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India will be impacted by coronavirus to 'some extent': RBI Governor

Mumbai, Mar 06 (ANI): While addressing during the 15th Annual Banking Summit of the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) on March 06 in Mumbai, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said, "India is much more integrated to global economy than it was 10-20 years ago so it will be impacted to some extent (by coronavirus) but it is not that integrated to global value chain as some other countries, to that extent India remains insulated."

Women self-help group in J-K's Kathua gets helping hand of state administration

Kathua (Jammu and Kashmir), Mar 06 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir's Department of Agriculture took a unique step to promote women empowerment in the state. The department is training the women self-help group to cultivate mushroom and making of pickle. Around 20-25 women participated in the initiative. It helped in skill development of these women. One of the officials said, "We have made a group of 20-25 women and we teach various kind of work. This time, we taught them mushroom cultivation so that they can make money out of it. We also taught them the process of making mushroom pickles. "

India one of the quickest in settling insolvency cases: FM Sitharaman

New Delhi, Mar 06 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on March 06 said that today India probably takes least possible time in resolving insolvency cases. "Jet Airways is a case where cross border resolutions are happening and we have to be conscious that time bound decision making is important. I was very impressed when (NCLAT Chairman) Justice Mukhopadhaya told me that India today probably takes least possible time in resolving such issues. I am so happy that we could reach this situation with a robust law," said Sitharaman after meeting NCLAT Chairman, Justice Mukhopadhaya.

Congress protests inside Parliament premises demanding Amit Shah's resignation

New Delhi, Mar 06 (ANI): Congress MPs protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi statue inside the Parliament premises on March 06. The demonstration was led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Congress is demanding resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah over Delhi violence. National capital witnessed violence between two communities in city's northeast region. Over 50 people lost their lives during the tragic incident.

12 dead, several injured after car collides with SUV in Karnataka's Tumkur

Tumkur (Karnataka), Mar 06 (ANI): At least 12 people, including women and children, died after a car, in which they were travelling, collided with an SUV in Karnataka's Tumkur district on March 06. The accident took place around 03:00 am near Amruthur police station in Tumkur district. The injured have been rushed to a local hospital and are undergoing medical treatment. An investigation into the matter is underway. More details are awaited.

Yes Bank customers rush to ATMs in Mumbai after RBI caps withdrawal limit

Mumbai, Mar 06 (ANI): After Reserve Bank of India on Thursday imposed a month-long moratorium on Yes Bank citing 'serious deterioration in its financial position', capping the withdrawal limit at Rs 50000, depositors in Mumbai rushed to the ATMs for withdrawing the cash. During the period of moratorium, the Yes Bank Limited shall not, without the permission in writing of the Reserve Bank of India, make payment to a depositor of a sum exceeding Rs 50,000 lying to his credit, in any savings, current or any other deposit account.

Finance Minister Sitharaman, MoS Anurag Thakur meet NCLAT Chairman

New Delhi, Mar 06 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur, met the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) Chairman, Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya, in the national capital on March 06. Ministry Of Corporate Affairs Secretary, Injeti Srinivas was also present. Justice Mukhopadhaya is the Chairman of NCLAT since its inception in 2016

Equity indices plunge on weak global cues, Yes Bank cracks by 30 pc

New Delhi, Mar 06 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices tumbled during early hours on March 06 after another overnight steep fall on Wall Street with banking stocks seen coming under pressure after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) placed Yes Bank under a moratorium and took over its board. At 10:15 am, the BSE S-P Sensex was down by 1,036 points or 2.69 per cent to 37,435 while the Nifty 50 dived by 306 points or 2.72 per cent at 10,963. All sectoral indices at the National Stock Exchange were in the red with Nifty PSU bank down by 5 per cent, private banks by 4.5 per cent, metal by 4.2 per cent and realty by 3.8 per cent. Among stocks, Yes Bank crashed by 29.89 per cent to Rs 25.80 per share after the RBI said it is superseding the board of troubled private sector lender with immediate effect.

Isolation center set up in Srinagar to counter coronavirus spread

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), Mar 06 (ANI): Amid growing cases of coronavirus, Jammu and Kashmir administration is all prepped up to fight the deadly disease. The Directorate of Health Services of Kashmir has set up isolation facility at Sant Nagar in Srinagar with capacity of 10 new beds as part of preparation for coronavirus prevention. The suspected passengers arriving at the Srinagar airport, will be directly brought for the screening to stop the virus from spreading. This center has proper facility of screening, 24-hours medical staff and latest equipments. The in-charge of Sant Nagar Isolation Center, Dr Navida said, "This is an isolation ward and patients will only be isolated here. We won't test them here. We'll send them to lab for the tests and accordingly, treatment will happen then. We have set up a 10-bed ward which is fully equipped and the staff here is especially trained to deal with coronavirus and these patients. Here the major role plays the precautions, not treatmen

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik makes sculpture on coronavirus to spread awareness

Puri (Odisha), Mar 06 (ANI): With an aim to create awareness among people to fight coronavirus scare, sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has made a sculpture to counter the deadly disease. The artist depicted a girl wearing mask and washing her hands with tap water. Through his sand art, he sends message "no need to panic for coronavirus".

Worldwide death toll from coronavirus rises to 3,282: WHO

New Delhi, Mar 06 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it had registered 2,241 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) worldwide within the past 24 hours, with 84 people having died, which brought the total death toll to 3,282. In China, death toll due to coronavirus has risen to 3,042. The whole number of people, who were diagnosed with COVID-19, has reached 95,333 including 80,565 people in China. COVID-19 was first detected in China's Wuhan in late December and has since spread across the world. In late January, the WHO declared a global health emergency in light of the epidemic.

Parts of Himachal Pradesh receive fresh snowfall

Lahaul-Spiti, Narkanda, Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), Mar 06 (ANI): High altitudes of Kullu received fresh snowfall on March 06. Meanwhile, Lahaul-Spiti was seen covered in thick blanket of snow following fresh spell of snow. Himachal Pradesh's Narkanda also received fresh snowfall. Snowfall in parts of Himachal Pradesh brought down the mercury. Snowfall lead to increase in cold wave and dipping of day and night temperatures.

Sales of Holi items take a dip as coronovirus fear grips customer sentiments

Ludhiana (Punjab), Mar 06 (ANI): The festival of colours, Holi is around the corner but shopkeepers are still waiting for customers at their shops in Ludhiana. The sales rate of Holi business is low due to growing fear of novel coronavirus, this year. One of the shopkeepers said, "Due to coronavirus, the market is a bit slow in Holi, this year. Customers are not coming to buy water guns and colours. Nothing is importing from China, this time because of the fear and even, we don't have any Chinese item. Sales are very low." The other one said, "The season is tardy this time because of the rumours of coronavirus. We have no Chinese items this year. People have false notion that we are selling Chinese colours but this is not true, we are selling colours purely made in India. Political views also affected the Holi market." Few days ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal also announced that they will not play Holi this year due to growing cases of cor

Continuous light showers halt normal life in Delhi-NCR

New Delhi, Mar 06 (ANI): Delhi-NCR is continuously receiving light showers from the evening on March 05. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), light to moderate rain will likely to continue on March 06. Rain disrupted normal life out of order.

RBI caps withdrawal limit from Yes Bank to Rs 50,000

Mumbai, Mar 06 (ANI): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has put Yes Bank under moratorium and capped its withdrawal limit to Rs 50,000 for its account holders per month. Board of Directors has been superseded for period of 30 days. Decision was taken by the Central Bank as Yes Bank struggled to raise capital over bad loans.

Harsh Vardhan inspects coronavirus preparations at Delhi airport

New Delhi, Mar 06 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan inspected the management and preparedness for coronavirus at Terminal 3, Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. 30 positive COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in India. The deadly disease which originated from China's Wuhan city has spread to over 65 countries affecting over 80,000 people.

Meeting of MLAs at CM Kamal Nath's residence concludes

Bhopal (MP), Mar 06 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Ministers and MLAs attended meeting at Chief Minister Kamal Nath's residence on wee hours of March 5. BJP MLA Narayan Tripathi also met Chief Minister.

You can now tell Google Assistant to read aloud web articles

New Delhi, Mar 06 (ANI): Until now, you could tell Google Assistant to show you web results for a search term. Now, you can tell the digital assistant to even read out web articles from a browser. As part of the latest update, if you say, "Hey Google, read it" or "Hey Google, read this page," and it will read aloud the content of the web page. It will also scroll the page automatically and highlight words are they're being read to help you follow along, the official blog explains. You can choose the reading speed and voice. Google Assistant can also trigger the browser to read aloud in 42 languages

Protest continues at Shaheen Bagh

New Delhi, Mar 06 (ANI): Despite slight disruption due to rain, demonstrators continued to protest against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) at Shaheen Bagh on March 5. Mediation by Supreme Court appointed interlocutors and Delhi Police has not bore fruit.

Coronavirus: Assam airports on high alert

Dibrugarh (Assam), Mar 06 (ANI): Assam Government is on high alert amid coronavirus outbreak. A total number of coronavirus cases have jumped to 30 with a new case confirmed in Gurugram recently. All the state airports are on high alert and ambulances are on standby. Medical teams have been deployed at all the airports to monitor suspected passengers. The assessment of the triple layer mask, personal protection equipment N95 mask has been done. Announcements for awareness are being made at the airport among the passengers at regular intervals about the COVID-19 infection.