Author: Amber Gagan

On 17 March 2024, Friday, India recorded a rise of 796 coronavirus infections and the active cases surpassed over 5000 after 109 days reported to Union Health Ministry data. The total number of cases of covid till now is 4.46 crore, where the death toll has been increased to 5.30 crore with five fatalities, it was updated at 8am. Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, and Uttar Pradesh reported one death and one was reconciled by Kerala. According to the Health Minister website, total active cases have increased to 5,026 which comprises 0.01 percent of total infections. The COVID-19 recovery rate in…

In Hongkong, on 16 March 2024, Hundreds of travellers faced flight delays due to th breakdown of computer services. Many people are stuck in queries for hours with their luggage. The International Airport of Hongkong Authority said that they are preparing a statement for the incident but are not able to verify the details. One of the most affected, the city’s flagship carrier ned Cathay Pacific Airways not able to respond immediately to the request for the comment Airports in Hongkong are one of the busiest international hubs before the coronavirus pandemic. It had more than 71 million passengers in…

In Japan, three people got arrested over ‘Sushi Terrorism’ which has sparked indignation over social media. Police accused them of seeking to obstruct the business at the restaurant chain Kura Shushi where an end number of customers filed complaints after the video went viral. According to the reports, Kaitenzushi is known as a conveyor belt or sushi train which carries plates of sushi past the diners and who can take whatever they wish. The starting price of the place is 100 yen which is considered to be cheaper. One of the pranksters grabbed a piece of sushi from the plate…

On Wednesday, the Team of Bidhannagar police seized more than ₹3.85 crores while raising two flats in New Town’s Sankalpa II Housing complex. Police reported that two brothers from Howrah, who owned and operated multiple call centres in New Town and Salt Lake, stored money safely in a hidden place. The officers said, they raised flats after questioning two brothers, Shashi Gaurav Soni and Saurabh Soni, who got arrested on Sunday. Praveen Prakash, The Deputy Commissioner of Police, in New Town said that they found more than 3.85 crores in cash, which was wrapped in plastic sheets. They also found…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the 10th Webinar on Budget, said there is immense scope for innovation and UPI and it should become financial addition and empowerment for the whole world. On Tuesday, March 7, 2024, PM Modi asked India Inc to increase their investment together with the decision of the government to raise capital expenditure (capex) and should take advantage of Budget initiatives 2024-24. He said that the government increased the outlay on capital expenditure to 10 lakh crores and India is described as a bright spot in the global economy. It has also attracted the highest FDI in…

TVS Motor Company and Hero Motocorp beat domestic sales in February 2024 as shortages of chip supply got eased. The industry body of automobile dealers said, in India, retail sales of vehicles leaped 16% to around 1.8 million units in February 2024, which was helped by strong demand during the wedding season. They also added that festivals in March 2024, will push the sales higher. The sales got higher in the last two months as the automakers launched new models which resulted in higher demand ahead of the festivals and wedding seasons. As chip shortages also got eased, it can…

On 4 March 2024, in Delhi, Srilankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry met External Affairs Minister S.Jaishankar. The Srilankan Government is focusing on the IMF bailout package, which will be decided in April, where written assurances of China are needed. Despite having recent troubles in the company, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry is confident about the Adani group to complete the projects in Srilanka which are negotiated as government to government. He said that the financial condition of Srilanka is better than last year and the island won’t allow the nation to be hub for anything that will be harmful to India’s…

On 24 February 2024, Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors virtually in Bengaluru. He hopes the G20 will draw inspiration from the resonance of the Indian economy and which will work towards their goal of bringing confidence, back stability and growth to global output. He highlighted the need of reinforcing multilateral development banks for assembling global challenges such as climate change and high debt levels. He also gave prominence to International financial institutions which have destroyed serious economic difficulties from the effect of the coronavirus pandemic and they slowly improved themselves. Many countries…

The Union Health Minister Mandaviya says, the campaign of COVID-19 saved more than 3.4 Million lives and it creates a positive impact on our economy. On 24 February 2024, Dr Mandaviya released a paper that says, after recording accounts of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, It benefitted $15.42 Billion of net worth. The paper was released by Stanford University and Institute for competitiveness, named Healing the Economy: Estimating Economic Impact of Vaccination and Related Measures authored by, the lecturer of Stanford University, Dr Amit Kapoor and Director of US Asia Technology, Dr Richard Dasher. Dr Mansukh Mandaviya also said that adopting…

National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Six people who were working in an association of gangsters including Lawrence Bishnoi, Jaggu Bhagwanpuria, and Goldy Brar on 23 February 2024. NIA conducted 76 raids on different locations among the 8 states to take apart the Nexus in the middle of terrorists, drug smugglers, gangsters, and traffickers based in India and abroad. People arrested also include a close associate of Canada named Lucky Khokar Alias and The designated terrorist Arshdeep Singh Alias Arsh Dala. Further arrest includes Lakhvir Singh, Harpreet Dalip Bishnoi, Surinder, and Hari Om. On Tuesday, The Resident of Bathinda, Punjab got…