Toyota to hike price of Camry Hybrid & Vellfire models from next month
Posted on 6th June 2020 |
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Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) on Friday announced it would increase the price of Camry Hybrid Electric Vehicle and The Vellfire with effect from next month.
It has been necessitated due to the substantial rise in exchange rate, the company said in a statement. |
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Eight countries, including India, ask UN Human Rights Commissioner to be responsible amid COVID-19 crisis
Posted on 6th June 2020 |
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Eight countriesm led by India and Indonesia, have written to the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) under the United Nations, asking it to play a responsible role amidst the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis around the world.
The joint letter was written by the permanent missions of India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam in Geneva to the OHCHR after the latter issued a release entitled Asia: Bachelet alarmed by clampdown on freedom of expression during COVID-19. |
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Senior Indian, Chinese diplomats hold talks ahead of Lt General-level dialogue to end LAC standoff
Posted on 6th June 2020 |
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Senior diplomats from China and India on Friday held a video conference to discuss the border standoff ahead of the Lt General-level talks scheduled on Saturday.
In a Video Conference between Naveen Srivastava, Joint Secretary (East Asia) and Mr Wu Jianghao, Director General in the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two sides reviewed the state of bilateral relations including the current developments, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement. |
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NHRC plea to intervene on migrants case allowed by SC, suggests 'short term and long term measures' to deal with crisis
Posted on 6th June 2020 |
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The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to intervene in the case related to plight and miseries of stranded migrant workers due to the coronavirus-enforced nationwide lockdown.
The NHRC, in its intervention plea filed through Deputy Registrar Sunil Arora, gave short term and long term measures for consideration of the apex court in order to alleviate the plight of the migrant workers and to ensure that their human rights are not violated. |
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From special mention in 'Mann Ki Baat' to recognition by UN body: Madurai girl’s philanthropy is winning hearts
Posted on 6th June 2020 |
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Mahandoss, who owns a salon in Tamil Nadu’s temple town Madurai says that he or his family didn’t expect any recognition or rewards when they donated a large part of their savings to help the needy during the coronavirus-enforced lockdown.
His deed, which was inspired by his 13-year old daughter’s concern for the poor and needy was first lauded by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the radio address Mann Ki Baat. |
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'Will not give up any inch of territory': Chinese media warns ahead of India-China meeting over border standoff
Posted on 6th June 2020 |
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A day before Corps Commander level talks between India and China over the month-long standoff in eastern Ladakh, a Chinese government mouthpiece on Friday warned that Beijing will not give up an inch of territory even though it wants good-neighbourly relations with New Delhi.
China does not want to fall foul of India. Good-neighbourly relations have been China's basic national policy over the past decades, and China firmly adheres to a peaceful resolution of border disputes. We have no reason to make India our enemy, an editorial published in Global Times said. |
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Indian diplomat harassed in Pakistan, ISI tails his car to intimidate him
Posted on 5th June 2020 |
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Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has been harassing and intimidating India’s top diplomat in Islamabad.
Reportedly, ISI has put up multiple persons in cars and bikes outside his residence to harass him.
In a note sent to the foreign ministry in Islamabad in March, Indian High Commission protested against the continuous harassment of its officers and staff by Pakistani agencies. India had cited 13 incidents of harassment of its officers and staff in the month of March itself. |
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COVID-19 in India live updates: 9,851 new cases take India's count to 2.26 lakh, recovery rate at 48.27%
Posted on 5th June 2020 |
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The number of coronavirus cases in India has marked significant and consecutive highest jumps over a major part of the last two weeks.
On Thursday, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in India crossed the 2.25 lakh-mark, while the death toll breached the 6,300-mark as well. With this, India has now become the world's seventh worst-hit country in terms of coronavirus cases, according to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) COVID-19 tracker. |
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Consumer confidence collapsed to historic low in May, says RBI survey
Posted on 5th June 2020 |
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to trouble India's economy, the consumer confidence has collapsed to a historic low, a survey by the Reserve Bank of India has showed.
Consumer confidence collapsed in May 2020, with the Current Situation Index (CSI) touching historic low and the one year ahead Future Expectations Index (FEI) also recording a sharp fall, entering the zone of pessimism, said RBI's Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS). |
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