Actor Irrfan Khan, who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2018, has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a city hospital with a colon infection, his spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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Outstanding loans amounting to Rs 68,607 crore of top 50 wilful bank loan defaulters in the country including firms of Mehul Choksi and Vijay Mallya have been technically written off till September 30, 2019, the Reserve Bank of India said in a RTI reply.
The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to consider the feasibility of ‘temporarily’ adopting the ‘one nation, one ration card’ scheme during the ongoing coronavirus lockdown period to enable the migrant workers and economically weaker sections (EWS) get subsidised food grain.
The NITI Aayog building in the National Capital has been sealed for 48 hours after a director-level officer tested positive for coronavirus, a senior official said today.
The Health Ministry today said plasma therapy is currently at an experimental stage and there is no evidence yet to support that it can be used as treatment for COVID-19.
The government today announced a compensation of Rs 50 lakh for dependent members of port employees in case of loss of life due to COVID-19 while discharging duties.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today said it has approved USD 1.5 billion loan to India to help fund its fight against coronavirus pandemic.
China today said it was “deeply concerned” over the evaluation result of the COVID-19 rapid testing kits supplied by two Chinese companies and subsequent decision by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to not use the equipment, and hoped that India will resolve the issue “reasonably”.
Nine more prisoners lodged at the Central Jail in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city have tested positive for coronavirus, an official said on Tuesday.