- Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Loveyourpostcode.com founder Bobby Singh has said that his company will offer around 50 properties for free to NHS workers throughout the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Property providers such as MECS Sales and Lettings have already joined loveyourpostcode to extend the gesture. A Facebook page has been set up where other companies can…
INDIAN cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on Friday (27) donated Rs 5 million (£54,262) to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, which so far claimed 20 lives in the country. Tendulkar’s donation is so far the biggest contribution among India’s leading sportspersons, some of whom have pledged their salaries while a few others…
INDIAN Home Minister Amit Shah has urged chief ministers to look into the issue of mass exodus of migrant workers from their states after the announcement of the 21-day lockdown. Joint Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava said the home ministry has also asked the state governments and Union Territory administrations to…
INDIAN Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba has cautioned state governments that there was "a gap" between the number of international passengers being monitored for COVID-19 in the country and the total volume of 1.5 million incoming travellers two months. In a letter to chief secretaries of all states and Union territories,…
The Reserve Bank of India on Friday (26) allowed banks to withhold EMI paymentsfor three months, slashed interest rates and infused a massive Rs 374-billion liquidity as it joined the government's efforts to cushion the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Recognising the urgency of initiating a monetary policy response…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address announcing the 21-day lockdown got more viewership than his previous televised addresses, including the demonetisation speech in 2016, according to BARC India ratings. A whopping 197 million people watched Modi's address on television on Tuesday when he had announced a complete lockdown across the country…
Rubbishing rumours of branch closure, India's Financial Services Secretary Debasish Panda on Friday (27) said customer service branches were committed for necessary services during the lockdown, and there was no shortage of cash. The Department of Financial Services requested people not to believe rumours of the closure of customer service bank branches.…
Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus. The prime minister, who is under self isolation, said he will continue to "lead the government’s response" to the pandemic. “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus,” Johnson said. “I am now self-isolating, but I…
The Modi government on Thursday (26) announced a Rs 1.7 lakh crore (£18.9 billion) stimulus that included free foodgrains and cooking gas to poor for three months, and cash doles to women and poor senior citizens as it looked to ease the economic impact of the nationwide lockdown. "It is our firm…
From the day lockdown has happened and gyms are shut, our Bollywood celebs have been doing the workout at home and keeping themselves busy and fit. Well, a lot of celebs have been posting their workout at home videos on social media, but it looks like Farah Khan is not…
