Day: June 24, 2020

All cooperative banks to come under RBI supervision

8:47 pm June 24, 2020

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday said that all urban cooperative banks and multi-state cooperative banks will come under the supervision of the Reserve Bank of India, a development aimed at providing comfort to depositors and prevent repeat of PMC Bank like scams. The President of India will promulgate an ordinance to this effect, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters […]

Military talks with China have no link with "any extraneous issue": India

Maintaining peace and tranquility along Sino-India border in common interests of both parties: China

8:45 pm June 24, 2020

Beijing: Asserting that China and India are “important neighbours to each other”, China on Wednesday said maintaining peace and tranquillity along the Sino-India border is in the common interests of both the parties and requires joint efforts. In separate statements, the Chinese foreign and the defence ministries, however, repeated Beijing’s stand that India was responsible for the June 15 violent face-off in eastern […]

Italy enters strict 3-day lockdown over Easter

28 newly rescued migrants test positive for virus off Italy

8:41 pm June 24, 2020

Rome: Twenty-eight migrants who were rescued at sea have tested positive for the coronavirus, Sicily’s governor said Wednesday, suggesting a new complication in Italy’s efforts to manage waves of migrants smuggled across the Mediterranean from Libya. The positive tests represent the largest cluster yet among newly arrived migrants, after a handful of positive cases were recorded among […]

Indian side raised issue of violent face off in Galwan Valley

8:32 pm June 24, 2020

New Delhi: Indian side raised issue of violent face off in Galwan Valley on June 15 during diplomatic talks with China said MEA. Two sides agreed to maintain communication at diplomatic and military levels to resolve existing situation peacefully, MEA on talks with China.

US citizens likely to be left out as Europe reopens borders

8:25 pm June 24, 2020

Brussels: Americans are unlikely to be allowed into Europe when the continent reopens its borders next week, due to how the coronavirus pandemic is flaring in the US and President Donald Trump’s ban on Europeans entering the United States. European nations appear on track to reopen their borders between each other by July 1, and their representatives […]