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Rahul Gandhi seeks public support for campaign in favour of farmers

NEW DELHI: Asking people to join the farmers’ “satyagraha” against the Modi government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday spoke out in support of the ongoing protests and against rising fuel prices in the country. The Congress is observing the day as Kisan Adhikar Divas and will take out protest marches in all state capitals. […]

Budget session of Parliament from January 29

NEW DELHI: The Budget session of Parliament will begin on January 29 with the address of President Ram Nath Kovind to the joint sitting of both the Houses and the Union Budget will be presented on February 1. A communication from the Lok Sabha Secretariat said on Thursday that the session would conclude on April […]

Modi government should scrap new farm laws: Shiv Sena

NEW DELHI: The Shiv Sena on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to honour the sentiments of protesting farmers and scrap new controversial farm laws, and said he will “grow bigger” in stature by doing so. An editorial in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ also accused the Centre of trying to end the farmers’ protest […]

Supreme Court agriculture panel members are pro-govt, won’t appear before it: Farmer unions

NEW DELHI: Farmer unions protesting against the new agriculture-marketing laws Tuesday disapproved of the Supreme Court-appointed committee to break the deadlock over the acts, and said they will not appear before the panel and continue their agitation. Addressing a press conference at Singhu Border here, Union leaders claimed the members of committee formed by the […]

First Covishield consignment leaves Serum Institute for 13 locations

NEW DELHI: A decisive phase in India’s fight against coronavirus began in the wee hours on Tuesday as the first consignment of Covishield vaccines left Serum Institute of India for Pune airport, four days ahead of the nationwide inoculation drive launch. Three temperature-controlled trucks rolled out of the Serum Institute gates shortly before 5 am […]

Narendra Modi government wants Serum Institute to lower price of AstraZeneca vaccine

By Neha Arora & Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government (government of India) has been negotiating with the Serum Institute of India to bring down the price of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, people close to the matter said, delaying the roll-out of the country’s immunisation programme. India’s drug regulator has approved emergency use of the […]

Extremely disappointed with negotiation between government and farmers: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday said it is extremely disappointed with the way negotiations are going on between the Centre (Narendra Modi or government of India ) and the farmers on the new farm laws, against which several farmer organisations are staging protest at Delhi borders. “What is going on? States are rebelling against […]

Additional borrowing permission of Rs 16,728 crore granted to 5 states

NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi government (Centre) has granted permission for additional mobilise additional financial resources to the tune of Rs 16,728 crore through open market borrowings to five states. The permission has been granted as the state have so far completed the stipulated reforms in the ease of doing business. These states are Andhra Pradesh, […]

Narendra Modi government must indemnify vaccine makers against all lawsuits: Adar Poonawalla

NEW DELHI: Vaccine manufacturers need to have protection against all lawsuits for their vaccines especially during a pandemic, Serum Institute of India (SII) Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla has said. He also said that the vaccine makers are going to propose this to the government, while speaking at a virtual panel on the challenges of […]

Narendra Modi government should not hoard mines: Naveen Jindal

NEW DELHI: Jindal Steel and Power Ltd Chairman Naveen Jindal on Wednesday said the Union government (Narendra Modi government) should not “hoard” mines and create artificial scarcity, putting up only a few blocks for auction. He said India being a very competitive market, such scarcity leads to intense bidding and unsustainable valuation. “Government has taken […]

Tamil Nadu government seeks Rs 3,758 crore as ‘Nivar’ relief from Narendra Modi government

CHENNAI:The Tamil Nadu government has asked the Narendra Modi government (Centre) to provide a financial assistance of Rs 3,758 crore for relief and restoration work in the cyclone ‘Nivar’-ravaged districts of the state. The sum is the estimated loss to human lives in terms of compensation, property, cattle and installations and infrastructure of various government […]

Inflation likely to remain elevated, Q3 CPI seen at 6.8%

MUMBAI: As India battles to break out of the Covid cloud and the severe setback inflicted by the pandemic on the economy, the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) expects inflation to remain high and the consumer price index (CPI) for the October-December quarter of FY21 is projected at 6.8 per cent. In […]

Narendra Modi government coming up with many structural reforms in mining sector to realise its true potential

NEW DELHI: India’s Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi said that the Narendra Modi government is coming up with many structural reforms in the mining sector to realise its true potential. Joshi was addressing the 15th edition of Global Mining Summit and International Mining & Machinery Exhibition today. “The proposed structural changes in the mining […]

Narendar Modi government approves merger of Lakshmi Vilas Bank with DBIL

NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government on Wednesday approved the merger of crisis-ridden Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) with the DBS Bank India Ltd (DBIL) with Union minister Prakash Javadekar asserting that there will be no further restrictions on the depositors regarding withdrawals other than the current moratorium. The minister also assured depositors that Rs 20,000 […]

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) […]

Apparel exports request Narendra Modi government for pre-FTA deal with UK

NEW DELHI: Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) Chairman A. Sakthivel, has urged the Narendra Modi government to strike a pre-FTA preferential trade deal to remove the tariff disadvantage faced by Indian apparels in the UK. In a letter to Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, the APEC Chairman wrote: “It has been learnt that after […]

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