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Japan, IOC Agree To Postpone Olympics By A Year
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics has been postponed. Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday that he has reached an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to hold the Games in 2021. The IOC and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee later said in a joint statement that the committee's president Thomas Bach and Abe agreed that the Games have to be "rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021."....
Woman Licks Policeman's Uniform For Enforcing Lockdown In Kolkata
In a bizarre incident, a young woman in Kolkata licked the uniform of a police man on Wednesday after he stopped her car during the ongoing lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus. ....
Karnataka Confirms Second Corona Death
Karnataka recorded second Coronavirus death on Wednesday evening, Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar said on Thursday.....
Modi Talks To Putin About Coronavirus Pandemic
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation today with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir V. Putin. The two leaders discussed the global situation in the context of COVID-19 pandemic.....
Online Services For Essential Goods To Be Allowed: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday announced that all the shops, factories and online services associated with essential services can operate 24 hours all week, and no additional license was required for it.....
Apollo Hospitals Launches 'Project Kavach' To Fight Coronavirus Pandemic
Apollo Hospitals Group on Thursday announced a new initiative called ‘Project Kavach (shield), a comprehensive and integrated response plan to fight the COVID-19 disease.....
India May See 25 Crore Coronavirus Cases In Next 3 Months: John Hopkins University Report
In what could spell real trouble for the country in the next three months, a new prediciton report from prestigious Johns Hopkins University and the Centre for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) has predicted that 21-day lockdown may be ineffective to stop coronavirus peak arriving in April-May-June; infecting over 12 crore Indians in an optimistic (low) scenario. ....
RBI Cuts Key Rates To 4.40%, Maintains Accommodative Stance
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday massively reduced the key lending rates in response to the Covid-19 outbreak.....
Stock Market Today: RBI Rate Cut Fails To Boost Market, Sensex Falls To Trade In Red
Indian stock markets erased all their initial gains on Friday afternoon, with the BSE Sensex trading over 250 points lower, although the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced an emergency rate cut of 75 basis points. ....
Congress Says Lockdown Is Without Planning
Amid tens of thousands of citizens stranded in urban centres and many taking a long walk home without food and shelter, the Congress has alleged that the government is unable to control the reverse migration.....
