Day: March 27, 2020

IAS officer booked in Kerala for violating quarantine

4:50 pm March 27, 2020

Kollam: A young IAS officer in Kerala has been booked by police after he left the state violating instructions to remain under home quarantine following his recent return from honeymoon abroad, officials said on Friday. An FIR has been registered against Kollam sub-collector Anupam Mishra, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, based on a report from […]

Ward boy of private hospital in Patna tests positive for coronavirus

4:40 pm March 27, 2020

Patna: A 20-year-old man, who worked as a ward boy at a private hospital where he came into contact with a COVID-19 patient, has tested positive, taking the total number of such cases reported from Bihar to seven, the health department said on Friday. According to a health department official, a 38-year- old man from […]

EMIs put on hold, big-bang interest rate cut as RBI joins fight against coronavirus

4:36 pm March 27, 2020

Mumbai: The RBI on Friday put on hold EMI payments on all term loans for three months and cut interest rate by steepest in more than 11 years as it joined the government effort to rescue a slowing economy that has now got caught in coronavirus whirlwind. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut repo […]

Xi said Sino-US relations were at a "critical juncture", CCTV said, adding that cooperation was mutually beneficial and "the only right choice." "I hope that the US will take substantive actions to improve Sino-US relations, and both sides can work together to strengthen cooperation in fighting the epidemic," he said. Some provinces, cities and companies in China have provided medical supplies and support to the US as well, Xi added.

Xi tells Trump China and US must ‘unite to fight virus’

4:33 pm March 27, 2020

Beijing: China and the United States should “unite to fight” the deadly coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged the globe, said President Xi Jinping in a call with his US counterpart on Friday, according to state media. The two countries have clashed in recent weeks over the virus, but Xi told President Donald Trump that China […]

Russia to close restaurants, cafes from Saturday

4:27 pm March 27, 2020

Moscow: The Russian government has ordered all cafes and restaurants to close for a week from Saturday to stem the spread of the coronavirus infection. Russian regions are to “halt the activities of public food service organisations,” except for delivery services, a government decree said on Friday. The decree also ordered regional authorities to halt […]