- Tuesday, April 15, 2025
In an air-conditioned government building in Mumbai, a dozen officials are glued to a giant screen showing live drone and CCTV footage of crowded slums, the front line in the city's battle to contain the spread of the coronavirus. When cameras captured dozens of shoppers thronging a market in Mumbai's…
The Indian home ministry on Thursday (16) stressed that states should strictly enforce rules regarding social distancing and wearing face masks in public places. Addressing the daily media briefing, joint secretary in the ministry Punya Salila Srivastava said it should be ensured that five or more persons do not assemble at a…
THE death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 414 in India on Thursday (16) and the number of cases stands at 12,380 , said health ministry. While the number of active Covid-19 cases is 10,477, as many as 1,488 people have been cured and discharged and one had migrated, it said. The…
Strongly supporting India's policy response to the coronavirus pandemic, including the fiscal stimulus package and the nationwide lockdown, a top IMF official has said that the unprecedented crisis has highlighted the need to increase investment in the health care sector in the country. In an interview to PTI, Chang Yong…
A law requiring less than 120 days' stay in India to claim Non-Resident Indian (NRI) status needs to be changed, an association representing NRIs has demanded, citing economic disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic. The US-based Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) has asked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman…
Indo-Canadian Mixed Martial Arts practitioner Gurdarshan Mangat is set to be a part of a series which seeks to raise funds for the fight against the rapidly-spreading Covid-19 pandemic. The "Together At Home" series will provide fans an in-depth look into how MMA athletes are living through the coronavirus outbreak,…
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva said that Britain should ask for an extension to its post-Brexit transition period to ease uncertainty as the world economy is being hammered by the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is tough as it is. Let’s not make it any tougher,” she said on…
Sixty-seven per cent of digital workers in India said emerging technologies such as machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) are increasing their effectiveness at work, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. The Gartner 2019 Digital Workplace Survey found that India is the most digitally dexterous…
By Sarwar Alam It’s an image ingrained in the fabric of Indian cricket, the iconic moment when MS Dhoni launched the mammoth six to clinch India the World Cup in 2011 and sent the entire nation into delirium. The image has been immortalised in posters, books, advertising campaigns and even…
India's Covid-19 death toll rose to 392 with 39 fatalities reported since Tuesday evening, while the number of cases saw a jump of 1,118 to go up to 11,933 cases on Wednesday (15), said the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 10,197, while as many as 1,343 people…
