According to the ministry, the loans, which were previously intended for specific sectors such as small borrowers, can be claimed until September 30 or until total guarantees worth three trillion rupees ($41 billion) are offered. Sunil Mehta, chief executive of the Indian Banks’ Association, said at a briefing that around …
Read More »India’s govt accuses Twitter of trying to ‘undermine’ country’s legal system after company raises ‘freedom of expression’ concerns
Twitter’s offices in the cities of Delhi and Gurgaon were visited by police on Monday, just days after the US tech company flagged tweets by Indian politicians as “manipulated media.” In a statement on Thursday, Twitter said it was “concerned by recent events regarding our employees in India and the …
Read More »‘Black fungus’ declared an epidemic in Jammu & Kashmir as India battles deadly infection
The territory declared mucormycosis – more commonly known as “black fungus” – to be an epidemic on Monday under the Epidemic Diseases Act of 1897. The move makes it mandatory for health officials to report suspected cases to the national health department. Jammu and Kashmir follow in the footsteps of …
Read More »Hundreds in India flout lockdown to cremate ‘divine horse’ who died ‘trying to get rid the world of Covid-19’
The incident happened in Maradimath, a hamlet of about 400 houses in the Karnataka state. Locals flouted social distancing rules, which the state government last week extended till June, to give the sacred animal a send-off. The horse was attached to a local temple. Earlier in the week, believers released …
Read More »Air India says hackers stole personal data of 4.5mn passengers, including passport & credit card info
India’s national carrier and largest international airline informed the public of the breach on Friday. “This incident affected around 4,500,000 data subjects in the world,” the company said in a statement. The airline explained that hackers have gained access to personal information that was registered between August 26, 2011 and …
Read More »India’s refiners prepare for lifting of US sanctions on Iran’s oil
India’s refiners halted imports from Iran several months after the previous US Administration slapped sanctions on the Islamic Republic’s oil industry and withdrew from the so-called nuclear deal in 2018. The Biden Administration has been indirectly talking to Iran for a few weeks in Vienna in rounds of talks with …
Read More »India administers first dose of Russian-made Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V as country battles with more than 300,000 daily new cases
The first shipment of 150,000 doses arrived in the country on May 1, before being accepted by the country’s regulator on May 13. A day later, the first jab was administered, given as part of a limited pilot project in the city of Hyderabad, in the south of the subcontinent. …
Read More »As India weeps for its dead, the supercilious Left goes into Modi Derangement Syndrome overdrive to score political points
The world is now well aware of the pain and misery that engulfs India as it continues to grapple with the Covid-19 pandemic. It is not a good time for the country, where death tolls keep rising and loved ones are lost well before their time. India broke another record …
Read More »Grim milestone: India’s Covid-19 cases surpass 20 million as country suffers from medical oxygen shortages
The number of infections has shot past 20 million, with India’s Health Ministry recording 357,229 new cases on Tuesday. The country has added 10 million cases in just over four months, during which it was hit by a devastating second wave of the virus. Some 3,449 deaths were recorded on …
Read More »Don’t be so selfish! Australia’s India travel ban’s NOT about racism – not putting others at risk is simply the right thing to do
Tough new Covid-19 emergency laws enacted by the Australian government might have stranded up to 10,000 of its residents in India, but at home a storm is raging, with accusations of racism and a breach of human rights causing all sorts of problems. The snap decision to fine and/or jail …
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