Stating that 415 people die on roads in India every day, Road Transport and Highways Minister Gadkari said there is a need to expedite the task of saving the lives of people

According to a note issued by Niti Aayog after the meeting, all the attendants agreed that high frequency indicators are showing signs of a strong economic recovery, and that too earlier than expected

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet economists on Friday to seek their inputs for the upcoming Union Budget 2021 for boosting economic growth

Addressing the Ficci Annual Convention, Kant said the government is also working towards bringing down the cost of logistics

Indian-origin health expert Anil Soni to lead The WHO Foundation as first CEO; Mt Everest gets even higher; China and Nepal announce revised height of Mt Everest; Indian tech players secured $38 billion from investors amid COVID-19 pandemic, says NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant. Watch this and more news on News Blast.

DCGI actively considering 3 COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use: Health Ministry Three COVID-19 vaccines candidates, developed by Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute of India and Pfizer, are under active consideration by India's drug regulator and there is hope that getting an early license might be possible for all or any of them, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday. Over the last four days, the Indian arm of US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, Pune-based Serum Institute of India and Hyderab...

Several experts have raised questions about Bharat Biotech applying for emergency usage as Covaxin is still going through an efficacy trial. However, the ICMR has backed Bharat Biotech's move

Speaking in a session of the three-day TiE Global Summit (TGS)being held virtually, Kant said the Indian startup ecosystem witnessed launch of more than 55,000 start- ups which had raised over USD 60 billion in funding in the last five years

Addressing a virtual event organised by industry body FICCI, Kant said the COVID-19 pandemic has provided an impetus to the ever-expanding digitalinfrastructure

Developing countries like India need to create standards for new technologies which sometimes become a hurdle for Indian entrepreneurs to disrupt the global market with local innovation, Kant said

Highlighting the importance of infra development, the finance minister recently said money spent on infrastructure and asset creation has a multiplier effect on the economy

The NITI Aayog Frontier Technologies CIC's mission is to identify and deploy leading edge technologies to drive continuous innovation in delivering citizen services

Kant, while addressing a virtual FICCI event, further said the government is finalising its plans to expand its production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to more sectors for boosting domestic manufacturing

Winemakers Kapil Sekhri co-founded Fratelli Wines after launching his vineyard in Akluj area of Maharashtra in 2006; Fratelli is first Indo-Italian wine in the country

National e-Governance Division (NeGD) and MyGov CEO Abhishek Singh said that the Meity will soon approach the Cabinet for a policy to launch AI-based programmes

Office segment accounted for 24 per cent of the total PE investment at USD 207 million (around Rs 1,500 crore) till August of this calendar year

Sectors that would be the focus of discussion are hospitality, textile and real estate. Measures to boost the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), one of the worst affected sectors, would also be discussed

The national transporter is planning to levy the user fee across 700-1,000 railway stations. Railway board CEO VK Yadav said at a press conference that the Railways is going to keep a small amount of the user fee

Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee, Uddhav Thackeray, Naveen Patanaik, Amarinder Singh are also on the list. Not only politicians and leaders, scientists, academicians, journalists, actors, sportspersons, activists are also being monitored

Speaking at the 14th Annual BioPharma and Healthcare Summit, he said India is now gearing up for innovation in its pharmaceutical ecosystem focusing on speedy and scaled up delivery of new vaccines and personalised medicines