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- Newspaper Headlines: Passenger Trains To Resume From Tomorrow, Biggest Jump In Coronavirus Cases In India And Other Top Stories
Newspaper Headlines: Passenger Trains To Resume From Tomorrow, Biggest Jump In Coronavirus Cases In India And Other Top Stories
Centre announced passenger trains will resume operations from tomorrow, cnnecting Delhi with 15 cities. Ex-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was admitted to AIIMS Delhi on Sunday after he complained of "uneasiness", The Times Of India reported. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak with chief ministers to discuss restrictions under a graded exit plan, The Asian Age Reported.
The Times Of India: In the first cautious step towards restoring mass transport, limited passenger train services will resume from Tuesday, connecting Delhi with 15 major cities even before the third phase of the lockdown ends. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was admitted to AIIMS Delhi on Sunday evening after he complained of "uneasiness".
The Indian Railways will resume passenger services gradually with trains to 15 destinations from May 12, the government announced on Sunday. The number of people who have so far recovered after contracting the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the country crossed 20,000 on Sunday, with a recuperating rate of 31.2%.
A report by a Union Home Ministry think tank on "how to spot and investigate" fake news, which red-flagged the targeting of minorities over the Covid pandemic and mentioned the audio of the Tablighi Jamaat chief in its discussion on fake audio, has been pulled down within a day of being posted online. Officials in Kasaragod, the hotspot at Kerala's northern tip that accounted for nearly 35 per cent of the state's Covid count, with 178 of 512 cases, said Sunday that the district's last positive patient has returned home after being cured.
Under intense pressure to revive the economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak with chief ministers via video-conferencing Monday to seek their views on how to go ahead with easing restrictions under the graded exit plan. The Line of Actual Control has flared up in the past week, with skirmishes reported between Indian and Chinese soldiers in Sikkim and Ladakh, injuring troops on both sides.
NDTV along with Mastercard is launching a multi-platform campaign “Cashless Bano India”, to create digital awareness and educate the masses about digital payment solutions for day to day transactions.
The campaign aims to take the message of a cash free India to the country, and will charter a blue print which can help all stakeholders to become a part of the digital revolution.
We aim to reach out to people and educate them on:
1) Digital and financial literacy
2) New generation digital payment solutions
3) Enabling merchants and consumers to understand and adopt secured and safe payment Solutions
4) Ease of usage at point of sales
In the next 3 to 4 years, India will technologically leap forward. Every person with a mobile will become a walking ATMAmitabh KantCEO, NITI Aayog- The banking industry is going to move away from the practice of a blended merchant rate, we will have a separate cost for credit and debitAri SarkerCo-President, Asia Pacific, Mastercard
- Security is an ongoing process. Nothing can be absolutely secure. We need to solve problems on an everyday basisSunil MehtaMD and CEO, Punjab National Bank
- There should be no transaction costs on merchants or consumers. This should be covered by government subsidiesPraveen KhandelwalGeneral Secretary, The Confederation of All India Traders
- At least for the next 5 years or so, cellphones would be the best medium to reach people throughDr Arvind VirmaniPresident, Forum for Strategic Initiatives and Former Chief Economic Advisor
