Economic crisis in Sri Lanka: Mother, two children land up in Tamil Nadu
Chennai, April 20 (BPNS) With Sri Lanka engulfed in an economic crisis, the inflow of refugees from the island nation continues to Indian shores. The latest is the arrival of a single mother and her two children at Dhanushkodi on Wednesday morning. Tamil Nadu marine police on a tip-off from local fishermen recovered the mother […]
TN health department directs district collectors to ensure Covid -19 appropriate behaviour
Chennai, April 20 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department has on Wednesday directed the district collectors to ensure that Covid -19 appropriate behaviour is followed in the state. In a circular, Tamil Nadu health secretary, J. Radhakrishnan said that the number of fresh Covid cases in the state has marginally increased from less than 25 […]
‘Karthik can play finisher’s role for India in T20 WC’, Gavaskar
Mumbai, Apr 19 Impressed with the way Dinesh Karthik is making his bat talk in this year’s IPL, the legendary Sunil Gavaskar reckons that the veteran keeper-batter can play the role of a finisher for the Indian team in the T20 World Cup later this year. Karthik has been hitting the ball fluently for his […]
Delhi Capitals’ game against Punjab Kings shifted to Mumbai
Mumbai, Apr 19 The upcoming IPL match between COVID-hit Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings was on Tuesday shifted to Mumbai from Pune following a virus outbreak in the Rishabh Pant-led team. In a statement, the BCCI said it has moved Wednesday’s game to Brabourne stadium to ensure no COVID infection goes undetected in the bio-bubble. […]
Singapore and New Zealand to jointly tackle climate change
Singapore, Apr 19 (AP) Singapore and New Zealand will cooperate on green technologies in the fight against climate change, prime ministers from both countries said Tuesday. The joint efforts will be part of the new climate change and green economy pillar added to Singapore and New Zealand’s enhanced partnership, and will involve adopting low-carbon and […]

Action likely against Sunil Jhakar as he did not respond to Congress highcommand New Delhi, Apr 19 The Congress Disciplinary Committee will meet in a couple of days to decide on action against former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar and Kerala Congress leader K V Thomas, after it served them notices on April 11. Jakhar […]
India-Bangladesh cultural ties must deepen: Ex-Indian envoy to Dhaka
By Aishik Chanda Kolkata, Apr 19 (PTI) India, especially West Bengal could deepen its people-to-people ties with neighbour Bangladesh, said Ambassador Riva Ganguly Das, former Secretary-East in the Ministry of External Affairs, while pointing out that in the official domain, collaboration between the two governments had been strengthened significantly in all areas, in recent years. Ganguly […]
Markets succumb to fag-end sell-off, extend losing streak to 5th day
Mumbai, Apr 19 Equity indices tripped in the last half-an-hour of trade on Tuesday to notch up losses for the fifth consecutive session as finance and IT counters continued to bear the brunt of heavy selling amid negative global cues. Russia ramping up its offensive in Ukraine, coupled with unabated foreign fund outflows, a depreciating […]
J-K reports nine fresh Covid -19 cases
Srinagar, Apr 19 Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday reported nine fresh cases of COVID-19, taking the infection tally in the union territory to 4,53,955, officials said here. While five cases were reported from Jammu district and four cases were from Kashmir, they said. Seventeen of the 20 districts in the union territory did not report […]
