Full break-up of all five tranches announced by FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced the fifth and final tranche of the Rs 20,000 lakh crore economic package given under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan initiative. Sitharaman said that in the last four days of announcements, the government has had several reforms addressing the land, labour, liquidity, and laws, and added that the last […]
Delhi’s Covid-19 tally rises to 9,755 with 422 new cases in last 24 hrs
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the fifth tranche of Centre’s ₹20 lakh crore fiscal stimulus package which attempts to cushion the economy reeling under the effect of coronavirus and the lockdown situation in the country. India on Sunday recorded the highest single-day spike in Covid-19 infections with 4,987 new cases in the last 24 hours […]
Live Updates: Borrowing Limit Of States Raised From 3% To 5% Of State GDP, Says FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces the last tranche of Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package shortly. The Finance Minister on Saturday said that the central government will introduce competition, transparency and private sector participation in the coal sector and will do infrastructure development of Rs 50,000 crore. On Thursday, the Finance Minister announced the ‘One […]
If flights resume: study estimates outbreak risk
Air travel is currently on hold to check the spread of Covid-19, but a new study of 1,364 airports worldwide has found that if flights resume, cases could spread unevenly across the globe, with many of the airports in India and China posing the highest risk for the spread. The study says India’s population density and frequent domestic […]
Over 500 foreigners linked to Tablighi Jamaat to be sent to makeshift detention centres
New Delhi: The Delhi Police are in the process of shifting 567 Tablighi Jamaat members, who had come to India from Indonesia, Malaysia, France and the US, to “makeshift detention centres” as they have completed their quarantine period, ThePrint has learnt. These foreigners, who have been booked under Section 14 of The Foreigners Act for […]
Rohini jail inmate tests positive for Covid-19, first case in Delhi prison
New Delhi: In the first case of coronavirus in a Delhi prison, a 28-year-old inmate of Rohini jail has tested positive for the disease, officials said on Thursday. The prisoner who was asymptomatic tested positive on Wednesday and was later admitted to Lok Nayak Hospital, a senior jail official said, adding that five to six officials […]
Rs 10,000-cr job work offered under MNREGS to migrant workers: FM
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said Rs 10,000 crore has been spent in the last two months on creating 14.62 crore man-days of work under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) to help migrant workers. Announcing the second tranche of economic stimulus package, she said the work has been offered to […]
Lockdown: Railways Cancels Tickets For Regular Trains Till June 30, Passengers To Get Full Refund
The Railways on Thursday said it has cancelled all tickets booked for regular passenger trains scheduled till June 30. However, Shramik Special trains, which started from May 1 to ferry stranded migrants to their home states, will continue to run, the railways said. The special trains which started running from May 12 will continue to […]
Only swadeshi products in CAPF canteens from June 1 after PM Modi’s push
In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push for “local” and “atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India)”, home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday announced that canteens of the central paramilitary forces will only sell indigenous products starting June 1. Shah also appealed to the public to make maximum use of “swadeshi (locally made)” products and encourage others to […]
Photos Of Uttarakhand’s New Tulip Garden, Among “World’s Biggest”, Go Viral
Dehradun: Photographs of the tulip garden in Munsyari, a tourist hotspot, by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat immediately went viral on Twitter and attracted a number of reactions, including from former Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah. Seeing the pictures of the tulip garden, Mr Abdullah, in a tweet, said though the tulips being […]