India doesn’t need money, can’t have cricket right now: Kapil on Akhtar’s proposal
New Delhi: The legendary Kapil Dev on Thursday slammed Shoaib Akhtar’s idea of a made-for-television three-match ODI series between India and Pakistan to raise funds for the COVID-19 pandemic, saying “India doesn’t need the money” and it is not worth risking lives for a cricket match. Speaking to PTI, Akhtar on Wednesday proposed a closed-door […]
Home Ministry’s control room to help stranded people resolved 300 cases in a day
New Delhi: The control room set up the Union Home ministry to help people stranded due to the lockdown has been able to resolve 300 cases on a single day, an official said on Thursday. Addressing a press conference, Home Ministry Joint Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava said state governments are adopting various methods to solve […]
Rupee recovers from record lows on forex inflows, firm stocks
Mumbai: The rupee on Thursday recovered from record low levels to settle 6 paise higher at 76.28 against the US dollar tracking gains in equity markets and foreign fund inflows. The local unit had settled at an all-time low of 76.34 against the greenback on Wednesday. Forex traders said the rupee traded in a narrow […]
Australia were out of control well before ball-tampering scandal: Ian Gould
London: Australian cricketers had gone “out of control” and turned “pretty average people” two-three years before the ball-tampering scandal, says former ICC Elite Panel umpire Ian Gould, who was the TV official in the infamous Cape Town Test of 2018. Gould, who retired after last year’s World Cup, relayed what had been spotted on the […]
COVID-19: PM Modi urges people to download Arogya Setu app
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged people to download the ‘Aarogya Setu’ mobile application, saying it is a fantastic use of technology to combat coronavirus. “Tracks the spread of COVID-19 and notifies you if someone around you is suffering from it. “Also lists help-desk numbers of various states,” the prime minister said […]
Khamenei: Mass Ramadan events in Iran may stop over virus
Tehran: Iran’s supreme leader suggested Thursday that mass gatherings in the Islamic Republic may be barred through the holy Muslim fasting month Ramadan amid the coronavirus pandemic. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei made the comment in a televised address as Iran prepares to restart its economic activity while suffering one of the world’s worst outbreaks. […]
Lockdown: Govt may soon allow courier, parcel services to function
New Delhi: In a relief to businesses, the government may soon allow operations of courier and parcel services in the country so that companies are able to send and receive documents at a time when the country is under coronavirus lockdown, sources said. They said there must be a huge pile up of business related […]
Don’t mention Nizamuddin Markaz in bulletins on COVID-19: Delhi Minorities Commission to health dept
New Delhi, Apr 9: The Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) has asked the city’s health department to stop mentioning Nizamuddin Markaz in its daily bulletins on coronavirus cases. In a letter to the secretary, Delhi Health department, chairman of the Commission Zafarul Islam Khan asked the department to drop any mention of “religious undertones” in its […]
Pak criticises India over domicile law for J&K
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday termed as “reprehensible’ India’s decision to change the domicile law for Jammu and Kashmir when the international community’s focus is on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It also expressed concern over what it said was a lack of medical supplies in Kashmir to help the local people fight the coronavirus pandemic. Pakistan […]
Surveillance stepped up in Kashmir to track COVID-19 cases
Srinagar: Authorities in Kashmir have intensified ground surveillance to track travellers, who hid their recent travel history, to contain the spread of coronavirus, even as restrictions on the movement of people across the valley remained in force for the 22nd consecutive day on Thursday, officials said. The tracking of those persons who have travel history […]
