Former Chairman of SBI, Arundhati Bhattacharya has called for measures to provide liquidity to mutual funds and Non-Banking Financial Institutions (NBFCs) to mitigate the impact
Month: March 2020
AR, VR and new-age tech companies report increase in demand as Covid-19 grounds workforce
New Delhi: Imagine sitting in your room, wearing a virtual reality (VR) headset and getting the feel of walking into a conference, or an expo,
Massive evacuation operation on as huge mass of migrants heads out of city
At a time when India is in lockdown, a massive evacuation operation to take thousands of people home began in the early hours of Saturday
How ‘jugaad’ is helping government work amid coronavirus lockdown
NEW DELHI: A national lockdown in place, the finance ministry found itself wrestling with an unusual problem: The government printing press would not publish the
Hockey sticks, sturgeons and skis: How much is enough physical distance?
From hockey sticks in Canada to downhill skis in Colorado, health officials are searching for relatable ways to urge people to keep a safe distance,
Walking from Delhi to MP, man dies in Agra
AGRA: A 39-year-old man, who had walked almost 200 kilometers from Delhi to reach his home in Morena in Madhya Pradesh, collapsed and died in
Coronavirus In India: View: Relief package is peanuts. India needs to triple it
Outrageously small. Crumbs from a miser’s table. Spineless obeisance to fiscal orthodoxy. Cowardly fears of foreigners reacting badly to a massive fiscal stimulus. Forgive my
Mega merger of state-run banks comes into force from April 1, says RBI
MUMBAI: The schemes for the merger of ten state-run banks into four lenders are coming into force from April 1, according to the Reserve Bank
coronavirus: Saarc requests India to lift export ban on drugs
NEW DELHI: Members of the Saarc bloc and Indonesia and the UAE have requested India to lift the export ban on hydroxychloroquine, as they stare
covid-19: Covid-19: Centre chalks out four schemes to boost production of bulk drugs and medical devices
By Mansukh Mandaviya India is quite ahead globally in the manufacturing of medicines. However, the country still imports key raw materials — largely 53 active