Day: May 10, 2020

Medium-intensity earthquake hits Delhi

8:17 pm May 10, 2020

New Delhi: A medium-intensity earthquake of magnitude 3.4 hit Delhi on Sunday, a third in less than a month, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. The epicentre of the quake was near Wazirpur in northeast Delhi, J L Gautam, Head (Operations) at the NCS, an institute under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. The same […]

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India sends medical assistance to five friendly nations

1:42 pm May 10, 2020

New Delhi: India has sent medical assistance to the Maldives, Mauritius, Madagascar, Comoros and Seychelles by a naval ship following separate requests from these countries for help in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry of External Affairs said Indian naval ship Kesari is carrying medical teams, essential medicines and food items to the five […]

Govt allocates Rs 40,000 cr more for MGNREGS

10 migrants set off on foot from Pune for hometown in UP

1:37 pm May 10, 2020

Pune: Left without jobs and desperate to return home amid the lockdown, 10 migrant labourers have set off on foot from Pune in Maharashtra for their native place hundreds of kilometres away in Uttar Pradesh. The Pune administration has asked the officials concerned to make necessary arrangements for such migrants at hotels and halls available […]

Heavy rainfall likely in Pune in next 48 hours: IMD

Dust storm, rains hit Delhi-NCR; bring mercury down

1:31 pm May 10, 2020

New Delhi: A massive dust storm barrelled through the national capital and neighbouring areas on Sunday, a day after the mercury touched the 40.9 degrees Celsius mark in the city — the season’s highest so far. Light rains were also reported from isolated places in Delhi-NCR, weather experts said. Gusty winds and rains led to […]

Sanitisation drive by NDMC on Flag Staff road

1:28 pm May 10, 2020

New Delhi: Municipal leaders, including mayor of the BJP-ruled North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), on Sunday took part in a sanitisation drive outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence on Flagstaff Road here. The sanitisation exercise is part of the NDMC’s campaign to prevent spread of COVID-19, said Jai Prakash, chairman of the standing committee of […]