Day: April 1, 2020

COVID-19: Punjab cop spreads awareness through song

11:38 pm April 1, 2020

Chandigarh: A Punjab police sub-inspector has found a unique way to spread awareness about precautionary measures against the novel coronavirus pandemic. Taking to music, Sub-Inspector Baljinder Singh can be seen singing a Punjabi song, the video of which has gone viral on social media, earning praise from the chief minister. In the video, Singh is […]

Maharashtra: 13 morning walkers booked for defying lockdown

11:32 pm April 1, 2020

Latur: Cases were registered against 13 persons in Maharashtra‘s Latur district on Wednesday after they were found going on morning walks by violating the lockdown imposed in view of the coronavirus pandemic, an official said. Talking to reporters here, district collector G Sreekanth said the offenders include a former chairperson of the zilla parishad (ZP) […]

PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR society on Friday

PM discusses coronavirus situation with Maha CM

11:28 pm April 1, 2020

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday discussed the coronavirus situation in Maharashtra — which has the highest number of cases in the country — with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on phone. Maharashtra has recorded 335 cases of coronavirus so far. State officials said the prime minister urged Thackeray to step up “tracing, testing and […]

Gujarat: Congress, BJP spar over Dhaman-1 ventilators

Six banks lost their identity today: Jairam Ramesh

11:20 pm April 1, 2020

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said six banks have lost their identity today due to bank mergers which are based on the “faulty” assumption of “bigger the better”. He said he was opposed to merger of banks and had opposed it in Parliament too when the government proposed it. “These bank mergers are […]

India's smartphone segment set to script double-digit growth story in 2021

Coronavirus: ‘MahaKavach’ app to help in contact tracing

11:14 pm April 1, 2020

Mumbai: With a view to effectively combat the coronavirus pandemic, a digital application named ‘MahaKavach’ has been designed, which will help the health authorities in contact tracing and tracking of quarantined COVID-19 patients. This platform has been developed after extensive inputs from on-ground officials and by studying the existing methodologies deployed in other countries and […]