FY20 disinvestment mop-up at Rs 50,298 cr, govt misses RE target
New Delhi: The government has missed the collection target for the current financial year from CPSE disinvestment set in the Revised Estimates of Budget by about Rs 14,700 crore. In the current financial year 2019-20, the actual disinvestment mop-up has come in at Rs 50,298.64 crore. In the Revised Estimates (RE), the government had estimated […]
IOC athletes commission says new Olympic dates give “much-needed certainty”
Lausanne: The International Olympic Committee’s athletes commission on Tuesday welcomed the announcement of new dates for the Olympics, saying the declaration has given those bound for Tokyo “much-needed certainty” after the mega-event’s postponement to 2021. In a statement, the IOC athletes commission, which also features India’s lone individual Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra, lauded the announcement […]
Govt to borrow Rs 4.88 lakh cr in first half of FY21: DEA Secretary Atanu Chakraborty
New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) The government will borrow Rs 4.88 lakh crore in the first half of fiscal 2020-21 starting April 1 to shore up resources amid a war it is wagging to contain economic fallout of coronavirus pandemic, DEA Secretary Atanu Chakraborty said on Tuesday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had in her budget […]
2,100 foreigners visited India for Tablighi activities this year: MHA
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday said 2,100 foreigners visited India for Tablighi activities since January 1 and all of them first reported at Tablighi Jammat’s headquarters in Delhi’s Nizamuddin, which has apparently become a coronavirus hotspot. The home ministry also said a total of 303 Tablighi activists had symptoms of COVID-19 and were referred […]
Farmers can delay wheat harvesting till Apr 20 as temp is below long-term average: ICAR
New Delhi: Farmers can delay wheat harvesting till April 20 without incurring any major losses as temperature in the growing states is still below the long-term average, government research body ICAR said on Tuesday, while advising farmers to take precautions amid the rapid spread of coronavirus in India. Normally, wheat harvesting begins from March-end. The […]
Kumble does his bit in fight against COVID-19
New Delhi: Former India captain and coach Anil Kumble on Tuesday made a donation to the Central and Karnataka state relief funds to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. “To bowl out #Covid19India we all need to come together and fight this battle. I have made my humble contributions to #PMCaresFund #PMNRF and #CMReliefFund […]
Over 20 infected people have link with Tablighi Jamaat: sources
Amaravati: More than half of the 40 people who tested positive for coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh allegedly have a link with the Tablighi Jamaat and attended its congregation in New Delhi between March 13 and 15, official sources said on Tuesday. In all 21 people, who tested positive, either attended the event or transmitted it […]
UK finalises GBP 75mn rescue effort for Brits stranded abroad, including in India
London: The UK government on Tuesday began putting in place processes involved as part of a historic GBP 75-million rescue effort to evacuate thousands of British citizens stranded abroad, including in India, due to border closures amid the coronavirus pandemic. Addressing the daily Downing Street briefing on Monday evening, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had […]
Muslims should not be blamed for spread of coronavirus: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said Muslims should not be blamed for the spread of coronavirus in the country. He was reacting to netizens’ response to reports that several people who tested positive for COVID-19 had attended a congregation of Tabligh-e-Jamaat, a Muslim religious organisation, at Nizamuddin in Delhi earlier this month. “Now the #TablighiJamat […]
JK highway closed for 5th day as MHAI intensifies clearance ops
The 270-km-long Srinagar-Jammu national highway, which connects Kashmir with the rest of the country, remained closed for the fifth successive day on Tuesday, officials said. Over 1,100 trucks carrying essential commodities to the Valley and those returning remain stranded on the arterial road due to multiple landslides, they said. “Due to multiple landslides and threat […]
