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In a stunning projection, credit rating agency Moody’s has projected India’s gross domestic product growth for the financial year 2020-21 at Zero per cent.  Moody’s Investors Service said the negative outlook on sovereign rating reflects increasing risks that GDP growth will remain significantly lower than in the past. The outlook also partly shows weaker policy …

An MLA from Uttar Pradesh is convinced that cow slaughter is on the rise because there are visibly fewer cows on the roads during the countrywide lockdown. A BJP legislator from Mahasi assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich has alleged that incidents of cow slaughter are rising in the district. Sureshwar Singh had written to the state’s additional chief secretary …

In Chhattisgarh‘s Dantewada district, as many as 22 labourers, who had returned from Andhra Pradesh, escaped from a COVID-19 quarantine centre, as per reports.  The labourers escaped from a quarantine facility in Dantewada late on Thursday evening and a search was launched to trace them, Dantewada superintendent of police Abhishek Pallava told PTI. Representational Image/PTI In total, 47 migrant labourers, who …

After going ‘dry’ for over 40 days, liquor shops in Delhi opened on Monday to the ‘relief’ of thousands, who had assembled outside the outlets hours in advance. But the happiness turned out to be a short-lived one after the prices shot up drastically.  AP This after the Delhi Government imposed a ‘Special Corona Fees’ of 70% tax on Maximum …

As the coronavirus lockdown extends, it is getting difficult to obtain liquor for those who love to drink. In an incident that sends shockwaves throughout , a man in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh allegedly shot his pregnant wife dead when she did not give him cash for liquor.  After 42 days of lockdown, May 1 saw sale of alcohol permitted in …

An ex-minister in Madhya Pradesh, made his son make amends by making him remove garbage from roadside along with other municipal workers, as a punishment for threatening COVID-19 duty cops.  Twitter BJP leader and former minister Pradhmun Singh Tomar son, Ripudaman, had got into an heated argument with the on-duty policemen after they stopped and questioned him for moving around without …

Five of the eight northeast states – Sikkim, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura – have been declared coronavirus-free by the central government. Don’t Miss: Contribute To Indiatimes Fundraiser To Help India Fight COVID-19   Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram had 8, 11 and 1 Covid-19 cases respectively, and were waiting for them to test negative, Minister of State for Development of …

While India is under lockdown until at least May 3, people are finding it difficult to get their hands on alcohol and weed as the supply runs dry.  But the restrictions in place haven’t dissuaded people from finding innovative ways to satisfy their mounting cravings. Recently, an unidentified drug smuggler sneaked some cannabis from the US to India in a …

India is looking straight at Lockdown 3.0, as many would call it, after witnessing a spike in coronavirus positive cases and deaths. In a meeting with state chief ministers yesterday, prime minister Narendra Modi asked states to try to convert the Covid-19 challenge into opportunities through administrative reforms, and form their own policies on relaxing the lockdown based on ground …

Things are going from bad to worse for Indian origin middle-eastern businessman BR Shetty after UAE ordered to freeze all his bank accounts and his family and has also blacklisted several firms associated with him. The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) issued the advisory following a complaint filed by Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, alleging “fraud and forgery” against six …