Day: June 11, 2020

India Post-CR service delivers ventilators 800 km away

7:18 pm June 11, 2020

Mumbai: India Post Railway Parcel Service (IPRPS), a joint venture of the Central Railway and India Post in Maharashtra, has delivered two ventilators to a hospital in Thane from Nagpur within 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. The service, available between Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur, is useful to deliver large consignments under the coronavirus lockdown […]

Gold prices jump Rs 477, silver rises by Rs 26

7:11 pm June 11, 2020

New Delhi: Gold prices jumped Rs 477 to Rs 48,190 per 10 gram on Thursday in the national capital, according to HDFC Securities. The precious metal had closed at Rs 47,713 per 10 gram on Wednesday. “Spot gold prices for 24 carat in Delhi traded up by Rs 477 on rupee depreciation,” HDFC Securities Senior […]

Sensex slumps 709 pts as Fed punctures equity euphoria

7:07 pm June 11, 2020

Mumbai: Equity benchmarks finished with heavy losses on Thursday, in tandem with global markets, as the Fed’s sombre assessment of the US economy prompted investors to prune their exposure to risky assets. The 30-share BSE Sensex tumbled 708.68 points, or 2.07 per cent, to close at 33,538.37. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty tanked 214.15 points, […]

Heavy rains lash Telangana, normal life crippled

South-West monsoon advances into most parts of Telangana

7:03 pm June 11, 2020

Hyderabad: The South-West Monsoon 2020 has advanced into most parts of Telangana on Thursday, the weather office here said and forecast heavy rainfall during the next three days in some parts of the state. Conditions are becoming favourable for further advance of South West Monsoon into remaining parts of Telangana during next 48 hours, IMD’s […]

Area around naval installations marked as 'no fly zone'

Navy ship brings back 233 stranded Indians from Iran

5:16 pm June 11, 2020

Ahmedabad: Under the Indian Navy’s ‘Samudra Setu’ operation, naval ship ‘INS Shardul’ on Thursday brought back 233 Indians to Gujarat from Iran, where they were stranded due to travel restrictions in view of the coronavirus -induced lockdown. The ship set sail from Bandar Abbas port of Iran on June 8 with these 233 Indians, mostly […]