Day: January 31, 2020

Postcard News co-founder heckled at airport

8:36 pm January 31, 2020

Mangaluru: Mahesh Vikram Hegde, the co-founder of website ‘Postcard News’, was allegedly heckled by Congress functionary and social activist Kavitha Reddy and two other women at Mangaluru International Airport on Friday asking him to sing ‘Vande Mataram’ to prove his patriotism. The incident comes days after editor-in-chief and co-founder of Republic TV Arnab Goswami was […]

Concern over lack of protective gears for healthcare professionals

India bans export of all kind of respiratory masks

8:30 pm January 31, 2020

New Delhi: India on Friday banned exports of all kinds of personal protection equipment, including clothing and masks used to protect people from air borne particles. The move assumes significance as there could be a spurt in demand for such products due to outbreak of deadly coronavirus that has claimed more than 200 lives in […]

PMC bank: Wadhawans bail rejected, offence grave says court

Arrested DHFL CMD being tested for swine flu, court told

8:27 pm January 31, 2020

Mumbai: Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) CMD Kapil Wadhawan, arrested in a money laundering case involving gangster Iqbal Mirchi, has been hospitalized and undergoing tests for suspected swine flu, his lawyer told a court here on Friday. Wadhawan was admitted to the state-run J J Hospital here after he was diagnosed with lower respiratory tract […]

National lockdown can dent GDP growth by 2%, states should do with local curbs: Report

GDP growth rate for 2018-19 revised downwards to 6.1 pc

8:23 pm January 31, 2020

New Delhi: The government on Friday revised downwards the economic growth rate for 2018-19 to 6.1 per cent from 6.8 per cent estimated earlier, mainly due to deceleration in mining, manufacturing and farm sectors. “Real GDP or GDP at constant (2011-12) prices for the years 2018-19 and 2017-18 stand at Rs 139.81 lakh crore and […]

Tremor recorded in Maharashtra’s Palghar district

8:21 pm January 31, 2020

Palghar: A magnitude 3.3 tremor was recorded in Palghar district near Mumbai on Friday, an official said. The district, which is to the north of Mumbai, has frequently experienced tremors in the past two years. Santosh Kadam, chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell, said the latest tremor was recorded in Talasari area at 1.24 […]