Spike in Covid-19 cases due to lack of support in some locations: Govt

New Delhi (IANS) As the number of positive coronavirus cases witnessed a spike on Tuesday, the government said that it was due to "lack of support in some locations", possibly hinting at the outbreak seen in Nizamuddin Markaz in the national capital…

Banks will automatically defer your EMIs by three months

New Delhi (IANS) Customers who receive EMI payment notice at the beginning of every month can heave a sigh of relief as banks have decided to defer receiving such payments for a period of three month under the terms of a Covid 19- RBI package announced…

Govt extends validity of lower withholding tax till June 30

New Delhi (IANS) The government has extended the validity of all lower withholding tax orders, secured by assessees, by three months till June 30 to mitigate the hardship caused by Covid-19-related disruptions.

In an order on Tuesday, the Central…

Jharkhand gets first confirmed corona case

Ranchi: Jharkhand has also come under the influence of coronavirus as the first case has been confirmed in the state on Tuesday.

“There is one confirmed case of coronavirus in the state,” said Nitin Kulkarni, Jharkhand health secretary to IANS.…

Islamic missionaries of Tablighi Jamaat may be biggest carrier of Covid-19 in South Asia

New Delhi/Islamabad (IANS) In a strange pattern, members of Tablighi Jamaat, an Islamic proselytizing group, have been found unrestrainedly preaching in large religious gatherings amid the coronavirus pandemic restrictions in several countries in…

Jamaat campaign against India led to US hearings, resolutions on Kashmir

New Delhi/Washington (IANS) Two Islamic charities, linked to the banned Islamist outfit Jamaat-e-Islami, ran a persistent disinformation campaign against India leading to hearings and resolutions on Kashmir in the US Congress last year.

As…

Migrating labourers disrupt production; retailers fear shortage of essential items

New Delhi (IANS) As grocery stores, across the country, are grappling with panic buying and dwindling supplies of fresh stocks, the exodus of labourers have added more fuel to the fire by affecting the entire supply chain of essential commodities,…

Is coronavirus less virulent in India? Too early to say

New Delhi (IANS) As SARS-CoV2, the new coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease, keeps wreaking havoc globally, a new study has come out with the finding that there may be a unique mutation in the Indian genome that needs to be studied further…

Migrant exodus under control, states to enforce lockdown: MHA

New Delhi (IANS) A day after its move to curb the movement of lakhs of migrant workers across states in an exodus prompted by a 21-day nationwide lockdown to mitigate COVID-19 spread, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday announced that the situation…

TB vaccine a potential new tool to fight COVID-19: Study

New York (IANS) Examining how the COVID-19 has impacted different countries, researchers have found that Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB), could be a potential new tool in the fight against the disease.

The study…