The global economy is expected to suffer USD 5.8-8.8 trillion in losses due to the coronavirus pandemic, Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Friday.
"There should be at least two to three flights from Saudi Arabia to Karnataka (Bengaluru Airport or Mangaluru Airport) every week. That is my intention,” said Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and former chief minister of Karnataka D V Sadananda Gowda.
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,649 and the number of cases climbed to 81,970 on Friday, registering an increase of 100 deaths and 3,967 cases in the last 24 hours since Thursday 8 AM, according to the Union Health Ministry.
Former underworld don N Muthappa Rai died battling cancer at a private hospital here on Friday, hospital sources said.
Beijing: Privacy watchdogs say that the popular TikTok video app is violating a children's privacy law and putting kids at risk.
Bengaluru: With two more deaths, COVID-19 related fatalities rose to 35 in Karnataka and 28 new positive cases were confirmed, taking the total number of infections to 987, as the state tested over 7,000 samples on Thursday.
Bengaluru: Despite objections from the opposition parties, the Karnataka cabinet on Thursday approved an ordinance that will amend the laws to curtail the powers of the Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMC).
Thiruvananthapuram: In a steep rise in COVID-19 cases in Kerala in several days, as many as 26 people, including seven foreign returnees and a police personnel, tested positive on Thursday, taking the number of people under treatment to 64.
Opposition parties, including the JDS on Thursday came out against the Karnataka government's proposal to amend the laws governing the Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMC), claiming that the move would curtail its powers and also affect the farmers' interests.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a 2 per cent interest subvention on the smallest category of loans given under the MUDRA scheme.
