Category: Corona Outbreak

As liquor shops reopened across Red, Orange and Green Zones on May 4 amid the third phase of the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, states including Karnataka did massive business worth crores. In the meantime, a picture of a liquor bill amounting to Rs 52,841 has gone viral on the internet as netizens expressed severe disbelief. Liquor worth Rs 52,841 was purchased from a shop named Vanilla Spirit Zone in Bengaluru. The bill’s picture has been doing the rounds of the internet since Monday evening. Abhishek Baadkar, a Twitter user, shared a…

Walt Disney Co. will kick off its strategy next week to begin restoring its lucrative parks business that has suffered USD 1 billion in lost profits from the coronavirus-led shutdown. Disney said on Tuesday it will reopen its Shanghai Disneyland park on May 11 but severely limit the number of guests and enforce strict social distancing measures on rides and in restaurants. The plans provide a glimpse at how the company – which in previous quarters generated a third of its revenue from parks, experiences and consumer products – will…

कोरोना वायरस के चलते विदेशों में फंसे भारतीयों को देश वापस लाने का प्लान तैयार किया जा चुका है।नागरिक उड्डयन मंत्री हरदीप सिंह पुरी के मुताबिक एक सीमित प्रक्रिया के तहत भारतीयों को विदेशों से वापस लाया जाएगा। इसी सप्ताह से इसकी शुरुआत होने जा रही है। 7 से 13 मई तक ये प्रक्रिया चलेगी। भारतीयों को वापस लाने के लिये 64 फ्लाइट्स का इस्तेमाल किया जाएगा। अब तक की जानकारी के मुताबिक यूके से 7, अमेरिका से 7, कतर से 2, सऊदी अरब से 5, यूएई से 10, बांग्लादेश…

Kejriwal’s announcement comes amid reports of people flouting social distancing norms at liquor shops in many areas in the national capital which were re-opened on Monday as authorities allowed all activities permitted by the central government. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the Delhi government will withdraw all lockdown relaxations from areas where people do not maintain social distancing. The announcement comes amid reports of people flouting social distancing norms at liquor shops in many areas in the national capital which were re-opened on Monday as authorities allowed…

The Opposition Congress termed her resignation ‘shocking’, asking Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar if it was not a “proof of his failure”. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. (Photo: PTI) A2014-batch IAS officer of the Haryana cadre resigned on Monday, citing ‘personal safety on government duty’ as the reason for it. The Opposition Congress termed her resignation ‘shocking’, asking Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar if it was not a “proof of his failure”. Rani Nagar (35), currently posted as Director, Archives Department, sent her resignation to the state chief secretary,…

Over 100 migrant labourers hailing from Uttar Pradesh started walking to their native villages from on Monday, prompting the local administration to intervene which sent them back to their rented accommodations amid the third phase of the nationwide lockdown. As many as 100 migrant labourers in Jammu started a journey on foot amid Covid-19 lockown. (Rep Image) Over 100 migrant labourers hailing from Uttar Pradesh started walking to their native villages from on Monday, prompting the local administration to intervene which sent them back to their rented accommodations amid the…

Junior doctors at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College Hospital here have threatened to cease work from Tuesday and go on a hunger strike if authorities fail to consider their demand for better work conditions at the Covid-19 isolation ward. Junior doctors at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College Hospital in Aligarh have threatened to cease work from Tuesday and go on a hunger strike if authorities fail to consider their demand for better work conditions at the Covid-19 isolation ward. There are around 600 junior doctors in the hospital,…