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Brazil says workers at China’s BYD site are victims of human trafficking
The investigation also brings unwelcome attention to BYD when it is...
FinMin asks banks, insurance firms to expedite public grievances resolution
M Nagaraju, Secretary, Department of Financial services At the...
Gap between 2nd Covid shot and booster likely to be 9-12 months: Report
The nitty-gritty of the gaps for the vaccines currently being used in India's inoculation programme Covishield and Covaxin is being worked out, and a final decision over this will be taken soon, they said. New Delhi:The gap between the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine...
439 infrastructure projects show cost overrun of Rs 4.38 trillion
"Total original cost of implementation of the 1,679 projects was Rs 22,29,544.27 crore and their anticipated completion cost is likely to be Rs 26,67,593.85 crore, which reflects overall cost overruns of 4,38,049.58 crore (19.65% of original cost)," the ministry's...
Sensex Weathers Highs And Hiccups To Deliver A Blockbuster 2021
Most brokerages expect Sensex to post tepid returns in 2022, weighed by the already stretched valuations, hawkish central banks and an uncertain global recovery The looming threat of Omicron setting off another wave of the pandemic is the biggest short-term risk. But...
World economy now set to surpass $100 Trillion in 2022, India to become 3rd largest by 2031
British consultancy Cebr predicts India looks set to overtake France next year and then Britain in 2023 to regain its place as the world's sixth biggest economy, Cebr said Climate change will lower consumer spending by $2 trillion a year on average through 2036 as...
Amit Shah launches Good Governance Index 2021; Gujarat tops, UP shows growth
Union Home Minister Amit Shah Gujarat has performed strongly in economic governance, human resource development, public infrastructure and utilities, social welfare and development, judiciary and public safety while Maharashtra scored in agriculture and allied sector,...
PM Modi announces jabs for 15-18 age group, ‘precaution dose’ for Covid warriors
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Booster doses for frontline workers, as well as co-morbid patients aged 60 years and up after consultations from the doctor, will be given from January 10 Modi assured that soon the country will develop nasal vaccine and the world’s first...
Omicorn Check:Centre to deploy multi-disciplinary teams in 10 states with high covid cases and low vaccination
As per the document, these 10 states are Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Mizoram, Karnataka, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Punjab New Delhi: Multi-disciplinary central teams have been deployed in 10 states which are reporting either an increasing...
Modi tells states to beef up health facilities as Omicron cases rise
Prime Minister Narendra Modi While more than half of India's adult population is fully vaccinated, hundreds of millions are still at risk. Doctors warn that if an Omicron-fuelled third wave of infections hits the country, medical facilities could be over-run very...
Covid-19: Pressure mounts on India to begin boosters as Omicron spreads
India's drug regulator has so far been reluctant to authorize third doses or childhood vaccinations until local trial data has been produced. Government officials have been reiterating targets to fully inoculating the country’s adult population first India’s...
Of 183 Omicron cases analysed so far, 91% were fully vaccinated: Govt
India has so far reported 358 cases of the Omicron variant, of which 183 were analysed and 121 of them were found to have foreign travel history The government said the COVID-19 case positivity rate in Kerala and Mizoram is much higher than national average and a...