to the nationwide lockdown imposed on March 25 to contain the spread of COVID-19. The class 10 board exams […]
Gwalior: Seven people, including four children and three women, were killed after a fire broke out in a shop-cum-residential complex in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior city on Monday, police said. Four persons also received burn injuries in the incident, they said. The blaze erupted at around 10 am in a paint shop on Roshni Ghar road […]