Новости за 15.04.2020

The ICC Women`s Cricket World Cup Qualifier is scheduled to be played from 3-19 July in Sri Lanka, this is subject to review due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

India's Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter and posted a video of him talking about the `first-of-its-kind` initiative.

There is more scope for more "urgent" policy actions in India as the economic toll from the coronavirus pandemic is likely to be "large", a top IMF official said, noting that the fiscal stimulus package unveiled by the government to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 is a step in the right direction.

As per the revised guidelines, IT vendors for banking operations, banking correspondents, ATM operations and cash management agencies will also be functional.

On the list of the places with most deaths due to the coronavirus in the world, the US remained the worst-hit country with over 26,950 people succumbing to the disease.

India gifted the first consignment of four tonnes of essential life saving medicines to Seychelles.

iPhone SE comes with wireless-charging capability with Qi-certified chargers and also supports fast-charging, giving customers up to 50 per cent charge in just 30 minutes.

NASA on Wednesday announced that scientists have discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could support liquid water. It added that a team of transatlantic scientists using reanalyzed data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, made the discovery.

Countries like Russia, Japan, Germany and Ukraine have been carrying out special operations to evacuate their citizens stranded in India following the announcement of nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Out of nine new deaths in Maharashtra today, Pune (6) reported the highest number of fatalities, followed by Mumbai (2) while one death was reported from Akola district in the Vidarbha region.

An airline spokesperson in a statement said that the airline will make every effort to protect the health and ensure the safety of its passengers and staff.

According to the ministry's data updated in the evening, the highest number of confirmed cases in the country are from Maharashtra and the lowest in northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram.

The MHA guidelines come a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of the three-week nationwide lockdown for another 19 days till May 3 to battle the coronavirus pandemic.

Issuing the directions, the NHRC appreciates that the government agencies are sincerely working to deal with the unprecedented situation.

During an interactive session through video conferencing with senior officials and field officers of the World Health Organization (WHO) as well as key central and state government health functionaries, he spoke on the measures being taken for containment of COVID-19 in India.

The Ministry has directed colleges and institutions not to insist on payment of fees till the ongoing lockdown is lifted and normalcy is restored.

CBDT further said that about 1.75 lakh more refunds are in the process of issuance this week, adding "These refunds will get credited directly to the taxpayer bank account in five to seven business days from issuance."

The UPSC stated that it has already issued deferment notices for the Combined Medical Services Examination, the Indian Economic Service and the Indian Statistical Service Examination 2020, adding that the dates for the CAPF Exam 2020 will also be notified on the official website.

These measures fully incorporate all of the recommendations from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) along with some additional measures that the airline is proactively taking.

"The rate of inflation based on WPI Food Index consisting of food articles from primary articles group and food product from manufactured products group decreased from 7.31 per cent in February 2020 to 5.49 per cent in March 2020," said the statement.

The three categories are hotspot districts, non-hotspot districts but where cases are being reported and green zone districts said Ministry of Health Joint Secretary Lav Agrawal while addressing a press conference.

Addressing a press conference Ministry of Health Joint Secretary Lav Agrawal also clarified that so far no community transmission in India took place but added that there have been some local outbreaks.

The Board has not recommended any final dividend. The interim dividend of Rs 1 declared by the board at its meeting held on January 14, 2020 shall be considered as the final dividend for the financial year 2019-20. Thus, the total dividend for the financial year 2019-20 remains Rs 1 per equity share.

In January this year, the ED arrested the Wadhawan brothers for their dubious dealings with gangster Iqbal Mirchi, who died in 2013, and was booked under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

With the lockdown being extended, the railways not only canceled all its passenger services till May 3 on Tuesday but also stopped advance bookings.