19 August 2020: The breaking news and headlines of today!

The impact of the Corona crisis is going to be on the salary of Delhi Metro employees. It has been announced to cut their salary drastically.

Cinema halls have been closed for the last several months but from next month the government may allow the opening of cinema halls with strict rules.

The dates of the Bihar assembly election may be announced in the next three days. But this time the rules can be very stringent, given the Corona crisis.

In the African country of Mali, rebel soldiers have held President Ibrahim Boubakar Keita and Prime Minister Baubo Sise as 'hostages'. The incident has been condemned by many countries including the United Nations, USA.

Share Market

The Nifty has been trading for the last few sessions based on mixed global and domestic signals. Gold prices may come up due to weakness in the dollar.

Interesting Facts In India, the East India Company made a coin of 1 rupee on this day in 1757. The mint was created in 1757 under a treaty with the Nawab of Bengal. Here then 1 rupee was made up of 16 or 64 paise and 1 anna meant 4 paise.

Weather conditions

Moderate to heavy rains are expected over the eastern and central parts of Madhya Pradesh and many areas of Gujarat. Heavy to moderate rains may occur over Vidarbha, North Telangana, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Konkan and Goa, Coastal Karnataka, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh with light to moderate rains. Light to moderate rains is possible over Odisha, East Rajasthan, Punjab, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar, Northeast India, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu Kashmir, Interior Karnataka and parts of Kerala.