New Delhi: India's economy is projected to grow between 6.3 per...
Category:
Indian News
Latest
Eco Survey: Demographic advantage, responsible approach position India to benefit from AI
Achieving benefits from AI requires significant investments in...
Eco Survey: Health expenditure grew to Rs 6.1 lakh crore in FY25
“Health is a crucial component of human capital and a valuable...
MoF issues new norms for closure or privatisation of PSUs in non-strategic sectors in time bound manner
The entire process has to be completed in seven months after the decision about any PSU is taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) Except Atomic Energy, Space, and Defence Transport and Telecommunication, Power, Petroleum, Coal, and Other Minerals,...
Lok Sabha members ask govt to prepare to deal with challenges posed by Omicron
Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said India has already reported 41 cases of Omicron variant and the government should begin preparations of every kind to deal with the challenge New Delhi: Lok Sabha members on Tuesday...
Serum Institute to launch COVID vaccine for children in six months: Poonawalla
''We haven't seen a lot of severe disease in children. Fortunately, the panic is not there for children. However, we will be launching a vaccine in six months for children, hopefully down to the age of three.Covovax is under trial and has shown excellent data all the...
Recording wife’s phone conversation without her knowledge is infringement of privacy: HC
The court of Justice Lisa Gill passed the order last month on a plea filed by a woman who challenged a 2020 order of the Bathinda family court. Chandigarh: Recording of wife’s telephonic conversation without her knowledge is infringement of her privacy, the Punjab and...
BPCL ties-up with nuclear institute in net zero push
India's draft National Hydrogen Mission mandates that refiners and fertiliser producers should meet half of their hydrogen needs through green hydrogen by 2030. The federal government has provided financial support for setting up electrolysers in India. NEW DELHI:...
Shriram Group to merge finacial biz, hive off insurance
Shriram group will merge Shriram Capital Ltd and Shriram City Union Finance with Shriram Transport Finance Shriram Capital will demerge its financial services and insurance business and the rest of its business to be merged with Shriram Transport The new entity will...
AMFI pitches for pension oriented MF Scheme; tax parity with ULIPs
Amfi has proposed ''to bring parity in tax treatment in respect of capital gains on withdrawal of investments in ULIPs of Life Insurance companies and redemption of Mutual Funds Units, so as to bring about level playing field between ULIPs and MF scheme''. The...
More states report Omicorn cases, total no hit 38 in India
Omicron has been detected in Maharashtra (18), Rajasthan (9), Karnataka (3), Karnataka (3), Kerala (1) and Andhra Pradesh (1) and Union Territories of Delhi (2) and Chandigarh (1). Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Chandigarh reported their first Omicron case on Sunday,...
Inflation data, Fed interest rate decision major events for markets this week: Analysts
''The impact of the Omicron variant on the market has cooled off but the news flows related to Omicron may continue to cause some volatility,'' said Santosh Meena, head (research) at Swastika Investmart Ltd. New Delhi: Domestic macroeconomic data announcements and the...
Public health groups, doctors urge govt to hike excise duty on tobacco products in next Union Budget
''Tobacco industry in India has been virtually enjoying an extended tax-free season on tobacco products over the past four years since the introduction of the GST as there hasn't been any major increase in tobacco taxation during this time. This has made many tobacco...