ovi COVID-19 lockdown: Civil Aviation minister advises airlines to wait for govt’s decision before booking flights By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-18T23:43:50+05:30 Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted that the Ministry of Civil Aviation is yet to decide on opening domestic or international operations Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi Coronavirus outbreak: Nepal is home away from home for some stranded foreign tourists during COVID-19 crisis By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-18T17:56:00+05:30 The tourists are staying like a family and the guesthouse owner has waived their expanses for one week due to the lockdown imposed in response to contain the coronavirus, leaving many tourists stranded. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi Supreme Court to decide on full refund of cancelled air tickets during Covid-19 lockdown By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-20T18:03:00+05:30 The plea which has been filed by the Pravasi Legal Cell has also requested the court to declare the action of the airlines not refunding the full amount illegal and violative of the Civil Aviation Requirement. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi COVID-19: Sikkim not to host Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, border trade through Nathula Pass By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-23T12:13:47+05:30 The Ministry of External Affairs organises the yatra from June-September each year through two different routes -- Lipulekh Pass (Uttarakhand) and Nathu La Pass (Sikkim). Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi COVID-19 pandemic hit India’s travel and tourism, immediate survival measures required: FAITH By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-23T16:17:00+05:30 The crisis has jeopardised India's 5 lakh crore tourism industry and employment of an estimated 3.8 crore jobs, FAITH said in a statement. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi International passenger capacity for India reduced by 89 per cent in April due to COVID-19: UN By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-24T12:45:00+05:30 In February 2020, international passenger capacity reduced by 13 per cent, mainly related to traffic from/to States experiencing an early outbreak and States deeply interconnected to China. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi Kashi Vishwanath Dham project: Social distancing followed as work resumes amidst COVID-19 lockdown By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-24T16:04:00+05:30 Even though the work has started authorities have ensured that each and every norms of the Coronavirus COVID-19 Lockdown extension are followed at the Kashi Vishwanath Dham project site. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi COVID-19: NORKA registrations begin! Over 1 lakh NRIs from Kerala want to return, highest number from UAE By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-27T12:59:13+05:30 More than 1 lakh Indian nationals from the state of Kerala have expressed their desire to come back from different countries in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi COVID-19: NORKA registration for safe return! Kerala to bring back Malayalis stranded in other states By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-28T18:06:00+05:30 The Kerala government has asked Keralites who are stranded in different parts of the country to register on the Non-Resident Keralites Affairs (NORKA) website for their safe return to the state. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi COVID-19 scanning under consideration for international air travellers: Donald Trump By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-29T12:35:54+05:30 Trump told reporters that this could be done in coordination with either the airlines or government. ''We're working with the airlines. Maybe it's a combination of both,'' he said. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi COVID-19 lockdown: NORKA registrations in Kerala soar! Nearly 3 lakh expats stranded due to lockdown set to return By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-29T15:18:00+05:30 Now nearly 3 lakh expats spanning 150 countries are expected to return to Kerala, with registrations already taking place on the online registration facility called Norka Roots. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi Provide specific packages to tourism industry for survival: FAITH to states By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-29T16:56:00+05:30 All states have been requested to give a complete waiver on all fixed electricity and other utility charges as well as excise duties without any penalties to the tourism and hospitality industry, FAITH said in a statement. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi Flights cancelled during Coronavirus COVID 19 lockdown period? Paytm offers flyers ‘credit shell’ By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-01T13:00:32+05:30 Flyers, who had booked flights via Paytm, will receive the refund in their airline credit shell. They can redeem that refund amount in order to book a flight ticket via Paytm website and mobile site. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi COVID-19: Kerala’s NORKA registrations soar! Over 4 lakh non resident Keralites register; check details By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T15:14:00+05:30 Once the cases started increasing rapidly in the country, the Centre announced a lockdown on March 24, leaving lakhs of Indians stranded, with nowhere to go. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi Covid-19 impact: Loss forecast for India’s tourism sector doubles to Rs 10 lakh crore, says FAITH By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-05T17:40:00+05:30 The earlier forecast, which was shared with the government in March 2020, had put tourism's economic value at risk at around Rs 5 lakh crore, FAITH said in a statement. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi Disneyland in Shanghai will reopen May 11 after COVID-19 shutdown under enhanced health, safety measures By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-06T12:52:36+05:30 Social distancing will be maintained in lines for amenities, in restaurants, on rides and other facilities and sanitization and disinfection will be boosted, the company said in a news release. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi COVID-19: Safety measures stepped up! How Kochi airport is gearing up to receive NRIs from Middle East; details By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-07T11:52:59+05:30 Expecting many stranded non-resident Keralites to be evacuated from the Middle East stating Thursday onwards, the Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) is gearing up with several safety measures! Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi COVID-19: 354 stranded Indians to fly back home on Thursday from UAE By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-07T15:57:16+05:30 The government also said that Air India will operate 64 flights from May 7 to May 13 to bring back around 15,000 Indian nationals stranded abroad amid the COVID-19-induced lockdown. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi COVID-19: NRIs return to Kerala! Here’s how Kerala is facilitating their quarantine; see pics By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T12:48:44+05:30 The purpose is to ensure that they are isolated from others and stay safe before they are cleared by the concerned medical authorities to go back to their homes. Full Article Lifestyle Travel & Tourism
ovi SAP aggressively moving customers to new database By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2015-02-05T00:09:00+05:30 You’ve got to hand it to SAP for competitive vision. Then take some back for how it’s explaining itself. Full Article Industry
ovi SBI to provide Rs 50-200 crore to NBFCs for up to 5 years By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-17T01:15:00+05:30 NBFCs face a double whammy because they are offering moratorium to customers despite not getting one themselves from their lender banks, as per Crisil. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi Short-term impact of COVID-19 will be severe in all segments: K Paul Thomas, CEO, ESAF By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-18T01:00:00+05:30 ESAF has more than 96% of its exposure in the micro-segment with the average ticket size of the loan being Rs 33,000. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi Banking system provides services seamlessly during COVID-19 crisis By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-18T03:30:00+05:30 Earlier, the Business Correspondent Federation of India (BCFI) had said that while the BCs were offering services of cash withdrawal, very few are depositing money in the wake of the current lockdown. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi Moratorium: 10 per cent provisioning may shave Rs 35,000 crore off bank profits By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-19T16:43:00+05:30 The new provisioning requirement has to be made for the March and June 2020 quarters and this will impact their profitability in 2019-20 and 2020-21. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi RBI 3-month EMI moratorium could provide Rs 2.1 lakh cr liquidity to companies By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-21T18:24:00+05:30 It said sectors with higher leverage, such as power, telecom, roads, textiles and fertilisers, will be the major beneficiaries and account for nearly 47 per cent of the total breather available. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi COVID-19 effect: Most applied for moratorium out of caution, not stress, says HDFC Bank By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-22T04:00:00+05:30 The percentage of applicants is in low single digit as a share of the loan book, the bank said, but this could go up as it has not put a deadline or a cut-off for people to apply. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi COVID-19 emergency credit: SBI disburses Rs 1,000 crore, Bank of Baroda Rs 606 crore By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-23T01:10:00+05:30 Experts say more borrowers are likely to line up for emergency credit from banks as many businesses will be hit by the slump in demand and zero footfall in the market in the wake of the pandemic. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi Covid-19 impact: Asset quality could come under stress, says IndusInd Bank CEO By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-28T02:20:00+05:30 The lender’s gross NPAs stood at 2.45% of gross advances as on March 31, 2020, up from 2.18% on December 31, 2019, while the net NPA ratio stood at 0.91% of net advances as on March 31, 2020, down from 1.05% on December 31, 2019. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi Axis Bank sets aside Rs 3,000 crore for COVID-19 impact By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-29T05:45:00+05:30 The bank’s advances grew 15% y-o-y to Rs 5,71,424 crore as on March 31, with retail loans up 24% y-o-y to Rs 3.05 lakh crore, accounting for 53% of the net advances. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi COVID-19: RBI grants more time to banks to file regulatory returns By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-30T17:02:00+05:30 Accordingly, all regulatory returns required to be submitted by such entities to the Department of Regulation can be submitted with a delay of up to 30 days from the due date. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi Bank of India provides moratorium to NBFCs By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-01T02:00:00+05:30 According to sources, the RBI has conveyed to banks that there is no restriction for them to provide moratorium to NBFCs. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi NBFCs tapping NCD market to raise funds amid Covid crisis By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-02T00:01:00+05:30 The three year NCD issue of Indiabulls Housing Finance opened on April 29. Although, the base issue size was Rs 100 crore, but it had a greeshoe option of Rs 900 crore. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi COVID-19: NBFCs ask RBI for one-time restructuring of all loans till March 2021 By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-05T14:08:35+05:30 RBI, on April 17, announced to provide special refinance facilities for a total amount of Rs 50,000 crore to NABARD, SIDBI and National Housing Bank (NHB) to enable them to meet sectoral credit needs. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi No takers for Covid-special credit lines, banks park record Rs 8.4 lakh crore with RBI By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-06T00:01:00+05:30 Having come up with emergency credit lines to help businesses weather the Covid storm, banks are seeing little demand for fresh credit at this stage. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi RBL Bank net profit falls 54% as provisions rise By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T06:20:00+05:30 The bank has provided moratorium to around a third of its customers, RBL Bank MD & CEO Vishwavir Ahuja said in a conference call after results. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi SBI Card Q4 net plunges 66% to Rs 84 crore on COVID-19 provisions, rise in expenses By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-08T18:38:00+05:30 On the COVID-19 pandemic, SBI Card said globally, countries and businesses are under lockdown and there is a high level of uncertainty about the duration of the lockdown and the time required for things to get normal. Full Article Banking & Finance Industry
ovi Gaganyaan: DRDO to provide special space food and emergency survival kit for ISRO’s manned mission By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-03-04T16:56:17+05:30 ISRO is already working on a Humanoid prototype (with a female form)for the Gaganyaan missions, which is expected to be sent out on a mission next year to test it out before actually sending humans in space. Full Article Lifestyle Science
ovi Coronavirus: How is NASA dealing with COVID-19? Here’s the space agency’s action plan By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-03-15T19:41:00+05:30 Coronavirus: A week ago, an employee at the NASA’s Ames Research Centre in California was tested positive for the virus. Full Article Lifestyle Science
ovi World Water Day 2020: India shifts focus to providing piped water to every home at household level by 2024 By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-03-19T17:27:00+05:30 The report on World Water Day 2020 explains that in order to tackle climate change, a lot of marginalised communities need clean water and decent toilets as a front line defense. Full Article Lifestyle Science
ovi India’s response to COVID-19 pre-emptive, pro-active, graded: Govt By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-03-28T14:13:00+05:30 While citing the examples of Italy and Spain, which started screening of travellers 25 days and 39 days respectively after first reported cases, it said it took a number of proactive measures and shared the chronology of the steps taken by it. Full Article Lifestyle Science
ovi Coronavirus and space technologies: Satellites to fight with COVID-19! By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-03T11:40:34+05:30 First and foremost, through the recent COVID-19 crisis, satellite technology is found proving its utility for support. Full Article Lifestyle Science
ovi IIT Roorkee develops low-cost face shields for doctors, nurses treating Covid-19 patients By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-04T21:04:36+05:30 More than a thousand face shields have been dispatched for the doctors and healthcare staff of AIIMS Rishikesh. Full Article Lifestyle Science
ovi COVID-19 lockdowns didn’t make Earth shake less, but improved quake detection, scientists say By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-07T15:50:00+05:30 Seismic noise is a relatively persistent vibration of the ground that is usually an unwanted component of signals recorded by seismometers, according to the scientists. Full Article Lifestyle Science
ovi Air pollution linked to higher COVID-19 death rates: US study By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-08T16:09:00+05:30 The yet-to-be-published study looked at more than 3,000 counties across the US, comparing levels of fine particulate air pollution with novel coronavirus death counts for each area. Full Article Lifestyle Science
ovi Can we handle another disaster in chorus with COVID-19? By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-17T07:49:00+05:30 For any administration, it is extremely important to remain prepared for various possible eventualities and the likelihood of any country requiring to witness two natural disasters together, just cannot be ruled out. Full Article Lifestyle Science
ovi Air pollution linked with higher COVID-19 death rate: Study By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-20T16:53:22+05:30 The research, published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, combined satellite data on air pollution and air currents with confirmed deaths related to COVID-19. Full Article Lifestyle Science
ovi PM Modi’s inspiring message on Earth Day: A shout out to all working at forefront to defeat COVID-19 By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-04-22T10:34:41+05:30 PM Modi also said let us pledge to work towards a cleaner, healthier and a more prosperous planet. Full Article Lifestyle Science
ovi ISRO’s Gaganyaan: COVID-19 interrupts future of the mission; check details By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-02T15:30:00+05:30 In the Gaganyaan mission, the first of three flights was scheduled within a year, initial two flights to be unmanned but with humanoids onboard. Full Article Lifestyle Science
ovi ICAR scientists brave COVID-19 risks to control banana wilt disease By www.financialexpress.com Published On :: 2020-05-04T18:15:35+05:30 Fusarium wilt with tropical race 4 (TR4) strain is a soil-borne fungal disease that affects mainly cavendish varieties of banana. Full Article Lifestyle Science
ovi Lockdown movie strikes eerie note at German virtual film festival By www.dailystar.com.lb Published On :: 2020-05-08T15:48:00.0000000 Friederich imagine a world where an oppressive state has locked down all gatherings of people to minimise risk from a nebulous threat Full Article Movies & TV