Author: Rohan Priyam

Beijing:- On Sunday, Shanghai had more than 8,200 local cases and this is nearly 70 percent of the nationwide total. A case infected with a new subtype of the Omicron variant according to the reports by Chinese State Media. Since the peak of the first wave over two years ago, China reported 13,146 fresh Covid-119 cases on Sunday according to the reports by News Agency and this comes as the highly transmissible Omicron variant spread to more than a dozen provinces. According to the Bloomberg report Chinese State Media reported a case infected with a new subtype of the Omicron…

Mumbai:- The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has made several changes over the last few years. Stipulation pf LCR requirements has been done and it has brought in scale-based regulations and harmonized-NPA norms. Sashidhar Jagdishan, CEO of HDFC Bank said “This merger will be seamless dovetailing into the larger umbrella of the bank.” According to Parekh “We have approached the RBI to keep stake in HDFC life as it is; we currently hold 48% in the insurance venture. We can easily buy more stake from the market to bring it to 50%”. RBI rules stipulate banks can hold either 30% or…

Lucknow: According to the release, the ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ is being started in Uttar Pradesh from Shravasti district which has the lowest literacy rate in the state followed by Bahraich, Balrampur, Badaun and Rampur.  Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will launch the ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ from Shravasti district on Monday to ensure 100 per cent enrolment in primary and upper primary schools in Uttar Pradesh. An official release issued here stated that this will be an effort by the state government towards shaping the future of primary education and holistic development of primary schools.  It stated that the Chief Minister has…

London: Blaming higher than usual levels of staff absence due to Covid, EasyJet has cancelled around 100 flights on Monday, including 62 from the UK. “To make some cancellations in advance” the airline said it had tried to offset the problem by using standby crew. As the Easter School holidays begin, it comes amid rising demand for travel. Shortages in the number staff have led to long queues for security and check-in and hence Airports are struggling. On Monday, EasyJet, one of Europe’s biggest airlines, said the cancellations were a small part of its schedule which is around 1,645 flights.…

Islamabad: – On Sunday, Pakistan was on the edge of a crucial session of its Parliament to vote on a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran amidst call for protest by the embattled cricketer-turned politician against a “foreign conspiracy” to oust him. Against National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaisar, Pakistan Opposition Parties submit no-confidence motion on Sunday. According to Dawn, the PM was absent when the proceedings begin. No confidence motion was dismissed by Deputy Speaker Qasim Khan Suri against Prime Minister Imran Khan, terming it ‘unconstitutional’. In Pakistani capital city of Islamabad, Section 144 prohibiting large gatherings has been imposed…

On Saturday petrol and diesel prices have hiked again by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in less than two weeks to Rs 8 per litre. Since the ending of a four-and-half-month long hiatus in rate revision on March 22, this is the 10th increase in prices. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 103.41 per litre as against Rs 102.61 previously, while diesel rates have gone up from Rs 93.87 per litre to Rs 94.67 according to a price notification of State fuel retailers. Price Rates in Metro Cities . Price of petrol and…

New Delhi: – In the last few weeks, this is the third time in the last few weeks that PM Modi met Australia’s Scott Morrison. India and Australia inked a key pact on Saturday to boost economic ties in an attempt to “break the trade barriers”, in what is being viewed as a win-win deal for both the countries. Union Minister Piyush Goyal said as he signed the deal with Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan, the bilateral trade between the two countries is expected to rise from existing 27 billion USD to 45 billion USD in the next five years.…

Mumbai:-  On Friday afternoon,  in his rented apartment Prabhakar Sail a witness in the Aryan Khan drug case, died of heart attack in Mahul area. Confirmation of death was reported by Advocate Tushar Khandare, while stating that Sail was at home and the family did not suspect foul play behind his death and Sail is survived by his mother, wife and two children and the family had decided to wait for his brothers to arrive from the village before the cremation would take place. It has been observed that Sail was the personality security guard of another witness, KP Goswami…

Doha: – On Friday, the highly anticipated Final Draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 will take place at Doha Exhibition and Convention Center as per the Organizing Committee for FIFA Competitions Protocols released on 31st March 2022. From the FIFA Men’s World Ranking, Qatar will take the position from Pot 1, where they will be joined by the seven highest-ranked qualified teams. At an unprecedented tournament draw, a football world cup like no other in its 92-year history will take shape this week and the draw for FIFA World Cup 2022 will be telecast live. The event will…

Colombo:- In the wake of the violence, Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo was placed under indefinite curfew and on Thursday, hundreds of people protesting near the home of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa turned violent with at least one man critically wounded. The government’s handling of the country’s crippling economic crisis was being slammed by the residents. Demanding Rajapaksa’s resignation, Security forces fired into the crowd and used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the demonstrators and more importantly protestors set fire to an army bus parked across the lane leading to Rajapaksa’s home in Colombo’s Mirihana residential quarter, as…