Day: March 7, 2020

Avian flu outbreak reported in two farms in Kerala

8:00 pm March 7, 2020

Kozhikode(Ker): An outbreak of bird flu has been reported from two poultry farms in Kerala’s Kozhikode district prompting authorities to order culling of ducks and hens within one km radius of the affected areas. District Collector Sreeram Sambasiva Rao, chaired an urgent meeting of officials of the Animal Husbandry, Health and police on Saturday to […]

SBI sets Rs 10k-cr cap for Yes Bank investment

7:48 pm March 7, 2020

Mumbai: State Bank of India, which can pick up 49 per cent stake in crisis-hit Yes Bank under the RBI’s draft scheme of reconstruction, has set a maximum investment limit of Rs 10,000 crore for the lender, its Chairman Rajnish Kumar said on Saturday. Announcing a draft scheme of reconstruction for cash-starved Yes Bank on […]

CBI vs CBI: Court takes cognisance of charge sheet

7:46 pm March 7, 2020

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of the CBI charge sheet in a bribery case in which the agency recently gave clean chit to its former special director Rakesh Asthana. Special CBI judge Sanjeev Aggarwal observed that there was no sufficient ground to proceed against Asthana and CBI’s DSP Devender Kumar, who […]

IndiGo waives rescheduling fee for bookings amid coronavirus scare

7:41 pm March 7, 2020

New Delhi: Budget carrier IndiGo on Saturday said it will not charge any fee for rescheduling of domestic and international flights booked for March 12-31, amid coronavirus scare. There would also be zero change fee for fresh bookings made between March 12 and 31, the airline said in a release. The fee waiver would only […]

COVID surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India’s borders

Class 10 paper mentions ‘Azad Kashmir’; 2 officials suspended

7:39 pm March 7, 2020

Bhopal: The opposition BJP on Saturday hit out at the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh after a class 10 question paper of the state board referred to Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (POK) as “Azad Kashmir”. The term appeared in the class 10 social science paper of the Madhya Pradesh Board of Secondary Education (MPBSE), the exam for which […]