Gold prices retreat from record high levels
New Delhi, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Gold prices in India on Monday retreated from the record high levels touched earlier in the day. Both in the spot and futures market, gold touched record levels of Rs…
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Covid-19 cases zoom to 99 in Karnataka, tally 1,246
Bengaluru, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ninety-nine new Covid-19 cases, majority of them with travel history to Mumbai, emerged in Karnataka, marking the highest single day rise taking the state’s tally to 1,246, said an official said…
Goyal speaks to Yogi, Nitish to operate more trains for migrants
New Delhi, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday spoke to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to discuss the issue of increasing the number of…
Cyclone Amphan: Odisha starts evacuating people
Bhubaneswar, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The District Collectors of cyclone Amphan vulnerable areas had started evacuating people as the cyclone was likely to make landfall between West Bengal and Bangladesh on May 20, said the Odisha…
Buses to ply, shops, offices to open in Telangana from Tuesday
Hyderabad, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Telangana government on Monday extended the lockdown till May 31 but announced many relaxations from Tuesday including re-opening of shops, saloons, offices, factories, and plying of RTC buses, taxis and…
33 Covid cases quarantined in Goa from Maharashtra: Sawant
Panaji, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thirty three out of 35 active Covid-19 cases in Goa were “imported” from neighbouring Maharashtra and the remaining two active cases came to Goa from Karnataka, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said…
FMPEDA develops protocol to check adulteration in seafood
Kochi, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) on Monday announced that it has developed a testing protocol for formaldehyde adulteration in seafood. This measure came in the wake of repeated incidents…
Microsoft Azure down in India, most users hit
New Delhi, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Several users of Microsoft Azure in India reported problems with accessing the Cloud-based service on Monday. User reports compiled by Downdetector, a service that gives details about live outages, showed…
Evacuation, power, phones: PM’s focus in review on super cyclone
New Delhi, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed preparedness of states and Central ministries and concerned agencies on Monday to deal with the situation arising out of the Super Cyclonic Storm ‘Amphan’. Union…
Amphan may cause widespread damage in Bengal, Odisha: IMD
By Aakanksha Khajuria New Delhi, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The super cyclone Amphan, whirling in the Bay of Bengal, could cause widespread damage to the coastal districts of West Bengal and Odisha, said India Meteorological Department…
Punjab CM rules out inter-state bus service till May 31
Chandigarh, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Directing the local administration and the police to remain on high alert in the wake of lifting of relaxations, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday directed the Transport Department to…
536 test positive for corona in TN, total tally 11,760
Chennai, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of 536 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Tamil Nadu on Monday, while three Covid-19 patients lost their lives, the state Health Department said. According to the Health Department,…
Mamata divides Covid containment zones into three parts
Kolkata, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government has divided all the containment zones across the state into three different categories as the nationwide lockdown to fight the Covid-19 pandemic entered its fourth…
55 policemen, 5 doctors among 106 new Covid cases in J&K
Jammu, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) As many as 106 people, including 55 policemen and five doctors, tested positive on Monday in J&K while another Covid-19 patient lost battle against the dreaded virus. The 55 policemen testing…
‘The End Of October’ ominously prescient of Covid-19
New Delhi, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Doomsday theories have been flying thick and fast ever since the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic that has affected close to 5 million people and claimed nearly 400,000 lives…
‘Soar’ a heart-warming tale of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Conventional wisdom has it that there are bound to be differences when two communities live cheek-by-jowl in one country but that these were exacerbated by the British…
Female lockdown hero helps non-Covid-19 outstation patients return home
New Delhi, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) While the nation enters the fourth phase of the lockdown amid the Covid-19 pandemic and most people sit safe at their homes, there are many on the other side of…
COVID-19: 7 more cases reported in Gurugram
Gurugram, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Gurugram on Monday reported seven more coronavirus cases in different areas, adding to the concerns of district authorities since some cases were reported from new areas. According to Gurugram Civil Surgeon…
Central forces reach Maharashtra to help police
Mumbai, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Eight companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) reached Maharashtra on Monday while two are expected to reach the state later tonight to assist police with Covid-19 duties, Home Minister Anil…
Maruti Suzuki resumes operations at Gurugram plant
New Delhi, May 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Maruti Suzuki India on Monday resumed its operations at its Gurugram plant, although with around one-third strength. Speaking to IANS, Kuldeep Jhangu, General Secretary of Maruti Suzuki Kamgaar Union (MSKU)…