Month: March 2020

Covid-19 lockdown impact: Power demand drops as offices stay plugged out

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Covid-19 lockdown impact: Power demand drops as offices stay plugged out

Lois C. Ferrara March 26, 2020

New Delhi: India’s electricity demand plummeted this week as factories and offices were forced to close due...

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Covid-19 pandemic: Finmin writes to RBI on relief measures

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Covid-19 pandemic: Finmin writes to RBI on relief measures

Lois C. Ferrara March 26, 2020

New Delhi: The finance ministry has asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to consider implementing a...

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Coronavirus Pandemic: Healthcare professionals take to social media to express their despair

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Coronavirus Pandemic: Healthcare professionals take to social media to express their despair

Lois C. Ferrara March 26, 2020

Bengaluru: “Time to start shaming non-medical people who are asymptomatic (and) wearing N 95 masks,” Somya Gupta,...

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Coronavirus Pandemic: Air India to fly 270 stranded Israelis back to Tel Aviv

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Coronavirus Pandemic: Air India to fly 270 stranded Israelis back to Tel Aviv

Lois C. Ferrara March 26, 2020

New Delhi: After rescuing several stranded Indian nationals from China and Italy, national carrier Air India has...

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Is work from home stressful? Companies rope in psychiatrists, experts for counselling

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Is work from home stressful? Companies rope in psychiatrists, experts for counselling

Lois C. Ferrara March 26, 2020

Mumbai: Several companies are reaching out to counsellors and psychiatrists to help those employees stressed about working...

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Covid-19: Companies rope in psychiatrists, experts for emotional counselling of work from home employees

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Covid-19: Companies rope in psychiatrists, experts for emotional counselling of work from home employees

Lois C. Ferrara March 26, 2020

Several companies are reaching out to counsellors and psychiatrists to help those employees stressed about working from...

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coronavirus: Hubei residents rush to leave China coronavirus epicentre as lockdown lifts

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coronavirus: Hubei residents rush to leave China coronavirus epicentre as lockdown lifts

Lois C. Ferrara March 26, 2020

MACHENG(CHINA): Huge crowds jammed trains and buses in Hubei province on Wednesday as people seized their first...

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No shortage of key medicines, masks: MoS Mansukh Mandaviya

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No shortage of key medicines, masks: MoS Mansukh Mandaviya

Lois C. Ferrara March 26, 2020

NEW DELHI: India has adequate stocks of two key drugs recommended for Covid 19 patients and capacity...

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Niti Aayog: Government looks for volunteer doctors to fight Covid-19 outbreak

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Niti Aayog: Government looks for volunteer doctors to fight Covid-19 outbreak

Lois C. Ferrara March 25, 2020

New Delhi: The government is looking for volunteer doctors to fight the COVID-19 outbreak which has infected...

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coronavirus: Covid-19: Retailers say staff manhandled by police amid lockdown

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coronavirus: Covid-19: Retailers say staff manhandled by police amid lockdown

Lois C. Ferrara March 25, 2020

NEW DELHI/KOLKATA/MUMBAI: Retailers in many cities said on Wednesday that staff were stopped and manhandled by police,...

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