The panel-led by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lawmaker Kanimozhi Karunanidhi will hear officials of pharmaceutical departments on the status of the COVID-19 vaccine

Department of Fertilisers under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers has been ranked 3rd out of the 65 Ministries / Departments with a score 4.11 on a scale of 5 on Data Governance Quality Index

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The import from China of organic chemicals declined by 7.3 per cent and fertilisers by 11.4 per cent in 2019-20. Overall, in last two years, imports from China came down from $76.4 billion in 2017-18 to $65.3 billion in 2019-20

Economic measures against China - where they work, where they dont

India's power sector has faced cyberattacks, a majority of which reportedly originated from China, Singapore, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries

Centre to ensure Chinese goods do not enter India via other countries like Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia

India had banned export of hydroxychloroquine on March 25, with some exceptions, amid views in some quarters that the drug could be used to fight COVID-19

DPIIT has prescribed minimum 60%, 70% and 80% local contents for 2020-21, 2021-23 and 2023-25, respectively, of local chemicals and petrochemical contents in public procurement

The government last week announced a slew of measures including Rs 3 lakh crore collateral free loans, but most MSMEs say this will not help much given that they need immediate cash support

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved outlay of Rs 9,940 crore and Rs 3,820 crore for bulk drugs and medical devices, respectively, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya said

The entire world is taking up the habit of 'namaste', Modi said. If due to some reason we have discontinued this habit, it is the right time to once again take this up instead of handshakes, Modi said

Health Minister Dr Harh Vardhan told the ministerial panel on coronavirus that three patients from Kerala identified earlier have been released after treatment

The central government has constituted a Task Force on active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to formulate a road map for the enhanced production of generic drugs in India

Coronavirus latest: The GOM was informed that 15,991 people are presently under community surveillance across the country. Out of a total 1,671 samples that were sent for testing, only 3 were found positive

Budget 2020: In today's speech, the FM broke her own record and delivered the longest Union Budget speech, which was 159 minutes long

Stock Market Updates on Budget day: In terms of sector, except IT, all the other indices were declining on a continous basis. While realty index declined over 7.5%, media shares fell over 4.4%.

The increasing trade deficit in spite of positive growth of exports is mainly due to higher imports of products such as crude oil, electronic goods, iron and steel, chemicals, coke, fertilisers, and machinery