Day: March 12, 2020

Flipkart expands benefits for sellers under 'Growth Capital' programme

Coronavirus: Flipkart offers work from home for employees with small children

10:47 pm March 12, 2020

New Delhi : Flipkart is offering its employees with small children to work from home and encouraging use of digital and video tools to ensure business continuity amid the global coronavirus outbreak. Its group company PhonePe has also asked most employees to work from home (WFH) until further notice. The number of coronavirus cases continues […]

NHRC bats for 'right to water' for citizens

PIL seeks daily water supply in Chennai to implement hand wash

9:18 pm March 12, 2020

Chennai: Citing the instruction for frequent hand wash as part of preventive measures against coronavirus, a PIL has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking regular supply of water in the city. After a mention was made before it, a bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Krishnan Ramaswamy agreed to hear the public […]

India's Tests against England, Australia were not fixed: ICC

COVID-19 hits SA series: Lucknow, Kolkata ODIs to be held in empty stadiums

9:15 pm March 12, 2020

New Delhi: The remaining two one-dayers between India and South Africa are likely to be played in empty stadiums in Lucknow and Kolkata due to the dreaded novel coronavirus pandemic. The matches are scheduled to be held in March 15 (Lucknow) and March 18 (Kolkata). While the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) confirmed that Lucknow […]

Northeast riots: Four men arrested for killing four persons, dumping bodies in drains

9:12 pm March 12, 2020

New Delhi: Four men have been arrested for allegedly killing four other persons and dumping their bodies in drains during the communal violence in northeast Delhi’s Gokalpuri area last month, police said on Thursday. The accused were identified as Pankaj Sharma, Lokesh, Sumit and Ankit, they said. Four bodies were fished out of Bhagirathi Vihar […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

Boris Johnson calls PM Modi to discuss coronavirus crisis

9:10 pm March 12, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday to discuss the coordinated international efforts required to tackle the spread of deadly coronavirus. The deadly virus that first originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year has claimed over 4,600 lives and infected more than 124,330 people across […]