corona

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

Why continue rapid antigen tests when false negatives so high: HC to Delhi govt

8:52 pm July 27, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the AAP government why it was going with Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT), which has a high rate of false negative results, as the primary test of COVID-19 infection. It also made it clear to the Delhi government to “strictly” follow the guidelines on COVID-19 testing as […]

Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens

US: COVID-19 vaccine put to final test in thousands of volunteers

6:31 pm July 27, 2020

New York: The world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccine study got underway Monday with the first of 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government — one of several candidates in the final stretch of the global vaccine race. There’s still no guarantee that the experimental vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of […]

Don't extend loan moratorium: HDFC Ltd Chairman Deepak Parekh urged RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

Don’t extend loan moratorium: HDFC Chairman to RBI guv

6:20 pm July 27, 2020

New Delhi: Noted banker and HDFC Ltd Chairman Deepak Parekh on Monday urged RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das not to extend moratorium on repayment of loans as many entities who are capable to repay are taking undue advantage of the scheme and this is hurting the financial sector, especially NBFCs. The six-month moratorium on repayment of […]

US orders China to close consulate in Houston to ‘protect American intellectual property’

9:50 pm July 22, 2020

Beijing: The United States said Wednesday that it has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston “to protect American intellectual property” and the private information of Americans. China strongly condemned the move, the latest in a series of steps by the Trump administration as it ratchets up pressure on the world’s second-largest economy over […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

World coronavirus cases near 15M; Trump says things will get worse

9:33 pm July 22, 2020

Philadelphia: The global tally of people infected with the coronavirus neared 15 million Wednesday, while in the worst-hit pandemic hot spot of the United States, President Donald Trump warned the pandemic would “get worse before it gets better.” With COVID-19 set to pass another shocking milestone, Trump delivered his first virus briefing after a three-month […]