Day: May 22, 2020

Congress leader Sanjay Jha tests positive for COVID-19

11:59 pm May 22, 2020

New Delhi: Congress leader and spokesperson Sanjay Jha on Friday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be under home quarantine for over a week as he is asymptomatic. He also urged people not to underestimate transmission risks. “I have tested positive for Covid-19. As I am asymptomatic I am in home quarantine […]

RBI’s rate cut will make loans affordable: FM

11:51 pm May 22, 2020

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the RBI‘s decision to cut the benchmark lending rate will make loans affordable amid the COVID-19 crisis. The RBI on Friday reduced the repo rate by 40 basis points to a historic low of 4 per cent, besides extending loan moratorium for all retail and commercial […]

Bandh: public transport normal in Maha, but several MSRTC buses canceled

Over 11,000 travel by MSRTC buses after services restart

11:47 pm May 22, 2020

Mumbai: On the first day of resumption of intra-district bus service in Maharashtra on Friday, only 11,151 passengers traveled by the buses of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC). Shekhar Channe, acting Vice Chairman and Managing director of MSRTC, said the state-run corporation operated 2,007 bus services. On average six passengers traveled on each […]

MP COVID-19 count rises by 184; seven more patients die

HP records 16 fresh COVID-19 cases; tally rises to 168

11:40 pm May 22, 2020

Shimla: Sixteen people with recent travel history tested positive for COVID-19 in Himachal Pradesh on Friday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 169, officials said here. While 14 fresh cases were reported from Hamirpur district, two were from Kangra district, they said. The number of active cases in the state now […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Mizoram cabinet grants industry status to sports

11:35 pm May 22, 2020

Aizawl: To give a boost to the sports sector in the state, the Mizoram Cabinet on Friday granted industry status to sports. Speaking to PTI after the cabinet meeting, state Sports minister Robert Romawia Royte said the cabinet has cleared the proposal of the Sports and Youth Service department to grant sports an industry status. […]

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