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Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021 | Last Update : 07:58 PM IST

A week after the Central Railway and Western Railway wrote letters to the Maharashtra government urging it to frame guidelines to avoid crowding in trains so that services can be opened for common people, the government is yet to hold a meeting for the discussion on it. (PTI)

Local trains remain out of reach for common Mumbaikars

Currently, only government employees and people working in services defined as 'essential services' can travel by local trains

07 Nov 2020 11:03 AM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman before announcing the Budget in 2019.

Dilip Cherian | Crunch time for babus preparing Budget 2021

Sources say that the first meeting of the budget preparing exercise took place with officials of the department of financial services

04 Nov 2020 3:47 PM

Coronavirus Impact – Millennials Learn The Truth About Health Insurance Sanity

India was part of a growing market for health insurance with as many as 82% of Indians showing a change in their attitudes towards insurance

28 Oct 2020 5:23 PM

ICC Academy is a cricket centre located next to the ICC headquarters in the heart of Dubai Sports City, the website icc-cricket.com, where this photograph is featured, says.

COVID-19 detected at ICC Dubai headquarters, is IPL going to be hit?

A senior board member privy to the development confirmed that there has been a few “positive cases” of COVID-19.

26 Sep 2020 11:20 PM

Refugees and migrants from the Moria camp protest near Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, on September 12, 2020, a few days after a fire destroyed the Moria refugee camp. - Tension was simmering on September 12 on Greece's Lesbos island as thousands of asylum seekers remained homeless four days after Europe's largest migrant camp was destroyed by fire. Round-the-clock efforts to find temporary shelter for over 11,000 people including thousands of children were still inadequate, rights groups said as local authorities continued to oppose camp reconstruction plans. (AFP)

Teargas fired during migrant protests on Greek island of Lesbos

Thousands of asylum seekers have been sleeping rough on roads since Wednesday when the Moria camp was destroyed in apparent arson attacks

12 Sep 2020 4:38 PM

Serum Institute gets DCGI notice over Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trial suspension by AstraZeneca abroad. (AFP Photo)

DCGI issues notice to Serum Institute over AstraZeneca's trial suspension

DGCI sought an immediate reply, saying else "it shall be construed that you have no explanation to offer and action will be taken"

10 Sep 2020 10:29 AM

Migrants sit inside the burnt Moria Camp on the Greek island of Lesbos on September 9, 2020, after a major fire. - Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos fled for their lives early September 9, as a huge fire ripped through the camp of Moria, the country's largest and most notorious migrant facility. Over 12,000 men, women and children ran in panic out of containers and tents and into adjoining olive groves and fields as the fire destroyed most of the overcrowded, squalid camp. The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp. (AFP)

Thousands flee as Greece's main migrant camp gutted by huge blaze

The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp

09 Sep 2020 3:23 PM

A medic holds a bag of plasma donated by COVID-19 survivor, at the Plasma Bank in Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. Use of convalescent plasma therapy in coronavirus-infected patients does not help in reducing mortality or progression to severe COVID-19. (PTI Photo)

Plasma therapy does not really help beat COVID-19, finds ICMR study

The National Task Force for COVID-19, a committee formed by ICMR to respond to the pandemic, has reviewed and approved this study, it said

09 Sep 2020 11:13 AM

Taj Mahal to reopen even as virus rages in India. (AFP Photo)

Taj Mahal set to reopen on September 21 even as COVID-19 rages

Visitors will be limited to 5,000 a day, down from the usual daily average of 20,000

08 Sep 2020 3:38 PM

Senior Samajwadi Party leader and Member of Legislative Council SRS Yadav died due to COVID-19. (ANI Photo)

Samajwadi Party leader SRS Yadav dies due to COVID-19

SP President Akhilesh Yadav, while condoling the demise, said he dedicated his entire life to the Samajwadi Party after his retirement

08 Sep 2020 11:12 AM

Antigen test made compulsory for ministers attending monsoon session in Maharashtra. (Photo- Twitter)

Maharashtra monsoon session begins with COVID prevention norms

The state government has taken elaborate measures to ensure the smooth passage of the shortest-ever monsoon session

07 Sep 2020 1:07 PM

Delhi Metro resumes after 169-day COVID hiatus. (PTI Photo)

After over 5-month hiatus, Delhi Metro resumes today with social distancing

Trains will operate in batches of four-hour each from 7-11 am in the morning and 4-8 pm in the evening in the first stage, officials said

07 Sep 2020 7:57 AM

Arjun Kapoor tests positive for COVID-19. (PTI Photo)

Arjun Kapoor tests positive for COVID-19, under home quarantine

"I have isolated myself at home under the advice of doctors," Arjun posted a statement on Instagram

06 Sep 2020 3:55 PM

About 90% of Sinovac Biotech Ltd employees and their families have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine. (AFP Photo)

90% of Sinovac employees took COVID vaccine: CEO

The program is intended for specific groups, including medical staffers, those who work at food markets, transportation and service sectors

06 Sep 2020 3:36 PM

United Airlines is preparing to furlough 16,370 workers when federal aid expires on October 1. (AFP Photo)

United Airlines to cut 16,370 jobs as COVID hammers demand

US passenger airlines are still collectively losing more than $5 billion a month as 30% of planes remain parked

03 Sep 2020 9:15 AM

Goa CM Pramod Sawant tests coronavirus positive. (PTI Photo)

Goa CM Pramod Sawant tests COVID-19 positive, under home isolation

"I am asymptomatic and hence have opted for home isolation, I shall continue to discharge my duties working from home," Sawant tweeted

02 Sep 2020 2:31 PM

Suspension of scheduled international passenger flights extended till Sept 30. (PTI Photo)

DGCA extends ban on international passenger flights till September 30

The circular said suspension does not affect the operation of international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by DGCA

01 Sep 2020 8:58 AM

Amit Shah discharged from AIIMS. (PTI Photo)

Amit Shah discharged from AIIMS after 13 days

Shah had undergone treatment at the Medanta Hospital as he tested positives and was discharged after he tested negative

31 Aug 2020 12:44 PM

Several Indian students say the Supreme Court's refusal to allow exam centres for the NEET in Gulf countries has left them the lurch. (Representational Image: PTI)

Gulf aspirants worried about COVID risk of flying down for NEET exams

Some of them have decided the skip the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) altogether this year

30 Aug 2020 6:50 PM

Coca-Cola to cut thousands of jobs as COVID-19 hits sales. (ANI Photo)

Coca-Cola to cut 4,000 jobs after coronavirus hits Q2 profits

In Coca-Cola's second quarter, the company saw sales drop 28 per cent to 7.2 billion dollars

30 Aug 2020 9:58 AM

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