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Centre approves AIIMS for Bihar's Darbhanga

Priority is close monitoring, guiding containment work in areas with high infection rate: PM Modi

8:41 pm July 11, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appreciated the efforts of the Centre, state and the local authorities in containing the COVID-19 situation in Delhi, and directed that a similar approach be replicated in checking the pandemic in the entire NCR area. “Priority is close monitoring and guiding the containment works in regions where the infection rate is high,” […]

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

TN records 3,680 new COVID-19 cases,64 deaths

8:27 pm July 10, 2020

Chennai: Tamil Nadu on Friday recorded 3,680 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of those affected by the contagion in the state to 1,30,261, the health department said on Friday. With 64 fatalities reported, the death toll has gone up to 1,829, a health department bulletin said. There was a significant jump in recoveries […]

Federal Bank bets on gold loans to drive credit demand in sluggish economy

3:17 pm July 5, 2020

Mumbai: Federal Bank is focusing on safer gold loans amid the COVID-19 pandemic and hopes to grow faster than last year in the segment as demand for other credit slows down, a top official has said. The nod by the bank‘s board to raise up to Rs 12,000 crore capital is only an enabling resolution […]

India registers highest single-day spike of nearly 23K COVID cases

11:14 pm July 4, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally neared 6.5 lakh cases on Saturday with a record single-day spike of 22,771 new infections, even as the recovery rate further improved to 60.81 per cent. The government said several people-centric measures taken as part of the “test, trace, treat” strategy have removed the impediments for COVID-19 testing. Facilitation of […]

World Bank enhances support for rejuvenating Ganga, sanctions USD 400 mn

11:27 pm June 30, 2020

New Delhi: The World Bank on Monday said it has enhanced its support for Government of India’s program to rejuvenate Ganga river with a USD 400 million (about Rs 3,000 crore) assistance that will help stem pollution in the river. The assistance will help strengthen the management of the river basin which is home to more than 500 million […]