Wilful defaulters beneficiaries of ‘phone banking’ under UPA regime: Nirmala Sitharaman
New Delhi: Hitting out at the Congress party, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that wilful defaulters were beneficiaries of ‘phone banking’ under the UPA regime and the Modi government is chasing them to recover the dues. She was responding to the opposition’s allegations of loan waivers worth Rs 68,607 crore in the form of […]
IIT Guwahati, pharma company Hester Biosciences come together to develop COVID-19 vaccine
New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati and Ahmedabad-based pharmaceutical company Hester Biosciences Limited have come together for developing a vaccine against coronavirus. According to officials, the vaccine is expected to be ready by the end of this year to start animal studies and the work is currently in its early stage of […]
Covid-19 and crumbling globalization
BY: Irfanul Haq War and disease have always played a significant role in changing societies and states altogether. Today it is not war but war-like crises are looming large around the globe and cause is SARS COVID-19spectre, which can prove to be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel’s back. It has become progressively more […]
Sell unsold units at ‘no-profit-no-loss’ to save interest, boost liquidity: Gadkari to realty cos
New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday exhorted real estate players to sell unsold housing units, even at no-profit-no-loss, to boost their liquidity condition and save interest cost on loans. The outbreak of coronavirus disease has impacted the real estate sector, which was already reeling from the demand slowdown, the road, transport and highways […]
Govt must protect salaries, wages of workers: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday urged the government to announce a scheme to protect the salaries and wages of 12 crore people as employers are facing financial crunch in the wake of the COVID-19-induced lockdown. He also called upon the government to announce a financial package for the MSME sector, as […]
Making public transport safe next hurdle in easing lockdowns
The Hague: In cities around the world, public transport systems are the key to getting workers back on the job and restarting devastated economies, yet everything from trains to buses to ferries to bicycles will have to be re-imagined for the coronavirus era. In Europe in particular, public transport is shaping up as a new […]
Next session of Parliament depends on ground situation: Naidu
New Delhi: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday told members of Rajya Sabha that the next session of Parliament depends on the situation on the ground and hoped for a normal schedule saying efforts to contain coronavirus were showing results, according to sources. Naidu, who is the Rajya Sabha chairman, was interacting with the […]
Technical loan write-off route should not be applied for fugitives: Chidambaram to govt
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday asked the government why it had taken the technical loan write-off route for fugitives like Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Vijay Mallya. His remarks came after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that wilful defaulters were beneficiaries of ‘phone banking’ under the UPA regime and the Modi […]
Go for aggressive testing
As the COVID 19 has brought entire world down on the knees with scientists struggling to find some cure or some vaccine to the deadly disease, Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir continues to surpass the most populous states of India in the count of positive cases. Till date, J&K has 565 positive coronavirus cases […]
