Day: October 19, 2020

State School Education Minister K A Sengottaiyan today held a meeting with senior officials about the reopening of schools.

Rallies are being held across France in support of Samuel Paty, a teacher who was beheaded after showing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad during a lesson.

The chair of Britain’s Hay literary festival said Sunday the event will not return to Abu Dhabi after one of the festival’s curators alleged that she was sexually assaulted by the tolerance minister of the United Arab Emirates while working with him.

Names of 5,807 individuals were struck off Pakistan’s travel blacklist after consultation with relevant agencies and departments, the Interior Ministry announced.

China has passed a new law restricting sensitive exports to protect national security, allowing Beijing to reciprocate against the US as tensions mount between the sides over trade and technology.

India’s power consumption grew 11.45 per cent to 55.37 billion units (BU) in the first half of October this year, mainly driven by buoyancy in industrial and commercial activities, as per government data.

Gold imports, which have a bearing on the current account deficit (CAD), plunged 57 per cent to $6.8 billion (around Rs 50,658 crore) during the first half of this fiscal amid a slump in demand due to the Covid-19 pandemic, showed data by the Commerce Ministry. In the corresponding period a year ago, gold imports stood at $15.8 billion (about Rs 1,10,259 crore).

Beverages major Parle Agro, the maker of popular brands such as Frooti and Appy Fizz, plans to set up a new plant and introduce one more new major product in the next two years as it gears up to touch a turnover of Rs 10,000 crore by 2022, according to a top company official.

Several people got injured after violent clash broke out between two groups from people of Assam and Mizoram near the border areas.

Pakistan Army is reportedly conspiring to push large groups of terrorists in Kashmir in order to create disturbances, said reports, quoting security agencies.