Amid suspended economic activity to counter the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, India’s unemployment rate surged to 27.11 per cent for the week ended May 3 from the level of 6.74 per cent in the week ended March 15, the data from the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) showed. Unemployment rate had moderated to 21.05 per […]
In one of the largest evacuation exercises since the 1990 Kuwait airlift, the government will operate 64 flights from May 7 to 13 to bring home thousands of Indian nationals stranded abroad due to the coronavirus lockdown. Named “Vande Bharat Mission”, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar said on Tuesday that preparations for the operation had commenced and […]
Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday announced the dates for JEE Main and NEET exams. JEE Main will be held from July 18 to July 23 while medical entrance test will be conducted on July 26. JEE Advanced is expected to be held in August, dates of which are not decided yet. The syllabus […]
Amid the coronavirus pandemic that led to lockdown in various countries, India is planning to operate over 60 special flights in a week to bring back thousands of its citizens stranded across the world. The operations will start from May 7, in phased manner. According to the flight plan of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), 64 flights […]
In the sharpest spike in deaths and positive cases, India has recorded 195 new fatalities in the last 24 hours, taking the total casualties due to novel Coronavirus to 1,568. With 3,900 testing positive for COVID-19, the country’s total number of cases has climbed to 46,433, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. […]
The Staff Selection Commission on Monday reviewed the situation arising out of the coronavirus disease outbreak in the country. In view of the lockdown extension up to May 17, SSC has decided to announce the schedule for CHSL Tier 1 exam for the remaining candidates, Junior Engineer (JE) paper 1 exam 2019, Stenographer Grade C […]
New Delhi: Days after Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami was questioned by the Mumbai Police, the Maharashtra government has filed an application in the Supreme Court, demanding that orders be issued to “insulate” the investigating agency “from any pressure, threat or coercion” from Goswami, so that it can carry out a fair probe. The application accuses Goswami of “publicly trying […]
The government of Pakistan or its judiciary has no locus standi on territories illegally and forcibly occupied by it in Jammu and Kashmir, India said on Monday and protested the former’s efforts to bring “material change” in areas under its occupation. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a demarche to Islamabad protesting Pakistan Supreme […]
The Union Home Ministry on Sunday made it clear that the relaxations given for the movement of people during the lockdown was available only to distressed migrant workers. In a communication to all States and Union Territories, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said the home ministry allowed movement of such stranded persons, who had moved […]
The number of official Covid deaths in Malegaon in Maharashtra is just 12 since the first case in early April but, overall, the number of deaths in this city has shown an unusual surge. At 580 deaths for April, as per civic records obtained by The Indian Express, it’s almost twice the figure for the same […]