DA for Central govt employees frozen till July 2021

New Delhi (IANS) In view of the crisis arising out of COVID-19, government on Thursday decided to freeze payment of additional instalment of dearness allowance (DA) to the Central government employees and dearness relief (DR) to pensioners falling…

Trump signs immigration ban, but exempts H1-B professional visa-holders

New York (IANS) US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order banning many categories of immigration to the US for 60 days but it does not apply to H1-B professional visa-holders.

Trump signed the executive order on Wednesday evening…

BJP continues to spread communal virus and hatred: Sonia

New Delhi (IANS) Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday lashed out at the BJP alleging that the party is spreading communal virus in the society when the need is to take coronavirus unitedly, while she applauded the success story of fighting…

Over 93% trust Modi govt will handle Covid-19 crisis well

New Delhi (IANS) An astounding 93.5 per cent people in the country believe that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is handling the coronavirus outbreak effectively, a survey revealed on Thursday.

The central government had imposed…

People more prepared, less complacent as faith in PM Modi remains steadfast

New Delhi (IANS) The Index of Preparedness has gone up sharply in the past one month, the Index of Complacency has gone down while the faith in the governments efforts to tackle coronavirus pandemic remains not only solid throughout but the approval…

Equity indices rise on global cues, Nifty above 9,200

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices opened on a positive note on Thursday, with the Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange trading over the 9,200 mark.

Global stock markets rose due to the recovery in the crude oil prices.

At…

Serum Institute to commence human trials for corona vaccine by Sept-Oct: Adar Poonawalla

New Delhi (IANS) In an exclusive interview with IANS, Adar Poonawalla, Chief Executive Officer, Serum Institute of India (SII), has said that SII has associated with US-based biotechnology firm Codagenix and developed a virus-vaccine candidate which…

WHO, Wuhan Institute data hacked

New Delhi/Washington (IANS) The digital data of World Health Organization, the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the Gates Foundation and other institutes working on the novel coronavirus pandemic have been hacked, with thousands of their emails, passwords…

Cabinet approves Rs 15,000 cr package for fighting COVID-19 outbreak

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Rs 15,000 crore for what it calls �India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness Package'. The funds will be utilized in 3 phases while for immediate COVID-19 emergency…

4 terrorists killed in Kashmir encounter

Srinagar (IANS) Four terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces at Shopian in South Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said.

"All four terrorists killed in the ongoing operation at Melhura, Shopian," police said in a statement.