New Delhi: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has developed an alternative academic calender for school students to engage them meaningfully as
Day: April 16, 2020
India phone exports more than doubled on-year to 3.6 crore units in FY19-20
NEW DELHI: India’s phone exports for FY19-20 stood at 3.6 crore units, or more than double the previous year’s 1.7 crore units, according to data
First COVID positive patient of Meghalaya buried
Guwahati: Faced with daunting task of finding suitable place for burial of the first COVID-19 of Meghalaya who died on Wednesday, the government zeroed on
TCS not to lay off employees; freezes salary hikes
MUMBAU: Largest Indian software exporter TCS on Thursday said it will not retrench any of its nearly 4.5 lakh employees, but has decided not to
Govt mulls investment fund to pay off discoms’ dues towards gencos
New Delhi: The government is mulling an alternative investment fund to pay off discoms’ dues towards power generation companies, a senior official said. The payment
India’s COVID-19 testing ratio not low: ICMR after Rahul’s criticism
New Delhi: As coronavirus cases in India touched nearly 13,000, the Centre on Thursday defended its testing strategy in the wake of fresh criticism, saying
direct benefit transfer: Covid-19: Govt to transfer financial assistance only through DBT mechanism
New Delhi: The finance ministry on Thursday clarified that financial assistance to people hit by the Covid-19 crisis will be provided only through the Direct
Centre asks Waqf board heads to help in countering fake news on COVID-19
NEW DELHI: A day after health workers were assaulted in Moradabad, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday directed state Waqf board officials in
Sree Chitra develops cheaper,faster diagnostic test kit for COVID-19
Thiruvananthapuram: The Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) here has developed a much cheaper and faster diagnostic test kit (Chitra Gene
Flipkart focusing on hygiene and safety parameters
KOLKATA: Walmart-owned Flipkart said all its warehouse and delivery partners are adhering to the government’s and World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on safety and hand