Nagaland extends lockdown till August 31

The decision was taken during a High Powered Committee, HPC on COVID-19 meeting held on Thursday. As Nagaland COVID-19 positive cases continue to surge, the Nagaland Government extended the ongoing lockdown till 31st August. Minister for Planning & Coordination, Neiba Kronu who is also the Government Spokesperson for COVID-19, informed that the High Powered Committee, … Read more

Wrestler Babita Phogat, Kabbadi player Kavita Devi appointed sports deputy directors by Haryana govt

Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs department principal secretary in two separate orders made the appointments under the Haryana Outstanding Sportspersons (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2018. Babita in a tweet thanked Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and state Sports Minister Sandeep Singh among others for the appointment. Babita had won silver at the … Read more

Trump floats idea of postponing Presidential Polls, congressional Republicans reject idea

Critics and even Trump’s allies dismissed the notion as unserious and simply an attempt to distract from devastating economic news. Trump’s statement on Twitter comes as the United States is enduring the greatest crises of a generation: a coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 150,000 lives, a crippling recession sparked by the outbreak and … Read more

MEA: Committed to maintain peace and tranquility at LAC

China had also said that the situation on the ground was easing. “There has been some progress made towards this objective but the disengagement process has yet not been completed,” Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) spokesperson Anurag Srivastava told an online media briefing when asked about the Chinese claim on Tuesday. He also said the senior … Read more

New set of relaxations pave way for a quick revival of economy: CII

Confederation of Indian Industry-Tamil Nadu chairman Hari K Thiagarajan said the ‘calibrated’ and ‘cautious’ approach by the State government during the lockdown improved business sentiments in the state. “The relaxation in allowing 75 per cent of workforce in industrial units, removal of restrictions on sale of e- commerce products including non-essential items besides extending working … Read more