Day: May 22, 2020

COVID-19 death toll climbs to 3,583 in India

2:43 pm May 22, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 3,583, while the number of cases climbed to 1,18,447 in the country, registering an increase of 148 deaths and 6,088 cases since Thursday 8 am, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 66,330, while 48,533 people have recovered […]

Army, NDRF teams start restoration work in cyclone-hit Bengal

Never seen such devastation: Mamata on Cyclone Amphan

12:29 pm May 22, 2020

Kolkata: Ahead of conducting an aerial survey of cyclone-hit areas in West Bengal with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday contended that the calamity, which has wreaked havoc in the state and left at least 77 dead, is “more than a national disaster”. Banerjee said it will take time to restore […]

Maruti Suzuki sales increase 19 pc to 1,82,448 units in October

Maruti Suzuki launches ‘Buy-Now-Pay-Later Offer’

12:18 pm May 22, 2020

New Delhi: The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Friday announced partnership with Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Ltd to provide customised auto retail financing solutions to retail buyers. The new solution ‘Buy-Now-Pay-Later Offer’ is aimed to provide customers with easy financing options, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement. Under the partnership, […]

US jobless claims rise to 778,000 as pandemic worsens

Nearly 39 million have lost jobs in US since coronavirus took hold

12:02 pm May 22, 2020

Washington: The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits in the two months since the coronavirus took hold in the U.S. has swelled to nearly 39 million, the government reported Thursday, even as states from coast to coast gradually reopen their economies and let people go back to work. More than 2.4 million people filed […]

Ayushman Bharat scheme marks 1 crore treatments

11:53 am May 22, 2020

New Delhi: Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), the flagship health assurance scheme of the Government of India on Thursday marked 1 crore treatments. To mark this milestone, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare inaugurated the first edition of Arogya Dhara, a series of webinars created as an open […]