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India had earlier in January approved two vaccines -- Oxford's Covishield manufactured by SII and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin -- for restricted emergency use.

As India emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, the ninth budget under the Modi government, including an interim one, is widely expected to focus on boosting spending on job creation.

After the resumption of local train services in June last year, initially, only essential and emergency services staff were allowed to travel in the suburban trains.

There are 1,68,235 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprise 1.56 per cent of the total caseload.

Finance Minister had launched the "Union Budget Mobile App" for hassle-free access of Budget documents by Members of Parliament (MPs) and the general public.

This year, the Union Budget will be delivered in paperless form for the first time.

Finance minister may announce plan to revive cash-strapped electricity distribution utilities in budget

According to FPI statistics available with depositories, overseas investors pumped in a net of Rs 19,473 crore into equities but pulled out Rs 4,824 crore from the debt segment between January 1 and January 29.

The intensive review will include -- adequacy of the customer service and customer grievances redressal-related policies

The firm has now won an international arbitration against the tax demand and the government has been ordered to return the value of shares of Cairn it had sold

REITs and InvITs are relatively new investment instruments in the Indian context but are popular in global markets.

The place is the first-of-its-kind in the country

Kerala has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 7,032 newly recovered cases.

Shah exuded confidence of forming the next government in the state and take it to the path of development.

The Indian Auto LPG Coalition has urged slashing of GST on conversion kits along with subsidy support to consumers shifting to environment-friendly fuels.

The BJP in the UT has received a shot in the arm with former minister A Namasivayam joining the party along with a former MLA recently.

It would boost the entrepreneurial ecosystem and empower future innovators of the country, he added.

The incident took place in Tekanar village on Friday evening when the victim, identified as Jairam Usendi (35), had gone to the local market along with his brother Peela Das Usendi.

Jio and Bharti now have 19 lakh and 27 lakh fixed broadband subscribers, respectively.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had Saturday said his government's offer on agri laws made to protesting farmers “still stands” and it was a just “phone call away” for talks.

The commerce ministry is holding stakeholder consultations for the formulation the next foreign trade policy (FTP) for five years (2020-25). It is expected to be rolled out in April.

The expansion is focused on three cities -- Mumbai, Bengaluru and Goa--which are already functioning almost at pre-pandemic levels

The Prime Minister said that that the electricity which is produced from the waste material is used to illuminate the mandi and the bio-fuel is used in the mandi canteen for cooking.

A cold wave swept the national capital on Sunday morning, with the minimum temperature dipping to 3.1 degrees Celsius.