Day: February 18, 2021

48,006 persons vaccinated in Maharashtra on Thursday

11:59 pm February 18, 2021

Mumbai: As many as 48,006 persons received coronavirus vaccine shots in Maharashtra on Thursday,an official said. Of them, 40,931 received their first dose while 7,075 received the second jab. Those who received the first dose of the vaccine included 14,673 healthcare workers and 26,258 frontline workers. Thus, the cumulative figure of those who have received […]

Myanmar protests focus on junta’s economic support

11:57 pm February 18, 2021

Yangon: State railway workers in Myanmar continued to strike Thursday despite a police rampage the previous night targeting them in a sign of the military junta’s concern over growing civil disobedience by public workers protesting the coup. Three-quarters of the country’s civil servants are on strike, all private banks are closed and the protests have weakened the […]

Foundation stone laid for new office of Delhi Legal Metrology department

11:51 pm February 18, 2021

New Delhi: Delhi Food and Supply Minister Imran Hussain on Thursday laid the foundation stone for a new office complex of the Legal Metrology department at Vishwas Nagar here. The new building, which proposes to have state-of-the-art scientific labs duly equipped with modern instruments, is being constructed by the Public Works Department (PWD) at an estimated cost of Rs 5.92 crore. The construction is […]

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

ESI beneficiaries can get medical services at empanelled hospitals

11:47 pm February 18, 2021

New Delhi: Beneficiaries of the ESI health insurance scheme can get medical care at nearby private hospitals empanelled with the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation in case of non-availability of ESIC hospitals within 10 kms of their residence, an official statement said. Keeping in view the sizeable increase in the number of Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) beneficiaries subsequent […]

US and South Korea agree on new cost-sharing deal for troops

Stocks open lower on Wall Street, Treasury yields climb

11:33 pm February 18, 2021

New York: Stocks are opening broadly lower on Wall Street and Treasury yields continued to climb. The S&P 500 index gave up 0.8 per cent in the first few minutes of trading Thursday and the tech-heavy Nasdaq was down slightly more, 1.1 per cent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also pulled back 0.8 per cent. Dow component Walmart slumped 6 per […]

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