Author: DA Correspondent

Covid-19: Govt to pay employer, employee’s PF contribution for 3 months

3:53 pm March 26, 2020

New Delhi: The government will pay the employee provident fund (EPF) contribution both of the employer and the employee (12 per cent each) for the next three months, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday. The move will benefit over 4.8 crore employees in the organised sector. The government has also announced a Rs 1.70 […]

Mahindra & Mahindra to come up with ventilator for just Rs 7,500

3:45 pm March 26, 2020

New Delhi: Mahindra & Mahindra on Thursday said it expects to come up with a sophisticated ventilator at just Rs 7,500, which otherwise costs up to Rs 10 lakh, as it seeks to assist in combating coronavirus pandemic. The company said it hopes to have a prototype of an automated version of bag valve mask […]

As coronavirus crisis deepens, congressional rescue deal teeters

3:00 am March 23, 2020

Washington: Top-level negotiations between Congress and the White House teetered Sunday on a nearly $1.4 trillion economic rescue package, as the coronavirus crisis deepened and President Donald Trump called for a deal to steady a shuttered nation. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin indicated an agreement was within reach. But faced with mounting opposition from Democrats who […]

Kejriwal announces complete lockdown in Delhi

Coronavirus: What does complete lockdown in Delhi means to you?

2:40 am March 23, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced a complete lockdown in the national capital from 6 am on Monday till March 31 midnight, in the wake of the rising Coronavirus cases in Delhi. Interstate buses, trains and metro services, domestic and international flights and public transport services such as auto-rickshaws and taxis […]

COVID-19: Delhi records 111 deaths, 5,879 fresh cases

Latest updates on Coronavirus situation in Delhi

8:22 pm March 4, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that a state-level task force has been formed, which includes all relevant agencies and corporations, to deal with the Coronavirus situation in the national capital. The task force will be headed by the Chief Minister. “A state-level task force has been formed which will be […]