Coronavirus

New Delhi: Real estate developers said Wednesday the government’s decision to extend the timeline of completion of projects by six months will provide much needed relief to the industry. However it sought more measures to improve liquidity, reduce input cost and boost housing demand. “The...

United Nations: The United Nations (UN) has slashed India’s projected growth rate to 1.2 per cent in 2020. It has also said that the global economy will contract sharply by 3.2 per cent as the COVID-19 pandemic paralyses the world. The pandemic coronavirus has sharply...

New Delhi: In an indication that it might soon start mail/express as well as chair car services, the Railway Board issued an order Wednesday. The Railways introduced the provision of waiting list starting May 22 for all journeys. The Railways said it is not only...

Bhubaneswar: A migrant worker from Kendrapara, who had been stranded in Haryana since the lockdown, allegedly committed suicide Wednesday. Resident of Bijapur The deceased Gangadhar Biswal had been working with a Haryana-based firm for some years now. He was a resident of Bijapur under Rajkanika...

Mumbai: Nearly two months after lockdown, the country’s biggest industrialised state has started limping back to normalcy with the government permitting around 65,000 industries to resume operations, according to Industry Minister Subhash Desai, here Wednesday. Of these, over 35,000 industries have already started production with...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is utilising its COVID-19 care management to woo investors from the United States. The state government has highlighted its achievements in containing the spread of the highly infectious diseases. They did so in a video conference with a delegation of the...

New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri described the evacuation process of Indians stuck abroad due to coronavirus. Hardeep Singh Puri said said 30,000 Indians will return from 31 countries on 149 flights between May 16 and 22. This is the total duration for...

New Delhi: Nine states and Union Territories (UTs) including Chhattisgarh, Ladakh, Manipur and Meghalaya have not reported any new case of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Wednesday. Harsh Vardhan also said Daman and Diu, Sikkim, Nagaland and Lakshadweep have...

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Wednesday said the Centre’s COVID-19 economic stimulus package had nothing for lakhs of poor and hungry migrant workers who have been walking to their homes, and expressed disappointment with the finance minister’s announcements. Addressing a press conference through...

New Delhi: Never did she think that she would face days of starvation. However, distance runner Prajakta Godbole, a 2019 World University Games participant is now fighting starvation during lockdown. She has a paralytic father and a mother who has been rendered jobless due to...