Rumita Patel
TIRUPATI: Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, SB Amzath Basha, clarified that he did not attend the Tablighi Jamat event in Delhi and dismissed the reports in some sections of the media as an attempt to tarnish his image. Following an increase in Covid-19 positive cases in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra and various other parts…
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GHAZIABAD: Tablighi Jamaat members in quarantine at the district hospital reportedly misbehaved with the nurses, making lewd comments and loosening their pants, prompting the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to invoke the strict National Security Law (NSA) in its against. They were later transferred to a temporary isolation room at a private educational institute. Jamaat members…
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NEW DELHI: Congresswoman Sonia Gandhi criticized the government on Thursday for the “unplanned” implementation of the blockade across the country, evoking a strong response from Union Interior Minister Amit Shah, who accused Congress of playing “petty policies” about the coronavirus outbreak. Addressing a Congressional Working Committee (CWC) meeting via video conference, Gandhi said the blockade…
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NEW DELHI: The explosion of Covid-19 cases caused by the Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) event continued to unfold for the third consecutive day, when at least 295 delegates from across the country attending the Nizamuddin religious congregation in Delhi gave positive last month. for the virus, which represents more than 60% of the 485 confirmed cases…
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NEW DELHI: On Friday Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the people of the country to unite in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic. Here’s a look at some of the key points from his video address: On April 5, I urge everyone to stand at the door or on the balconies and for nine minutes…
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When the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) arrived in this country in late January, the Indians woke up to the possibility that a deadly, insidious and highly transmissible virus would pass through a densely populated landscape. Prime Minister Narendra Modi struggled with an enigma: wait for him to become serious enough to attack or anticipate his advance,…
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Amid speculation that the national shutdown, which ends April 14, could be extended, Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered the first hint of the government’s thinking on the matter in his interaction with the chief ministers on Thursday. He said the Center and the states must, together, work on an exit plan for the closure that…
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A large proportion of companies in India are small, informal and operate in the unorganized sector. Recent annual reports on micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) indicate that the sector contributes around 30% of India’s GDP and, according to conservative estimates, employs around 50% of industrial workers. More than 97% of MSMEs can be classified…
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The WhatsApp universe would lead us to believe that Nostradamus predicted the coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) and that authors Sylvia Browne and Lindsay Harrison also foresaw this in their book. End of days: predictions and prophecies about the end of the world. In a moment of life-like fiction, people are amazed at how prescient Steven Soderberg’s…
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The preeminence of the United States (US) dollar has been underlined with a thick green line during the present pandemic. The dollar has risen against all currencies since the crisis began. That is why there was a collective sigh of relief among central banks everywhere when the United States Federal Reserve announced Tuesday that it…
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