Rampur royal family value pegged at Rs 2,664 crore
NEW DELHI: The royal family of Rampur has finally been assigned a value — Rs 2,664 crores. In their submissions to the district and sessions judge of Rampur, the court-appointed commissioners on Saturday filed their estimates of assets that belonged to the last Nawab of Rampur. The court will now hold daily hearings to meet […]
Set up nodal agencies to restore water bodies: NGT asks states, Union Territories
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed all states and Union Territories to designate nodal agencies for the restoration of water bodies within their respective jurisdictions. “All states/UTs may forthwith designate nodal agencies for the restoration of water bodies, wherever no such agency has so far been so designated,” said a four-member NGT bench […]
Narendra Modi inaugurates Rs 5.5K crore water projects in Mirzapur, Sonbhadra
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stones of rural drinking water supply projects costing more than Rs 5,500 crore in Vindhyachal region of Uttar Pradesh. “The region was a victim of neglect for decades after Independence. This entire area became one of scarcity even though it had resources. Despite having […]
KCR promises all help to Telugu film industry
HYDERABAD: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday assured the Telugu film industry that the state government will take all the measures needed to protect and support it in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. He promised concessions and exemptions to support the film industry and the workers as they suffered losses due to […]
Tariff hike needed as current rates ‘unsustainable’, says Airtel
NEW DELHI: Telecom tariff hike is needed as the current rates are “unsustainable” and market conditions will be seen before a call is taken, telecom czar and chairman of Bharti Airtel Sunil Mittal has said. On the issue of whether or not Chinese telecom equipment vendors will be allowed to participate in next-generation 5G networks, […]
Moderna to charge $25-$37 per dose for its COVID-19 vaccine
FRANKFRUT: Moderna will charge governments between $25 and $37 per dose of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, depending on the amount ordered, Chief Executive Stephane Bancel told German weekly Welt am Sonntag (WamS). “Our vaccine therefore costs about the same as a flu shot, which is between $10 and $50,” he was quoted as saying. On […]
Covid-19: FDA allows emergency use of antibody drug Donald Trump received
By Marilynn Marchione WASHINGTON: US health officials have agreed to allow emergency use of a second antibody drug to help the immune system fight COVID-19, an experimental medicine that President Donald Trump was given when he was sickened last month. The Food and Drug Administration authorised use of the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. drug on Saturday […]
Narendra Modi government approves Rs 107.42 crore grant for 28 food processing projects
NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government on Saturday said a grant of Rs 107.42 crore has been approved for implementing 28 food processing projects spread over 10 states that are likely to generate jobs for nearly 10,000 people. A decision in this regard was taken in the virtual meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Approval Committee (IMAC) […]
RBI Twitter handle joins million followers club, first central bank in world to reach this milestone
NEW DELHI: With one million Twitter followers, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has become the first central bank in the world to reach this milestone. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has beaten the US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank on Twitter by emerging as the most popular central bank on the […]
Give Maharashtra housing quotas for minorities, activist to government
MUMBAI: A prominent rights activist has demanded that the Maharashtra Government provide 15 per cent reservations for minorities in the public and private space in the upcoming new housing policy to help maintain the country’s ‘secular character’, here on Saturday. In a letter to Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad and Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, Harmony Foundation […]
Amit Shah opens water reservoir, lays foundation for infrastructure projects in Tamil Nadu
CHENNAI: India’s Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Saturday inaugurated the city’s fifth drinking water reservoir and also laid foundation stones for various infrastructure projects in the state. The new reservoir built at an outlay of Rs 380 crore was inaugurated by Shah at a function chaired by Chief Minister K. Palaniswami […]
Naveen Patnaik writes to Hemant Soren for early completion of Ichha dam
NEW DELHI: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has sought cooperation from his Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren for early completion of Ichha Dam project for the benefit of farmers in both states. In a letter released to media on Saturday, Patnaik also urged Soren to ensure storage of water up to full reservoir level (FRL) in […]