India's priorities should be to protect the most vulnerable people, well targeted support and protecting small and medium sized enterprises so that they do not collapse as the country battles the COVID-19 pandemic, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva has said.
The Met department on Wednesday forecast thunderstorms with lightning at isolated places in coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam over the next five days, and in Rayalaseema region on the weekend, under the impact of a deep depression. According to a Met Department official, the depression, situated about 15 km west by northwest of Andhra's Kakinada and 200 km east by southeast of Telangana's Khammam further moved west by northwestwards at a speed of 32 km per hour in the past six hours.
At least 22 special trains would be operated by the South Western Railway (SWR) to and from Karnataka from October 23-27 to ferry passengers for Dussehra, Diwali and Chhath puja.
Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Puri has called Air India's leave without pay (LWP) scheme a "win-win for employees and management", and pointed out that Air India has not laid off a single employee even as international and domestic carriers have resorted to cost-cutting through layoffs. In a letter to Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam, Puri provided clarification on Air India's financial condition and the LWP scheme.
The Central Railway on Wednesday announced to run 28 additional services on its Mumbai suburban network beginning October 15, an official release said. With more number of trains, the number of the CR's suburban services will increase to 481 from the current 453, it said.
Hyderabad on Wednesday witnessed monsoon fury that inundated roads, flooded houses, toppled and swept away vehicles and left 19 people dead, as unprecedented rains lashed the capital city, besides some other districts in Telangana.
At least 31,000 Grade-III teachers look set to be recruited in Rajasthan as the Ashok Gehlot-led government gave its nod to the proposal. The chief minister approved the proposal for recruitment through the Rajasthan Eligibility Examination for Teachers (REET).Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
