Worried microfinance industry feels that if the “irregularity and delay” in loan repayments get longer, then there would be a major problem for every player — small, medium and large.

India should take “urgent action” to tackle air pollution as the levels of toxic air in many cities of the country are much higher than the recommended guidelines, which could have a major impact on people’s health, WHO director Maria Neira said.

Recently, an expert committee had recommended for a decentralised development by having three capital cities for legislature, executive and judiciary and putting available resources for balanced regional growth.

Addressing a gathering at Siddaganga Matha in Tumkur in Karnataka, Modi accused the Opposition of remaining silent on Pakistan’s “atrocities on Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Christians” and said “jis tarah ki nafrat hum logon se karte hain, vaisa hi swar ab desh ki sansad ke khilaf dikh raha hai.

India’s oil import bill in 2018-19 was $111.9 billion.

For protection of land ownership in J&K, a handful of provisions, the official said, are being considered which include land ownership protection regimes in force in states such as Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Chief among the problems is a lingering crisis at shadow banks that started in 2018, with a shocking default by then high-rated lender IL&FS. The woes mounted last year when major mortgage lender Dewan Housing Finance missed repayments.

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh on why he chose to write about Indira Gandhi and Nehru, and the reason NDA govt’s NPR is different from UPA’s; says there is no vacancy for Cong president as of now; and warns against the lack of political outreach in Kashmir.

Assam had asked the MHA to limit the time period to three months, as it felt that keeping it open-ended could further accentuate the apprehensions over CAA in the state.

The EC said the decision was taken as it was not satisfied with their respective replies to the showcause notices. 

The 22-year-old travelled on the same flight which the first case took.

At present, around 2,000 people are under observation in Kerala. “A total of 1,999 people have recently returned from China.

BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain asserts the protest in Shaheen Bagh is backed by the Opposition, says the Centre has given citizenship to more than 500 Muslims from Pakistan since 2014, and argues it is wrong to say that there are no Muslims with the BJP

The nine-judge Bench, which a week ago clarified it won’t be deciding the review petition but only lay down the general law to be followed, will examine the “scope and ambit of right to freedom of religion under Article 25 of the Constitution”.

In his campaign speeches, Shah had asked voters to press the EVM button in favour of BJP so that “its current shocks Shaheen Bagh”.

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The Prime Minister’s assertion came days after his party was defeated in the Assembly elections in Delhi, the campaign for which saw a highly charged debate on the CAA and the protests at Shaheen Bagh, where a group of women, supported by a crosssection of society, have been holding a sit-in for two months now.

He said the CAA and the NRC were two different issues and his government will not allow the NRC to be implemented in the state.

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It also passed a string of directions on safe passage for the bodies of the victims, their proper burial/cremation, adequate number of helplines and help desks, besides rehabilitation of those affected.

At present, different applicability thresholds exist for welfare provisions like creche, canteen, first-aid, etc. in different Acts.

The review meeting comes a day after India reported two new confirmed coronavirus cases, one each in Delhi and Telangana. This took the total cases in the country to five.

By late evening, Internet was restored on majority mobile phones across Kashmir.

Punjab National Bank (PNB) announced the share exchange ratio for the proposed merger following its board meet on March 5.

As of now, the state government has not shut down schools and colleges, and is watching the situation closely, CM Uddhav Thackeray said.

A vacation bench, led by Justice U U Lalit, said that there is no existing law to back the state government's action of putting up such hoardings across Lucknow. 

SAARC leaders are set to hold a summit on video-conference on coronavirus on Sunday, 5 pm, after Pakistan late Friday night accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposal to hold such a meeting.

The DGCA has mandated that all aircraft need to be equipped with hand sanitisers, soaps and universal precaution kits to protect crew members who assist people.

This community transmission test is running separately from the testing and tracking of symptomatic travellers as well as those who have come in contact with confirmed Covid-19 cases.

The Kerala government on Thursday announced a Rs 20,000-crore stimulus package to address the economic slowdown caused by the spread of Covid-19.

The Union Home Ministry said that in an order under the Disaster Management Act, “Directions were issued that district and state borders should be effectively sealed. States were directed to ensure there is no movement of people across cities or on highways.”

There was an institutional response by the Centre and the situation was monitored at the highest political and executive level by the Prime Minister, the government said.

According to officials who traced the movement of the group, the entire group travelled in a second class coach (S9) of AP Sampark Kranti Express. They first got down on March 13 at Ramagundam in Peddapalli district of Telangana.

The court expressed concerns over the government order prescribing alcohol to persons suffering from alcohol-withdrawal syndrome and said such a remedy is not supported by any document in the medical literature.

Manufacturers have been told to commence production before July 31, 2020.

The presence of antibodies would mean the person is immune to the virus. The antibody test happens to be a faster alternative to the direct test, known as Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), in which throat or nasal swabs are taken.

According to the district collectorate data, half the cases in Pune came from travellers who returned from overseas and the other half got infected through contacts.

The institute, based in Thiruvananthapuram, aspires to emerge as a digital university with emphasis on blockchain, artificial intelligence, data analytics, cognitive science, internet of things and augmented reality.

In his address, the PM said detailed guidelines on the new lockdown would be announced on April 15 and some conditions could be relaxed after April 20 in places reporting no new infections.

While diseases and ecosystem damages, caused by aerosol-borne bacteria, and viruses are widely studied, the effect of aerosolised fungal spread on human and ecosystem health is less understood.

The labour ministry has started mapping details of such workers from April 8. Along with basic details such as name, age, gender, occupation, residential address and native district/state, details of their bank accounts and Aadhhar cards are also being collected.

There is also no clarity on whether customers who have booked tickets through online travel operators will be eligible for the refunds.

According to the new order, barber shops and dine-in restaurants would not be allowed, though there would be no restrictions on the barber visiting the customer at his home, or take-aways from restaurants.

It is irrational to treat all private establishments alike irrespective of profit, loss, debt, or turnover, the petition said, adding that a blanket direction by MHA is akin to a tax without any statutory backing.

Meanwhile, member of the Bhartiya Rail Sangharsh Samiti Shan Khan has demanded for special trains from Surat to Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh for stranded labourers.

Other important issues, such as the propagation of renewables, flexibility in coal supply and enforcement of contracts for attracting private investment in the sector were also discussed in the meeting.

At a time when the government’s finances have gone completely haywire, it is also the duty of every tax official—indeed, all bureaucrats—to see how best some of the shortfall can be made up.

After 21 employees of Ahmedabad-based Cadila Pharmaceuticals were found to be corona positive, the administration acted quickly and sanitised the entire campus of the company near Dholka.