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PFC-REC loans can be recalled if discoms don’t shape up: Power Minister RK Singh Non-compliant state-run electricity distribution companies (discoms) risk losing a lot of the Rs 90,000 crore credit that the legislature reported on Wednesday to infuse liquidity into the fragment. On the off chance that discoms don’t find a way to decrease their misfortunes, they would be denied the office, Union influence serve RK Singh said on Thursday. The advances from division explicit banks REC and PFC will be made accessible “only if the discom concerned draws up a loss-reduction trajectory and gets it approved by the state government,”...

India, China troops face-offs not co-related: Army Chief The recent incidents of face-off between the troops of India and China in Eastern Ladakh and North Sikkim last week were neither “co-related” nor have have any connection with other global or local activities, Army Chief Gen Manoj Naravane said in a statement on Thursday. “Indian border troops have always been upholding peace and tranquillity along the border areas. I can say with confidence that development of infrastructure capabilities along our northern borders is on track,” he said. “It is reiterated that both these incidents are neither co-related nor do they have any connection...

Former HC judge working at Congress’ behest to save Nirav Modi: Ravi Shankar Prasad Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Thursday accused the Congress of “trying its best” to save fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi who is undergoing an extradition trial in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court. The minister alleged that a Congress member, who also happens to be an ex-high court judge, appeared as defence witness in extradition proceedings against Nirav Modi. “There exist some overpowering suspicious circumstances to suggest that Congress is trying its best to save Nirav Modi,” PTI quoted the minister as...

Manushi Chhillar is celebrating her 23rd birthday under lockdown Former Miss World Manushi Chhillar turned 23 today. On her special day, she traced her journey from winning Miss World to gearing up for her debut in Akshay Kumar starrer Prithviraj. She also opened up about her birthday plans. “I have had a blessed life and I thank the universe for everything. I have nothing but gratitude for the exposures that I have had so far and I’m proud that I have been able to express myself completely along the way. My journey has just begun and I’m extremely excited to...

Akshay Kumar provides 1000 wrist bands to help Mumbai Police for detecting COVID 19 symptoms Akshay Kumar is among the multiple Bollywood celebs who have come forward to help those who have been working hard to fight the Coronavirus pandemic. Previously the actor had made a generous donation of Rs 25 crore to the PM Relief Fund to fight against the deadly COVID-19. Of late, he has taken another initiative which is worth praises. The superstar has contributed a total number of 1000 wrist bands to the Mumbai Police for detecting the symptoms for COVID-19. With this, Mumbai Police becomes the...

Uday Kotak on why coronavirus lockdown is like Abhimanyu’s Chakravyuh Uday Kotak has likened India’s lockdown situation due to the coronavirus pandemic to Abhimanyu’s Chakravyuh – seeing as Abhimanyu from the Mahabharata despite being trained in warfare and breaking into the Chakravyuh, did not know how to escape. “It is easy to get into the lockdown, but getting out is a more complicated process,” the Kotak Mahindra CEO said. He added that India would have to exit the lockdown in a “gradual and calibrated manner,” Business Today reported. Source: Moneycontrol

Did not face govt interference in judicial appointments: Ex-CJI Gogoi Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) and present Rajya Sabha MP Ranjan Gogoi said on Wednesday that the Supreme Court Collegium didn’t confront any administration obstruction during his residency as the CJI when delegating judges to high courts and the Supreme Court. “Fourteen names were recommended for appointment (as judges) to the Supreme Court during my tenure. They were accepted and appointments made on time. There was never any difficulty. All recommendations with chief justices of high courts also were processed in time. (There was) no executive interference,” he said...

Goa ready to welcome tourists, but tourism activities to take more time: CM PANAJI : Goa, which is as of now an assigned green zone with no dynamic COVID-19 case, is prepared to invite tourists, however considering the circumstance in numerous pieces of the nation re-beginning the travel industry exercises will take some time, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday. In his live communication on Facebook composed by the express government’s Directorate of Information and Publicity, Sawant said that endeavors should be made by the inhabitants of the state to nip gossip mongering about fake COVID-19 cases in the...

Fauci warns: More death, economic damage if US reopens too fast Dr Anthony Fauci, the Donald Trump organization’s topinfectious disease expert, cautioned Tuesday that urban communities and states could “turn back the clock” and see more coronavirus passings and financial harm the same in the event that they lift Covid-19 stay-at-home requests excessively quick. His reaction remains in sharp differentiation to President Donald Trump’s desires to stop the descending spiraling economy. Cautioning a Senate board and the country, Fauci stated, “There is a real risk that you will trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control.” More...

Another ‘much valued’ doctor of Indian origin dies of Covid-19 in UK Poornima Nair, who gained medical qualifications from the University of Delhi in 1987 and rehearsed as a general specialist subsequent to moving to the UK in 1997, has died in the wake of contracting coronavirus, her training in County Durham said on Wednesday. The Station View Medical Center in north-east England, where she was based, stated: “The practice is very sorry to announce to our patients the death of our much loved and valued colleague and friend Dr Poornima Nair”. “Dr Nair died after a drawn out Covid...