Day: July 14, 2020

UP govt issues detailed directives for weekend lockdown to curb COVID-19 spread

9:03 pm July 14, 2020

Lucknow: All urban and rural haats, markets, galla mandis and business establishments in Uttar Pradesh would remain closed during the weekend, and on other weekdays, they will function from 9 am to 9 pm, an official said on Tuesday The UP government on Tuesday issued detailed directives for the weekend lockdown to be observed in the state […]

Plea in HC to direct CBSE affiliated schools to publish docs on criteria to calculate class 10 marks

HC asks Delhi govt to file reply to PIL on misappropriation in Rs 3,200 cr workers welfare cess fund

9:00 pm July 14, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday directed the Delhi government to positively file its reply within 10 days to a PIL seeking CBI probe into alleged misappropriation in the Rs 3,200 crore Cess fund meant for migrant and construction workers in the national capital. A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rajnish Bhatnagar also asked the AAP government to file an affidavit on the […]

COVID-19: 100-pound fine for failure to wear face masks in England shops from Jul 24

8:56 pm July 14, 2020

London: Ending days of speculation, the UK government on Tuesday declared that wearing a face mask or face covering will become mandatory in shops across England from July 24 and a fine of up to 100 pounds would be imposed on those not complying with the rule as the country eases out of the coronavirus lockdown. The enforcement powers […]

Around 400 new COVID-19 cases in Delhi: Kejriwal

Kejriwal launches Delhi’s second plasma bank, says therapy really helpful

8:50 pm July 14, 2020

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated Delhi‘s second plasma bank at the state-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital on Tuesday, and asserted that plasma therapy was “really helpful” in saving lives of Covid-19 patients. Kejriwal inaugurated the first plasma bank at the state-run Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences on July 2. He said over 200 people […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Spiking cost of gasoline pushes June consumer prices up 0.6%

8:45 pm July 14, 2020

Washington: US consumer prices increased 0.6 per cent in June, after three months of declines, with a big jump in gasoline prices accounting for over half of the gain. The Labour Department reported Tuesday that the increase in ts consumer price index followed declines of 0.4 per cent in March, 0.8 per cent in April and 0.1 […]