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    Coronavirus Outbreak: IOA President Narinder Batra hoping to see tournaments resume from October

    Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra on Wednesday said the governing body hopes to see national championships and tournaments from October, provided the situation arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic “does not go bad”. File image of Narinder Batra. Image courtesy: International Hockey Federation Batra also said the easing of restrictions for contact sports like […] More

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    Brent price touches $40 per barrel mark again after Black April

    With the world slowly opening up for business, oil prices are up again after April’s downward spiral, when demand almost vanished in a world under lockdown. The international benchmark Brent crude was trading at $38.94 per barrel on Wednesday, and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was at $36.27 per barrel at the time of going to […] More

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    Senior Law Ministry Official Tests Positive For Coronavirus In Delhi

    The official who tested positive for coronavirus last attended office on May 29. (File) New Delhi: A joint secretary in the Legislative Department of the Law Ministry tested positive of COVID-19 today, prompting the authorities to order sanitisation of portions of the fourth floor of Shastri Bhawan in Delhi. Officials and other staff members who […] More

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    Service with a mask: Inside paid quarantine hotels in Visakhapatnam

    “This is what the pandemic has done to us, we are scared to be around anything that is not sanitised and disinfected,” says Siddhartha Ganguly who recently flew to Visakhapatnam from Mumbai and is confined to a hotel for a seven-day quarantine. “It is a completely different approach that the hotels are taking. The rooms […] More

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    US Congratulates 3 Indian Firms Chosen By NASA To Make COVID-19 Ventilators

    21 licenses were granted worldwide to make the COVID-19-specific ventilator. Washington: The US has congratulated three Indian companies which NASA selected to make a ventilator specifically designed to treat COVID-19 patients. “Congrats to the 3 Indian companies NASA selected to make a ventilator specifically designed to treat COVID-19 patients. Only 21 licenses were granted worldwide […] More

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    Nifty races past 10k on liquidity gush

    MUMBAI: With markets awash with liquidity, courtesy balance-­sheet expansion of central banks, India’s frontline Nifty 50 index swiftly soared past the psychological 10,000 mark. In just five trading days, it has notched up more than an 11% rise. Globally also, equities have raced ahead with some of the top markets such as the US leading […] More

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    BSE EBIX launches health insurance products on its platform

    BSE EBIX Insurance Broking Pvt. Ltd, on 3 June, announced the beta launch of health insurance products on its platform in association with Religare Health Insurance Co. Ltd. EBIX, a US-based insurance software solutions company, in association with BSE Ltd first launched its beta operations on the platform on 7 February 2020 by offering auto […] More

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    AAP’s Sanjay Singh To Fly Migrants Home Using MP Quota

    AAP’s Sanjay Singh has been distributing food and making travel arrangements for migrants. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh tweeted today that he was using his annual quota of air travel as an MP to help migrant workers return to their home states. Mr Singh is entitled to 34 business class seats […] More

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    Irfan Pathan says players need to be careful about injury management once cricket resumes- Firstcricket News, Firstpost

    Former pacer Irfan Pathan believes the Indian team management will have to focus on the bowlers and be “extremely careful” with regard to injury management once the players hit the ground after the coronavirus-forced hiatus. Players in India haven’t been able to practice since 25 March due to the countrywide lockdown imposed to contain the […] More

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