Day: September 21, 2020

The overall number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 31 million mark, while the deaths have increased to almost 960,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

Pakistan’s major Opposition parties on Sunday demanded immediate resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan as they launched an alliance to hold a countrywide protest movement to oust his government.

Government airstrikes in the north of Afghanistan killed 24 civilians, including children, and wounded six others, witnesses told The Associated Press on Sunday.

A 5 per cent customs duty will be reimposed on the import of open cell for TVs from 1 October following the end of one year exemption period, a Finance Ministry source said.

Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd. (KNPL) has developed India’s ‘first anti-Viral paint’ – Excel Virus Guard, an interior emulsion paint.

The Central government has so far collected non-tax revenue of Rs 84,023.78 crore during the ongoing financial year, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur said on Sunday.

As more and more retail investors flocked to equity markets, trading in stocks through mobile phones surged during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, brokerage houses said.

With the gradual lifting of the restrictions on economic activities across the country, business sentiments have recovered with the CII Business Confidence Index surging to 50.3 in the July-September period.

Amid stiff protests from the Opposition, the Parliament Sunday cleared The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill.

India has dismissed as factually not correct a United Nations report which suggested presence of significant numbers of ISIS terrorists in Kerala and Karnataka.