How the pandemic has hit Ola, Uber hard in India

How the pandemic has hit Ola, Uber hard in India

     Before the world realised the enormity of Covid-19 repercussions, ride-hailing companies Ola and Uber just appeared set for a long drive of fast-paced growth. After covering most major Indian cities and towns, Ola started expanding its services internationally, including in key global markets like London and Sydney. Uber too appeared to have found […]

Stretched B’luru civic body seeks volunteer swab collectors

Stretched B’luru civic body seeks volunteer swab collectors

Amid rising Covid cases and stretched medical infrastructure in the city, the civic body is seeking volunteer swab collectors and counsellors to advise the patients, an official said on Monday. “We are seeking volunteers to assist the testing teams in civic body area for counselling the Covid patients onsite, tele-counselling and also to volunteer as […]

The story of a nose-diving Pilot and soaring Gehlot!

The story of a nose-diving Pilot and soaring Gehlot!

The greed of Ashok Gehlot to keep his power intact and the hunger of Sachin Pilot to stay strong in the larger picture is the reason for the tussle which triggered the Congress crisis in Rajasthan. Since the Congress party formed its government in Rajasthan, there were two power circles created, one being led by […]

27,114 new Covid cases take India’s tally to over 8.2 lakh

27,114 new Covid cases take India’s tally to over 8.2 lakh

India recorded its highest single-day spike of 27,114 new coronavirus cases and 519 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the total tally to over eight lakh with a tota of 22,123 deaths, Health Ministry’s data stated on Saturday. Alarmingly, the country added one lakh cases in merely four days. On Tuesday, the tally had […]

Yediyurappa to work from home as staffers test positive

Yediyurappa to work from home as staffers test positive

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa would work from his official residence for a few days, as some staff at his home office have tested Covid-19 positive, an official said on Friday. The Chief Minister, who had not come in contact with the infected staffers, took to Twitter to announce that he was healthy. “Yediyurappa, 78, […]

AAP leader Raghav Chadha urges for plasma donations

AAP leader Raghav Chadha urges for plasma donations

   Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker Raghav Chadha who is looking after the Delhi governments plasma bank project on Friday said that “warriors” who defeated COVID-19 shall now turn into “saviours” by donating their plasma for the treatment of others in order to combat the deadly coronavirus. “At this point we have a lot warriors, who […]

Reformist Sonam Wangchuk supports Tibet’s freedom from China

Reformist Sonam Wangchuk supports Tibet’s freedom from China

One of India’s most iconic educationists, Sonam Wangchuk, has come out in support of Tibet’s freedom from China, which he believes is yet another reason to use �wallet power’ against Chinese products. In an interview to IANS in Leh, 53-year-old Wangchuk, whose campaign �boycott Chinese products’ received overwhelming support from Indian citizens following the violent […]

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