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Owaisi calls for home prayers during Ramzan

25 Apr 2020 08:23 AM IST

AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, on Friday, gave call to Muslims in the country to pray at home during the holy month of Ramzan. He asked fellow Muslims not to gather at any place during the evenings since the country is fighting the Covid-19 outbreak. “I would like

Telangana’s lower corona testing may impact it later

25 Apr 2020 08:23 AM IST

The Telugu states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have taken contrasting approaches in fighting Covid-19. Andhra continues to test on a war footing with over 6,000 tests per day, the authorities in Telangana have issued a controversial order, saying secondary contacts of positive patients will not be tested anymore. Instead,

Channels between govt & citizens have opened like never before: MyGov CEO

25 Apr 2020 08:22 AM IST

Abhishek Singh, the CEO of MyGov, speaks to NewsX’s Managing Editor on how the organisation and the app have brought tech start-ups together to innovate and collaborate. Q. Many of you will already be aware of MyGov, its one of the portals put together by the government of India a

Lifeline Udan warriors take to the skies to fight Covid-19

25 Apr 2020 08:20 AM IST

The Narendra Modi government is not leaving any stone unturned in its fight against Covid-19. It has now taken to the skies to defeat the pandemic. As part of India’s war against the coronavirus outbreak, under the Aviation Ministry’s “Lifeline Udan” initiative, 339 flights have transported 587.57 tonnes of medical

There’s no middle path in fight against Covid-19

25 Apr 2020 08:15 AM IST

Lockdown or no lockdown? There can’t be a middle path in the world’s fight against coronavirus. Unfortunately, the world’s only superpower – the United States — seems to be sending ambivalent, if not confusing, signals in its approach to take on the pandemic. The US, currently helpless, devastated and in

‘India is well-placed in its battle against corona’

25 Apr 2020 08:07 AM IST

Dr Rakesh Maurya, lead scientist at Redcliffe Life Sciences, spoke to NewsX’s Managing Editor on the benefits of plasma therapy in fighting Covid-19. Q. About 4,257 people have recovered in India. They now carry within them some kind of antibody to coronavirus. Of what use could this pool of population

May could bring India liberation from Covid-19 tyranny

24 Apr 2020 08:30 AM IST

First two or three weeks will witness visible rollback of coronavirus pandemic in the country

Trump shatters ‘Big American Dream’ of Indians

24 Apr 2020 08:23 AM IST

On the pretext that mass migration of low-skilled labour into the United States disproportionately harms “historically disadvantaged” Americans, US President Donald Trump has moved to “safeguard his own political interests in the name of saving native Americans’ employment”. At a time when the American unemployment has touched an all-time high

No DA hike for central govt employees

24 Apr 2020 08:19 AM IST

In a decision which will dampen the mood of the Central government employees, the Finance Ministry has decided to stop the new instalments of the increased DA till July1, 2021. The ministry has made it clear on Thursday that the increased DA meant for Central govt employees and pension holders

‘RTLAMP test is a game-changer in Covid-19 testing’

24 Apr 2020 08:18 AM IST

Dr Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary Dept Of Science & Technology, speaks to NewsX’s Managing Editor on an indigenously developed kit that would be cheaper and tests could be done in no time. Q. Can you tell us about the concept of an indigenous testing kit that I am told can do

Pakistan’s F-16 crash hints at a deeper malaise

24 Apr 2020 08:05 AM IST

The world was witness to a Pakistan Air Force F-16 crash last month at Shakarparian, Islamabad. The aircraft was practising an aerobatic manoeuvre, in preparation for an upcoming aerobatic display performance. Although hindsight is always know-all, a keen or trained eye could probably foretell the inevitable, watching the height of

Coal India will produce 710 MT in FY21: Pralhad Joshi

24 Apr 2020 08:00 AM IST

The government has decided not to scale down Coal India Limited’s (CIL’s) production target of 710 million tonne (MT) for the current fiscal 2020-21. This is despite the fact that the country has more than enough stock of the dry fuel amid subdued power demand due to coronavirus lockdown. This

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