MARCH 3, 2020
Stocks fell in volatile trading on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by half a percentage point in an emergency effort to stem slower economic growth from the coronavirus outbreak.
The decision came two weeks before the Fed’s scheduled meeting as the central bank felt it was necessary to act quickly to combat the effect of...
MARCH 3, 2020
Coronavirus Outbreak- Getty Images
Taking the number of coronavirus cases in India to five, two new infections have been detected — one in Delhi and the other in Hyderabad, officials said. Both the patients, who are undergoing treatment and are “stable”, recently travelled to countries affected by COVID-19, they said.
In a third suspected case, officials in Rajasthan said...
MARCH 2, 2020
Long before Donald Trump moved into the White House or the coronavirus paralyzed the city of Wuhan, Apple Inc.’s operations team began raising concerns about the technology giant’s dependency on China.
Some operations executives suggested as early as 2015 that the company relocate assembly of at least one product to Vietnam. That would allow Apple to begin the...
MARCH 2, 2020
More countries reported their first coronavirus fatalities and the toll grew in places such as China, as the number of deaths from the epidemic globally nears 3,000.
Australia announced its first death from the disease known as Covid-19 on Sunday, hours after the U.S. reported its first fatality. So did Thailand, more than a month after it became...
MARCH 2, 2020
PAN Card
The income tax department can impose a penalty amount of ₹10,000 on a Permanent Account Number (PAN) card holder for using an inoperative Permanent Account Number, if they fail to link the PAN with an Aadhaar card by the deadline of March 31.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes had earlier announced through a February 13, 2020...
MARCH 2, 2020
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi, on February 8, 2020. | Photo Credit: PTI
U.S.-Taliban agreement is like long-awaited ‘Pakeezah’ release, says External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar
Likening the U.S.-Taliban agreement at Doha to the long awaited release of a film, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said India is “watching the space” closely...
MARCH 2, 2020
Brief Scorecard: New Zealand 235 (Latham 52, Jamieson 49, Shami 4-81, Bumrah 3-62) and 132 for 3 (Blundell 55, Latham 51) beat India 242 (Vihari 55, Agarwal 54, Pujara 54, Jamieson 5-45) and 124 (Boult 4-28, Southee 3-36) by seven wickets
CHRISTCHURCH - New Zealand pranced to a 2-0 series whitewash - and No. 2 in the Test...
MARCH 2, 2020
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. - AP Photo/Richard Drew
In a surprise move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of the most followed personalities in India, said he was thinking of giving up his social media accounts. “This Sunday, thinking of giving up my social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & YouTube,” PM Modi tweeted late on Monday...
MARCH 1, 2020
FOSTER CITY, CALIFORNIA – If you’ve turned on the TV or browsed the web since the start of the year, you’ve undoubtedly been barraged with news and ads about 5G, the next generation wireless technology.
What you probably haven’t heard or seen much of, however, is real explanations of what benefits 5G will bring to everyday people versus...
MARCH 1, 2020
Businesses will no longer be allowed to provide or sell plastic bags in third state after California and Oregon to enforce ban
Pharmacy has plastic bags for distribution to customers in advance of ban, in Manhattan. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
Every year, New York state gets through a staggering 23bn plastic bags – the vast majority of which end up...
