The Central government has ordered work from home for 50 percent of its employees as India battles to beat the spread of coronavirus. The deadly virus has infected over 2 lakh people across the globe and caused almost 9,000 deaths so far. India is in Stage-2 of coronavirus pandemic.
Union Minister Smriti Irani took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi calling him begani shaadi mein abdullah deewaney after the former Congress chief targeted the Modi government following Supreme Court allowing permanent commission for women in the Indian Army.
Amazon and Flipkart are studying Budget 2020 as the government has proposed a new levy of 1 per cent TDS (tax deducted at source) on e-commerce transactions, a move that could increase burden on sellers on such platforms.
Union Budget 2020: The Modi government is due to present the Union Budget for FY in Parliament on February 1. As the countdown for the Union Budget 2020 has begun, all eyes are set on what measures will be announced by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Onion prices continue to bring tears to common people as it touched Rs 150/kg in many cities across India. In Kolkata markets, onion was being sold at Rs 120/kg while many markets across Delhi and Mumbai it was priced above Rs 150/kg.
India is facing a "Great Slowdown" with its economy headed for intensive care unit primarily due to a "second wave" of the twin balance sheet crisis at banks, former Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian has said.
Inspired by the motto of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas' and with the blessings of 130 crore Indians, the NDA government has continued working towards developing India and empowering the lives of 130 crore Indians with renewed vigour, he said.
In the biggest reform in fuel retailing sector in almost two decades, the government on Wednesday relaxed norms for setting up petrol pumps, allowing non-oil companies to venture into the business - a move that could help private and foreign firms to enter the world's fastest-growing market.
The reports claimed that SBI has written off bad loans worth Rs 76,600 crore of 220 defaulters who owed more than Rs 100 crore each.
The approval was given by the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) on Wednesday evening.
Eight months have passed since then but her expected "magic" is nowhere to be seen and the grand old party continues to struggle.
The offering is made during 'Pitra-Paksh' (the ongoing fortight dedicated in the Hindu calendar to remembering the forefathers) and was organised by the 'Yug Dadhichi Deh-Daan Sansthan' at the Sarsaiya Ghat on the banks of the Ganga here.
At present, China is the world's largest steel producer with a production capacity of 928.3 MT of crude steel (2018), while India, with 106.5 MT of crude steel production, ranks second on the list.
A senior jail department official said, "Many of them have said that the weather in Uttar Pradesh does not suit them. They have lost their appetite and are suffering from depression."
The Congress general secretary also cited a media report which claimed that after pouring USD 45 billion into India's stock market over the past six years on hopes that Modi would unleash the country's economic potential, international money managers have sold USD 4.5 billion of Indian shares since June.
"We are not against Hindi but certainly against its imposition on our people, majority of whose mother tongue is Kannada, followed by Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Marathi across the state," Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told reporters at Mysuru on Sunday.
They asked Pakistan to engage in backchannel diplomacy with India. They met Prime Minister Khan, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa during their day-long trip.
Confirming the development, Tiwari, who is the President of Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS), said that the VJAS was an 'associate member' of the BJP for the last 10 years, but now they are no longer together.
The state government will pay a sum of Rs 30 per day to the person who adopts a cow for maintenance. People living in semi-urban and rural areas can adopt up to four stray cows, bulls and calves.
The Prime Minister will also inaugurate the two state level schemes. First, the inauguration of the state Assembly building and the second is a multi-modal terminal at Sahebganj," said the Chief Minister.
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