Day: April 15, 2020

Aarogya Setu App users cross 2 cr mark in Uttar Pradesh

Aarogya Setu becomes world fastest app to reach 50 mn download: Niti Aayog CEO

8:00 pm April 15, 2020

New Delhi: Government’s mobile app Aarogya Setu, developed for tracking coronavirus patients, has become the world’s fastest app to reach 50 million downloads in just 13 days, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his address to the nation on April 14 appealed to people to download the app. […]

IMF welcomes India's focus on growth in Union Budget

COVID-19 pandemic worse than 2008-09 financial crisis: IMF

7:25 pm April 15, 2020

Washington: The contraction in the global economy is much worse than the 2008-09 financial crisis, a top IMF official said on Wednesday, urging the governments to take swift concerted action with fiscal tools taking a prime role to contain the COVID-19 spread and limit the damage to livelihoods. Speaking to PTI ahead of the annual […]

Assam announces cash dole for tea garden workers

Assam CM directs police to take good care of migrant workers

7:19 pm April 15, 2020

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday directed the police to take good care of migrant workers and labourers stranded in the state. Assam government has promised all states that their workers would be safe here and the police must ensure the fulfilment of this commitment, Sonowal said during a review meeting with Superintendents […]

US stocks open sharply lower amid pressure on oil market

Global stocks, oil price sink on grim forecasts

7:02 pm April 15, 2020

London: Global stocks and oil prices tumbled on Wednesday after the International Monetary Fund said the world’s economy will suffer its worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930s due to the coronavirus pandemic. Indexes in London and Frankfurt were down about 2 per cent and benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney […]

Stock indexes edge lower, pulling S&P 500 below record high

Greece taking offers on 7-year-bond

6:55 pm April 15, 2020

Athens: Greece on Wednesday began taking offers on a seven-year bond, state agency ANA said, amid efforts to shore up its economy during a costly coronavirus lockdown. According to reports, the Greek debt agency will seek to raise around 2.0 billion euros (USD 2.2 billion). “We don’t want to raise large amounts because we do […]