RBI has in consultation with the Central Govt, superseded the Board of Directors of Yes Bank Ltd for a period of 30 days owing to a serious deterioration in the financial position of Bank. Prashant Kumar, ex-DMD & CFO of SBI appointed as the administrator. The central bank has imposed a moratorium on the bank's operations and capped the withdrawals at Rs 50,000.
Maharashtra government renamed the Aurangabad Airport as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Airport. The name has been changed in honour of Chhatrapati Sambhaji, the son of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Maharashtra Government renames Aurangabad Airport as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj Airport. pic.twitter.com/VBVdxY4pFV— ANI (@ANI) March 5, 2020
Cyberabad Police: Congress MP Revanth Reddy, his brother Krishna Reddy and 5 others were arrested for trying to fly a drone over the farmhouse of Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao in Narsingi.
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU): There have been some media reports citing an increase in the institution's fee for the prospective students set to join the university this year. JNU would like to clarify that there is no such hike in the fee including one-time medical fee.
"When justice has to triumph, it will triumph...be with the truth - justice will be done," Justice S Muralidhar said during his farewell ceremony. He has been transferred from the Delhi High Court to the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
"From tomorrow, all such schools(upto class 5th) both government and private to remain shut till March 31, in view of coronavirus," Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said.
"Is this a dictatorship? It seems Govt doesn't want #Delhiviolence issue to be discussed in Parliament that is why this suspension. We strongly condemn this," said Congress' Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
Seven lawmakers of the Congress party were suspended for full Parliament session by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
Seven Congress MPs suspended from Lok Sabha by Speaker Om Birla. More details awaited. #BudgetSession pic.twitter.com/3D80ZmypBG— ANI (@ANI) March 5, 2020
Nirbhaya Case: Delhi Court issues a fresh death warrant against the four convicts. They are to be hanged at 5.30 am on March 20, 2020
"The Health Minister saying that the Indian Government has the coronavirus crisis under control, is like the Capt of the Titanic telling passengers not to panic as his ship was unsinkable. It's time the Government made public an action plan backed by solid resources to tackle this crisis," Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said.
Mumbai, March 5: The scare around coronavirus continues to grow as India confirms 29 positive cases of COVID-19 so far. A Paytm employee in Gurugram has been tested positive for novel coronavirus on Wednesday. The company issued a statement regarding on Wednesday evening and informed that the employee had recently returned from a vacation in Italy, one of the worst-hit countries from coronavirus. The company urged other employees to work from home while the office would get sanitised.
Chandrayaan 3 or the third phase of India's lunar mission would be tentatively launched in the first half of 2021, said Union Minister of State (MoS) Jitendra Singh in the Parliament.
PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Arvind Kejriwal and other politicians announced that they will not take participate in any Holi Milan programmes. The reason cited was experts' advice to reduce mass gatherings to avoid the spread of COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus outbreak.
The global death rate of novel coronavirus was recorded as 3.4 percent, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. The death rate, though comparatively higher than seasonal flu, is lower than what health experts had feared during the initial phase of COVID-19 outbreak.
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