Day: March 17, 2020

Trimbakeshwar Temple, another shrine in Nashik closed

8:40 pm March 17, 2020

Nashik: Two famous temples in Nashik district of Maharashtra, including Trimbakeshwar, will remain closed for devotees from March 18 due to the novel coronavirus threat, officials said on Tuesday. The Trimbakeshwar Shiva Temple, located on the city’s outskirts, will remain closed till further notice, while the Saptashringi Temple in Kalwan taluka will be shut till […]

Efforts on to evacuate 2,000 foreign tourists from Goa

Coronavirus: 4 quarantined in Goa for suspected exposure

8:31 pm March 17, 2020

Panaji: Four people were admitted in the isolation ward of Goa Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday for suspected exposure to the novel coronavirus, officials said. Coronavirus cases in country increases to 126 Their condition is stable and samples have been sent for testing, an official informed. There is no Covid-19 patient in the coastal […]

Rupee settles marginally down at 74.28 against US dollar

8:27 pm March 17, 2020

Mumbai: The rupee pared its initial gains to settle marginally lower at 74.28 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday amid continued meltdown in equity markets and sustained foreign fund outflows. Forex traders said the Indian rupee which started the day on a positive note, witnessed heavy volatility amid fears that the rate cut by […]

No treks to Sahyadri, forts amidst coronavirus outbreak

8:23 pm March 17, 2020

Pune: Akhil Maharashtra Giryarohan Mahasangh (AMGM) on Tuesday advised trekkers to avoid undertaking expeditions to the Sahyadri range and forts till March 31 in light of the coronavirus outbreak. As many as 40 persons have tested positive for the deadly pathogen in Maharashtra. Coronavirus cases in country climb to 107, cases rise in Maharashtra “The […]

44-yr-old Coronavirus: NDA suspends large gatherings, expeditionsgaon resident tests positive of coronavirus

In times of coronavirus, tuning in to tune out anxiety

8:19 pm March 17, 2020

New Delhi: In another time, another place, Bertolt Brecht had memorably said, “In the dark times. Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.” The context of Brecht’s verse, written in exile in the late 1930s, was Nazi fascism, but the lines strike more than a chord in […]