Jubilee News Desk With 19 deaths in 24-hours Australia recorded its deadliest day on Monday since the coronavirus pandemic began, amid a second wave of infections in Melbourne. Nineteen deaths were reported in Victoria – of which Melbourne is the capital – on Monday. Victoria has now seen about two-thirds …

News Desk Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh state capital Lucknow has been rapped by the centre along with 12 other districts in the country for cases and mortality rate higher than the national average. The district administrations of these districts have been asked to address the issues of low testing and delays …

News Desk Much along the expected lines of the financial experts, the RBI kept repo rate untouched at 4% and reverse repo rate at 3.35% amid a recent rise in retail consumer prices, in its monetary policy. The RBI was expected to do all it can to keep the inflation …

News Desk Flood has wreaked havoc in many districts of the state. Farmers’ paddy and sugarcane crops are marooned. The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee has demanded that the state government must give compensation to the farmers with immediate effect so that they get some relief in this hour of disaster. …

Special Desk Negotiations at the US Congress on another stimulus package for the coronavirus-ravaged economy have collapsed. Democrats and Republicans remain in stalemate over everything – from unemployment benefits to financial aid for schools to cash injections for states. US unemployment rate stands at 10.2%, above any level during the …

News Desk The total Coronavirus cases in India have gone close to 21 lakh to while the death toll is at 42,578 on Friday morning. Till now India has recorded 20,89,146 confirmed COVID-19 cases till 10.30 am. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have reported the highest number of cases. …

Jubilee News Desk Raising vigorously the demand for immediate relief from the Yogi Government to lakhs of middle-income families faced with difficulties for the past four months due to corona pandemic, the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) on Friday staged statewide protest and handed over a memorandum to the Governor …

Special Desk They call it ‘super-majority’ as the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared victory in the country’s parliamentary election. Rajapaksa’s brother Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to be prime minister, having held the role as caretaker since November. The brothers’ party, Sri Lanka People’s Front, has secured a two-thirds “super …

News Desk The total Coronavirus cases in India have risen to 20 lakh while the death toll is at 41,585 on Friday morning the 137th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown. Till now India has recorded 2027074 confirmed COVID-19 cases. Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh have reported the …

News Desk Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), has in its latest report has proposed recommendations to reduce financial and operational inefficiencies across India’s power distribution sector, which as of May 2020 had accumulated massive overdue payment liabilities of Rs116,340 crore (US$16bn) to generation companies while already carrying …