Day: June 18, 2020

Crossing 2,000-mark for the second consecutive day, Tamilnadu today reported a record high of 2,141 new Covid-19 cases. With this, the total number of coronavirus infections in the State has touched 52,334.

China and India have agreed to de-escalate the situation at their border as soon as possible following a clash between the their troops, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has topped to over 8.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 448,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

Beijing reported 21 new confirmed domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases and three new asymptomatic cases on Wednesday, the municipal health commission said today.

State Bank of India has informed the Supreme Court that 90 per cent of borrowers did not avail the moratorium till 31 August on repayment of loans through EMI.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) is set to ask state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) not to use Chinese telecom gear in its 4G upgradation, which is being supported as part of the company’s revival package, reports said.

Fitch Ratings today revised India’s outlook to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’, stating that the coronavirus pandemic has significantly weakened the country’s growth prospects for the year and exposed the challenges associated with a high public-debt burden.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has removed Sanjay Jha as a party spokesperson, days after he wrote a newspaper article critical of the party.

An unanimous phone call was made to police control room in Chennai stating that a bomb has been planted at actor Rajinikanth’s house in Poes Garden today.