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Economic Times | 23 Jun, 2020 05.21 PM IST

News Live Updates: Decision on scrapping pending class 12th board exams likely tomorrow

Centre and CBSE tell SC that the discussion on scrapping of remaining exams of the Board is at advanced stage and the decision may be taken by tomorrow evening.

05:21 PM

Two COVID-19 patients die in Jammu & Kashmir

The increase took the total number of fatalities to 87.

05:13 PM

Trials with Oxford vaccine start in Brazil

Trials will count on 2,000 health workers volunteers in Sao Paulo and 1,000 people in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil's health regulator Anvisa approved human clinical trials for this potential vaccine, developed by Oxford and supported by AstraZeneca Plc, earlier in June.

05:09 PM

Cipla to price remdesivir under $66/Rs 5,000

Cipla and privately held Indian drugmaker Hetero Labs on Sunday gained approval to sell generic versions of remdesivir in the country. Hetero expects to price a similar 100 milligram dose of the treatment at 5,000 to 6,000 rupees.

05:07 PM

EU to focus on rebuilding in next 18 months: Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with her counterparts in Portugal and Slovenia that the EU should focus on rebuilding the bloc economically and socially after the coronavirus crisis in the next 18 months when the three assume the rotating presidency.

04:43 PM

RJD national Vice President Raghuvansh Prasad Singh resigns

04:26 PM

Congress, BJP at loggerheads over Galwan incident:

China's actions show 'complete failure' of India's foreign policy under Modi: Rahul
"The established institutional structure of diplomacy has been demolished by the PM. Our relations with our once friendly neighbours lie in tatters. Our time tested relationship with our traditional allies has been interrupted," Gandhi said.
Congress drawing sadistic pleasure from crisis facing country: BJP
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra hit out at Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, alleging that they are "conspiring" to lower the India Army's morale, as he took exception to the Congress Working Committee meeting and its criticism of the Modi government on a day the Army chief was visiting Ladakh.

04:24 PM

Priyanka slams UP government over high mortality rate in Agra

Tagging a media report, Priyanka Gandhi said the novel coronavirus death rate in Agra was 6.8 per cent, which was higher than Delhi and Mumbai.
Of the 79 patients who lost their lives due to COVID-19 in Agra, about "35 per cent -- 28 people -- died within 48 hours of hospitalisation", the Congress general secretary in charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh said.

04:19 PM

Set up coronavirus help desks in government offices: UP CM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials to set up coronavirus help desks in all police stations, hospitals and government offices across the state.
He said help desks should also be set up in jails and revenue courts. According to an official release, the chief minister told officials at a meeting that these should be equipped with pulse oximeters, infrared thermometer and sanitisers.
Posters should also be put up with the precautions against coronavirus, he added.

04:17 PM

29 new cases reported in Himachal Pradesh

State's COVID-19 tally reaches 756.

04:01 PM

New Zealand's tour of Bangladesh postponed

New Zealand were slated to play a two-Test series in Bangladesh in August-September as part of the ICC World Test Championship, which has now been pushed in light of the pandemic.

03:56 PM

Delhi HC adjourns hearing on OBC reservations

The plea seeks directions to the Central government to follow the 27% reservation of seats for the OBC category in medical and dental colleges for the academic year 2020.
A bench of Justice Jayant Nath posted the matter for further hearing on July 10 after the counsel for the Ministry of Health apprised the court that a case related to this is pending in the Supreme Court, which is likely to be heard on July 8.
According to the petition, in the past two academic years - 2017-18 and 2018-19 - around 5,530 seats that should have gone to students of the OBC category were allotted to students of the general category.

03:45 PM

103 new COVID-19 cases in Uttarakhand

The state's tally of reached 2,505.

03:29 PM

Former Pak president to be indicted in money laundering case

Former Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and others accused in a money laundering case will be indicted by the accountability court here on July 7.
Zardai, who is the president of Pakistan Peoples Party, was arrested last year for probe in two cases of money laundering and Park Lane but was later set free on bail.
The 64-year-old former president has rejected all the charges against him and termed them politically motivated.

03:27 PM

Pandemic blow to Indian realty

Around 4.66 lakh units across seven major cities, which were scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2020 may now miss the deadline, according to a report Anarock Property Consultants.

03:26 PM

Bengal educational institutions to now remain closed till July 31.

03:21 PM

Unemployment rate falls to pre-lockdown level

The unemployment rate in India fell to 8.5% in the week ended June 21.
It peaked at 23.5% in April and May after the nationwide lockdown was imposed resulting in job losses for millions of workers.
Urban unemployment continues to be higher than pre-Covid levels while the rural unemployment has come down significantly.
MGNREGA and Kharif sowing across the country has helped improve rural employment rates.

According to CMIE, the person-days of jobs created in May 2020 under the rural unemployment scheme shot up to 565 million, 53% higher than the 370 million person-days of jobs created under the scheme in May 2019 and 2.55 times the average monthly person-days of jobs created in 2019-20.

03:11 PM

PIA plane crashed due to human error

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash last month was caused by the negligence of the cockpit crew and the air control tower and not due to any technical fault, preliminary reports have shown.

The domestic flight from Lahore to Karachi crashed in a residential area near the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi on May 22.
The Airbus A320 aircraft of the national carrier had 91 passengers and a crew of eight.
It crashed into the Jinnah Garden area near Model Colony in Malir, minutes before landing.
Two passengers miraculously survived the crash.

03:05 PM

The challenge today is not just one of concepts and norms, but equally of their practice.

- Jaishankar at the RIC meet

03:04 PM

Bihar Assembly Elections

Voters in Bihar who test positive for COVID-19 will be allowed to cast their vote using postal ballot in the state assembly polls due later this year.
The Election Commission had approached the ministry recently to allow COVID-19 positive voters to use postal ballot to exercise their franchise
As of now, people with disabilities and those above 80 years of age have to fill form 12D to avail the postal ballot facility from the local returning officer.

02:44 PM

Control on nuclear arms

Russia and the United States hope to meet for a second round of nuclear arms control talks in Vienna as soon as practicable, possibly in late July or early August, the U.S. envoy to those talks said on Tuesday, the day after the first round took place.

02:43 PM

Latest on the virus

Nine new cases push Arunachal tally to 148.
4 police personnel test positive in Bengaluru.
Philippines records 1,150 new cases; biggest single-day increase.
Germany puts state in lockdown after virus outbreak at meatpacking plant.
Saudi to allow around 1,000 pilgrims to perform hajj.

02:40 PM

Another player tests positive for virus after Djokovic event

Viktor Troicki said Tuesday that he and his pregnant wife have both been diagnosed with the virus.
The former top-20 player from Serbia played against Djokovic in Belgrade during the first part of the two-leg tour.
Djokovic was the face behind the Adria Tour, a series of exhibition events that started in the Serbian capital and then moved to Zadar, Croatia, last weekend.
Djokovic was tested in Belgrade. Those results are expected later today.

02:36 PM

Gilead to start trials of inhaled version of remdesivir

Remdesivir, the investigational anti-viral medicine, is currently given to patients intravenously through daily infusions in the hospital.
An inhaled formulation will be given through a nebuliser which could potentially allow for easier administration outside the hospital at earlier stages of disease.
Remdesivir is an anti-viral product that is being studied in multiple ongoing international clinical trials. It has not been approved by the US FDA for any use.

02:23 PM

Delhi High Court grants bail to Jamia Coordination Committee member Safoora Zargar, in a case related Delhi Violence that broke out in February this year

02:22 PM

Rupee jumps 37 paise to close at 75.66 (provisional) against US dollar

02:20 PM

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia writes to Amit Shah and Delhi LG seeking rollback of new rule of compulsory quarantine

02:18 PM

Global Times quotes Chinese Foreign Ministry

Chinese and Indian border troops held commander-level meeting on Monday, first since the two sides clashed on June 15 at Galwan Valley, showing that both sides hope to properly handle differences through dialogue and consultation

02:15 PM

Elderly people account for 78.87 pc of COVID deaths in Karnataka: Minister

Over three fourths of COVID-19 deaths in Karnataka were in the above 50 age group and people should take special care of their elderly relatives at home, state Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said on Tuesday.

02:07 PM

ED raids at six locations in Delhi-NCR in PMLA probe against suspended AAP councillor Tahir Hussain in riots case: Officials

01:57 PM

EAM at virtual meeting of RIC foreign ministers

01:45 PM

RJD national vice president Raghuvansh Prasad Singh resigned from his post as he is tested positive for covid-19

01:27 PM

China says it has agreed with India to take steps to ease border tensions

China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that China and India have agreed to take measures to ease tensions along a disputed stretch of their border, where a clash last week left 20 Indian soldiers dead.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian also described recent media reports of 40 Chinese casualties in the conflict as "fake news". An Indian government minister said on Sunday that China had lost at least 40 soldiers in the clash.

01:23 PM

462 new cases & 8 deaths recorded in Andhra Pradesh in the last 24 hours

Tally- 9,834
Toll - 119

01:21 PM

Audi opens bookings for new RS 7 Sportback SUV, deliveries to begin from Aug

German luxury car maker Audi on Tuesday opened bookings for its new RS 7 Sportback SUV, the deliveries of which will commence from August.
The five-seater second-generation Audi RS 7 Sportback can be booked either online or from a dealership at an initial amount of Rs 10 lakh, the company said in a release.

01:19 PM

54 new COVID-19 cases in Indore, district tally rises to 4,427

12:57 PM

Tech Mahindra, Lucideus partner to offer annual cybersecurity assessment to companies

IT services major Tech Mahindra on Tuesday said it has partnered with Lucideus to offer annual cybersecurity risk assessment to global organisations.

12:56 PM

Fitch revises outlook of IOC, NTPC among other state-owned firm to negative

Fitch Ratings on Tuesday said it has revised the outlook on ratings of six government-owned firms such as Indian Oil Corp (IOC), NTPC and GAIL to 'negative' from 'stable', following a change in outlook on sovereign India rating.

12:44 PM

Pending Board exams decision tomorrow

Centre and CBSE tell SC that the discussion on scrapping of remaining exams of the Board is at advanced stage and the decision may be taken by tomorrow evening.

12:42 PM

Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane leaves for Ladakh. He will review the on-ground situation with the 14 Corps officials and the progress in talks with the Chinese military

12:42 PM

We've prepared the first Ayurvedic-clinically controlled, research, evidence & trial based medicine for COVID19

- Yog Guru Ramdev

12:41 PM

Corps Commander level talks between India-China held yesterday at Moldo

There was mutual consensus to disengage. Modalities for disengagement from all friction areas in Eastern Ladakh were discussed and will be taken forward by both sides, said Indian Army.

12:29 PM

Bolton says State Department defended India on Iranian oil import but Trump was not 'sympathetic'

Former US national security advisor John Bolton has slammed the State Department for defending India's position on import of oil from Iran, while claiming at the same time that President Donald Trump had "not been sympathetic" to New Delhi's case.
In his tell-all book "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir" that hit the stands on Tuesday, there is a sporadic mention of India in the context of President Trump asking countries to bring down the import of Iranian oil to zero and the crisis with Pakistan following the Pulwama terror attack.

12:13 PM

Application money of more than 2.3 lakh pilgrims will be returned without cancellation deductions through direct transfer: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

12:12 PM

L&T committed to reduce dependency on products from China

Larsen & Toubro on Tuesday said it is committed to reduce dependence on imported products from China and achieve self-reliance for domestic industry to support 'Atma Nirbhar Bharat' initiative.

12:11 PM

China reports 29 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

11:52 AM

50,000 Made in India ventillators under PM CARES Fund

11:50 AM

Decision not to send pilgrims for Haj taken after Saudi Arabia requested not to send pilgrims this year due to COVID-19 pandemic

- Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

11:48 AM

India's crude steel output falls 39% to 5.8 MT in May

Declining for the third straight month, the country's crude steel output fell 39 per cent to 5.76 million tonne (MT) in May, according to World Steel Association (worldsteel).

11:48 AM

Current crisis on border with China attributable to mismanagement of BJP-led govt, its wrong policies

- Sonia Gandhi

11:46 AM

Crisis on the border, if not tackled firmly, can lead to serious situation: Ex-PM Manmohan Singh at CWC meet

11:41 AM

Govt has decided pilgrims from India will not be sent to Saudi Arabia for Haj 2020: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

11:40 AM

Mismanagement of Covid pandemic will be recorded as one of 'most disastrous failures' of Modi govt