Cyber Cell of the Delhi Police has lodged a First Information Report (FIR) in connection with the complaint registered. Against a private Instagram group called Boy's Locker Room. Where teenage boys from prominent south Delhi schools discussed underage girls’ body parts, shared their pictures, and issued gang-rape threats. A 15-year-old boy was also taken into custody by the police, said Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal. The Instagram group came to light after a girl from south Del...
May 05, 2020•1 min
Maharashtra's coronavirus tally on Monday jumped by 771 to 14541, while 35 more patients died. While 18 of them in Mumbai taking the toll to 583, said a state health department official. Confusion prevailed after health officials announced coronavirus tally for the state to be at 14541 with the addition of 771 new cases on Monday. However, figures did not add up as on Sunday the state tally stood at 12974 cases. A senior health official on late Monday night issued a clarification, stating, Mahar...
May 05, 2020•57 sec
The number of new coronavirus cases in India hit a new high today with states registering 3900 coronavirus patients in last 24 hours. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country climbed to 46433. Tamil Nadu became the second state after Maharashtra to add more than 500 cases in a day. The death toll in the country rose to 1568 as 195 more people died due to coronavirus infection on Monday. Maharashtra was the only state to record over 500 coronavirus related deaths. As many as 35 people...
May 05, 2020•54 sec
With the states registering over 2000 new cases in the last 24 hours, India's coronavirus infection count has crossed the grim milestone of 42000-mark. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country has climbed to 42533. The death toll has increased to 1373 as India recorded 72 deaths in the last 24 hours. Both the number of new cases and fatalities on Sunday were the highest reported in a single day so far. There were 29453 active coronavirus infection patients in the country. As many as ...
May 04, 2020•55 sec
A global leader in technology investment Silver Lake will invest Rs 5655.75 crore into Jio Platforms, Reliance Industries announced on Monday. This investment values Jio Platforms at an equity value of Rs 4.90 lakh crore and an enterprise value of Rs 5.15 lakh crore. That represents a 12.5 percent premium to the equity valuation of the Facebook investment announced on April 22, 2020. Commenting on the transaction with Silver Lake, Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industrie...
May 04, 2020•1 min
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the Central government for charging migrant workers for rail travel during the Coronavirus lockdown. Quoting a media report, Rahul Gandhi said that the Railway Ministry is charging migrants for rail tickets at the same time donating money in the PM-CARES Fund. "On the one hand, the Railway is charging ticket fare from migrant workers stranded in various states of the country. On the other hand, the Railway Ministry is donating Rs 151 crore in PM-...
May 04, 2020•47 sec
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has requested the Centre not to charge any amount from migrant labourers. For travelling by train to their native places during the coronavirus-enforced lockdown. Nearly five lakh migrant labourers have been given food and shelter for 40 days in various state facilities. Now they have expressed the desire to go back home in view of the current situation, Uddhav Thackeray said in a communication to the Centre late Sunday night. "These people have no sou...
May 04, 2020•51 sec
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor in Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh died of coronavirus infection on Sunday, confirmed the Lok Sabha lawmaker from the region - Anil Firojiya. In a statement issued on social media, Firojiya said he is pained to inform that Muzaffar Hussain, a local councillor and leader of party's minority cell, has succumbed to death days after contracting the coronavirus infection. Muzaffar Hussain was representing ward number 32 in Ujjain as the elected councillor. ...
May 04, 2020•52 sec
With the Maharashtra government on Sunday allowed liquor shops to operate in the red zone during the lockdown 3.0 Aurangabad MP Imtiyaz Jaleel warned that his party men will break lockdown restrictions and forcibly close these shops. The AIMIM Lok Sabha MP was of the opinion that this is not the time to sell liquor and create problems for women. Expressing his women, AIMIM Lok Sabha MP said, "Government decides to open liquor shops even in the red zone! If liquor shops in Aurangabad open we'll b...
May 04, 2020•55 sec
A 34-year-old doctor allegedly assaulted a 44-year-old male patient of coronavirus infection in the ICU ward of Mumbai's Wockhardt hospital. The incident occurred on May 1, a day after the accused joined the hospital. However, the doctor has not been questioned or arrested due to fears of contracting the infection from the victim. According to the report, the incident occurred in Mumbai around 9:30 am on May 1. The doctor is in quarantine inside his home in an apartment block in Thane, and is be...
May 04, 2020•47 sec
A global leader in technology investment Silver Lake will invest Rs 5655.75 crore into Jio Platforms, Reliance Industries announced on Monday. This investment values Jio Platforms at an equity value of Rs 4.90 lakh crore and an enterprise value of Rs 5.15 lakh crore. That represents a 12.5 percent premium to the equity valuation of the Facebook investment announced on April 22, 2020. Commenting on the transaction with Silver Lake, Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industrie...
May 04, 2020•1 min
Shami told Rohit I thought about suicide three times, this was the reason
May 03, 2020•1 min
The lockdown has also had an impact on the country's richest temple. 1300 contract workers working in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati Balaji temple have been thrown out. The contract of these employees ended on 30 April and the temple administration refused to renew the contract from 1 May. Actually, the Tirupati Balaji temple management has refused 1300 employees working on the contract since May 1. The temple administration said that work is closed due to the lockdown, so now the contracts of these ...
May 03, 2020•1 min
Ram of Ramayana Arun Govil told when Corona will end
May 03, 2020•58 sec
Aired again after 33 Years, “Ramayan" has set a world record by becoming the highest viewed entertainment program globally. For the record, the final episode of “Game of Thrones" had shattered single-night viewing records. With 19.3 million tuning in to watch the finale in May 2019. The re-telecast of the Ramayan started on Doordarshan National in March soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Announced a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of novel coronavirus. Doordarshan National said o...
May 02, 2020•51 sec
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope announced that all citizens will be covered under the state government's health scheme. Maharashtra will be the first state to provide free and cashless insurance protection to its people. Speaking to reporters after a Maharashtra Day event in Jalna on Friday, Rajesh Tope said 85 percent of the state's population. Was covered under the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY). At present and the cover will be extended to the remaining 15 percent. A...
May 02, 2020•55 sec
Cars will be allowed to ply with only three persons per vehicle, including the driver while for two-wheelers, pillion riders will not be allowed in the Red Zone. According to the vehicle guidelines issued with the announcement of an extension of the nationwide lockdown for another 14 days till May 17. Taxis and cab aggregators with one driver and two passengers are allowed in the Orange zone-- those districts which are neither defined as Red nor Green. However, inter-district and intra-district ...
May 02, 2020•46 sec
A special train carrying 1140 migrant labourers from Kerala bound for Bhubaneswar in Odisha. Left from the Aluva railway station in Kerala at 10 pm on Friday. This is the first special train from Kerala carrying migrant labourers stuck here due to lockdown. Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses were arranged for them to reach Aluva railway station. Also, police vans were used to take the migrants from camps to the railway station.
May 02, 2020•42 sec
The total number of coronavirus cases in India rose to 37336 on Saturday with 2293 new cases. While 71 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. This is the highest number of cases reported in one day. Of these, 26167 are active cases while 9950 individuals have been cured and discharged from the hospitals. The death toll has mounted to 1218 while one person has migrated to another country, according to the data released by the Health Ministry on Saturday. In M...
May 02, 2020•1 min
The novel coronavirus, that has killed over 230000 people globally so far and has shattered economies. Emerged from a virology lab in the Wuhan city of China, US President Donald Trump claimed Thursday with a high degree of confidence. "Yes, I have. Yes, I have," Donald Trump told reporters at the East Room of the White House when asked if he has seen anything at this point. That gives him a high degree of confidence that the Wuhan Institute of Virology is where the novel coronavirus originated....
May 01, 2020•55 sec
South African schools and universities are going to open under strict conditions to curb the spread of coronavirus infection, said officials on Thursday. "We are proposing that we will phase grades in. When we say grades 7 and 12 have to come to school, they will have the whole school to themselves. The other grades will only come later," said South African Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga at a virtual conference, Xinhua reported. "We agreed on a number of steps that must be taken to ...
May 01, 2020•58 sec
Veteran batsman Ross Taylor claimed the top honour on the final day of the 2020 New Zealand Cricket Awards. Winning the prestigious Sir Richard Hadlee medal for the third time in his career. For Ross Taylor, it was a season of milestones as he helped guide New Zealand to a second successive World Cup final. He surpassed Stephen Fleming's all-time Test runs scoring record for New Zealand. Ross Taylor became the first cricketer to play 100 international games in each of the three formats.
May 01, 2020•54 sec
The first coronavirus infection patient to undergo plasma therapy in Maharashtra succumbed to death, reports confirmed on Friday. The deceased, identified as a 53-year-old male patient, died on April 29 in Mumbai. A statement issued by the private Lilavati Hospital in the city confirmed that he was administered with the plasma therapy. The demise comes amid speculations that the plasma therapy may play a crucial role. In bringing down the mortality rate due to coronavirus infection. While Mahara...
May 01, 2020•1 min
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin says he has tested positive. For the new coronavirus pandemic and has told President Vladimir Putin he will self-isolate. First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov will temporarily perform Mr. Mishustin’s duties. But the prime minister said on Thursday that he would stay in touch on key issues. Mr. Mikhail Mishustin was named prime minister in January. During a video call, Mr. Putin voiced hope that Mr. Mikhail Mishustin would continue taking part in dr...
May 01, 2020•1 min
Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) today reported that it did not sell a single unit in the domestic market last month. Due to coronavirus infection nationwide lockdown. Maruti Suzuki, however, exported 632 units from Mundra port following resumption of port operations. The company said the units were dispatched ensuring all safety guidelines. Maruti Suzuki India Chairman RC Bhargava had told PTI, "We will start operations whenever we can maintain continuous production. Sell it (vehicles), which is not p...
May 01, 2020•59 sec
India's coronavirus infection count crossed 35043 marks on Friday with 1993 new cases. With 67 deaths in the past 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. According to data shared on the Health Ministry website. The total number of confirmed coronavirus infection cases in India rose to 35043. Of the total cases, 25007 are active cases while 9068 individuals have been cured and discharged from the hospitals. The death toll has mounted to 1154 while one person has migrated t...
May 01, 2020•1 min
Microsoft's enterprise communication tool Teams now has more than 75 million daily active users. With a number of organisations integrating their third-party and line of business apps. While Teams has tripled in the past 2 months, according to the Microsoft enterprise CEO Satya Nadella. Nadella said that they are accelerating Teams innovation, adding new capabilities each week and now support meetings of all sizes. "Meetings that scale from 250 active participants to live events for up to 100,00...
May 01, 2020•58 sec
Priyanka Chopra, the actress has been quarantining along with husband Nick Jonas and it looks like the couple is having a lot of fun. While we haven't been getting any fun updates from their lockdown time together. The actress in a recent interview with Vogue did reveal some interesting bits about how the couple has been spending their time. Priyanka Chopra revealed that she has been using this time to learn a new skill and that's music. The Sky Is Pink star hasn't learned to play an instrument ...
Apr 29, 2020•47 sec
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday clarified that the Department of Telecommunications has extended the relaxed terms and conditions for VPN till July 31.To clarify that it is not an extension of Work From Home. In response to the IT Industry's request to facilitate Work From Home for OSPs, Department of Telecommunications, India. Had relaxed terms and conditions for VPN till April 30. After discussions with IT Ministers, this relaxation in terms and conditions is extended till July 3...
Apr 29, 2020•52 sec
India's coronavirus infection tally hiked to 31332 on Wednesday. With 73 deaths and 1897 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. This is the sharpest ever increase in death cases in India. Of the total cases, 22629 are active cases while 7695 individuals have been cured and discharged from the hospitals. The death toll has mounted to 1007 while one person has migrated to another country, according to the data released by the Health Ministry ...
Apr 29, 2020•1 min
