Day: May 7, 2020

Sensex drops 242 pts; Nifty gives up 9,200-mark

8:08 pm May 7, 2020

Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex fell over 242 points on Thursday, dragged by losses in index-heavyweights HDFC twins and Kotak Bank amid rising coronavirus cases in the country. After touching a low of 31,362.87, the 30-share index settled 242.37 points or 0.76 per cent lower at 31,443.38. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty slipped 71.85 points, or […]

Maharashtra COVID-19 tally 17974 after 1216 new cases

Liquor not a vaccine for COVID-19: Sena

8:03 pm May 7, 2020

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Thursday took a dim view of large crowds outside liquor shops in Mumbai earlier this week, and said people should understand that liquor is “not a vaccine” for COVID-19. It is “not worth buying 65,000 COVID-19 infection cases” for earning a revenue of Rs 65 crore through liquor sale, a […]

SBI to extend moratorium to NBFCs

7:58 pm May 7, 2020

Kolkata: The country’s largest lender SBI has decided to extend the RBI-approved moratorium to the cash-strapped NBFC sector to help them tide over the crisis, its MD Dinesh Kumar Khara said on Thursday. The RBI has allowed banks to extend moratorium to borrowers of term loans of all kinds for three months — March, April […]

Pakistani intruder killed by BSF along International Border in Jammu

2 BSF personnel die of COVID-19; 41 new cases reported

7:53 pm May 7, 2020

New Delhi: Two Border Security Force personnel have succumbed to the COVID-19 infection while the force has reported 41 new cases of infection, a senior official said on Thursday. The total number of infections or active cases in the 2.5 lakh personnel strong force now stand at 193 now. Two jawans have recovered. These are […]

UP govt lifts ban on sale of ‘paan masala’

7:50 pm May 7, 2020

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has lifted its ban on ‘paan masala’ which does not contain nicotine and tobacco, according to an official order issued here. “The ban on manufacturing and sale of ‘paan masala’ imposed on March 25 has been lifted,” Commissioner Food Security and Drug administration Anita Singh said in the order issued […]