Day: May 20, 2020

Five-fold increase of cyclones in Bengal: Study

Landfall process of cyclone ‘Amphan’ begins

4:44 pm May 20, 2020

Kolkata: The landfall process of cyclone ‘Amphan’ commenced at 2.30 pm on Wednesday between Digha in West Bengal and Hatiya island in Bangladesh, the Met department said. The landfall process will continue for about four hours, it said. “The forward sector of the wall cloud region is entering into land in West Bengal,” the Met […]

Adityanath govt destroying democracy: Priyanka

Congress condemns BJP, Yogi over migrant buses issue

4:34 pm May 20, 2020

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday condemned what it termed was “shameless” politics of the BJP and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the issue of providing buses for ferrying migrants to the state. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi alleged the “Ajay Bisht government” is creating hurdles in the Congress help reaching migrants in terms […]

Plea in SC seeks mechanism to check content on Twitter

4:30 pm May 20, 2020

New Delhi: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a mechanism to check Twitter content and advertisements spreading hatred through fake news and instigative messages via bogus accounts. The petition, filed by BJP leader Vinit Goenka, also a member of the Governing Council (CRIS), said that there are hundreds of fake Twitter […]

138 litres of liquor seized from train, accused missing

Kerala govt set to re-open liquor shops this weekend

4:26 pm May 20, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala is set to re-open liquor outlets by this weekend as the state government is awaiting a security certificate for the newly developed mobile application for online sale of liquor. A mobile application is being developed by an Ernakulam-based private firm by which tipplers can book an e-token and go to the prescribed outlet […]

Rupee settles 14 paise lower at 75.80 against US dollar

4:22 pm May 20, 2020

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated by 14 paise to 75.80 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday as headwinds due to US-China trade tiff and worries over the second wave of coronavirus infection weighed on investor sentiment. Forex traders said positive domestic equities supported the local unit, while sustained foreign fund outflows, US-China trade tiff and […]