Day: April 15, 2020

Covid-19 lockdown: ‘Thrissur Pooram’ cancelled

3:31 pm April 15, 2020

Thrissur(Ker): The annual Thrissur Pooram, billed as the mother of all temple festivals in Kerala, will not be held this year in the wake of the nationwide lockdown, the Kerala government said on Wednesday. The iconic festival, known for the parade of richly caparisoned jumbos, performance of traditional music ensembles and a sea of cheering […]

Wholesale price inflation cools to 1 pc in March

3:20 pm April 15, 2020

New Delhi: The inflation based on wholesale price index (WPI) eased to 1 per cent in March from 2.26 per cent in February on sharp fall in food prices in the country. Food inflation in March fell to 4.91 per cent from 7.79 per cent in the previous month, data released by the Commerce and […]

Junior engineer commits suicide by hanging himself

3:17 pm April 15, 2020

Etawah (UP): A junior engineer working in the electricity department here has committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence, police said on Wednesday. “JE Jai Singh Kushwaha (27), working at the feeder located in Rainagar, hanged himself using a bedsheet at his residence. The police swung into action on Tuesday, after his colleagues informed […]

Migrants’ protest in Mumbai: FIR against TV journalist

3:13 pm April 15, 2020

Mumbai: An FIR has been registered against a television journalist over his report that trains would restart, which may have prompted gathering of migrants in suburban Bandra on Tuesday, a police official said. The accused, Rahul Kulkarni, based in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra, has been detained and police are in the process of bringing him […]

Dead bats create panic in Gorakhpur's Belghat area

Bat coronavirus found in two Indian bat species: study

3:07 pm April 15, 2020

New Delhi: As the world grapples with coronavirus, researchers have found the presence of a different kind of coronavirus — bat coronavirus (BtCoV) –in two bat species from Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, according to a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). There is no evidence or research to claim […]