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Maharashtra: 13 morning walkers booked for defying lockdown

COVID-19: Sonia writes to PM supporting lockdown, suggests urgent steps

4:29 pm March 26, 2020

New Delhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, supporting the lockdown announced in view of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, while suggesting steps like protecting doctors and seeking deferment of loan recovery. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic sweeping the world had caused serious public health concerns, anguish and apprehensions in India, […]

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 […]

Stock indexes edge lower, pulling S&P 500 below record high

US stock indexes rally following solid retail sales report

9:44 pm January 16, 2020

NEW YORK: Stocks rallied on Wall Street in early trading as a solid retail sales report injected more optimism into markets following the signing of an initial trade deal between the US and China. Consumers have been the backbone of economic growth and the government’s December report on retail sales showed that they continued spending […]

Pence drops plan to go to fundraiser hosted by QAnon backers

Pence takes swipe at NBA, Nike in critical speech on China

4:07 am October 25, 2019

WASHINGTON: Vice President Mike Pence took a swipe at Nike and the NBA on Thursday in a speech criticizing communist China’s record on trade and human rights, saying American corporations have been too willing to ignore censorship and repression in pursuit of profits. Pence singled out the shoe company for removing Houston Rockets merchandise from […]

PM Modi’s Russia visit to strengthen economic ties

9:48 pm September 2, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be undertaking a two-day visit to Russia from September 4 during which he will take part in the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) meeting and will also hold a bilateral summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Talking to reporters about the visit, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said that two […]