Announcing the budget, Gehlot said the state government did not propose any new tax in its budget for the financial year 2021-22 but announced relief measures of up to Rs 910 crore through various exemptions

According to an official of the Union Health Ministry, Maharashtra is showing a daily surge in COVID-19 cases. Kerala is showing an incremental decline, but the number of daily cases is still high

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,07,26,702 which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.25 per cent and the case fatality rate stands at 1.42 per cent

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman has put Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia's main sovereign wealth fund, at the centre of reforms aimed at diversifying the economy of the world's top oil exporter away from fossil fuel

Highest-paying sectors in 2021 continue to be the ones from last year -- information technology, IT-enabled services, life sciences, e-commerce and fast-moving consumer goods

Stock Market Updates Today: Sectorally, except for IT and pharma index, all the other indices ended with decent gains. Private, PSU Bank and financial indices closed 3% higher today.

Biological E has tied up with vaccine maker Johnson & Johnson and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. And, it plans to start the Phase 3 trial of the candidate licensed from Baylor College next week

According to the revised restrictions, the number of people allowed in indoor gatherings has been lowered to 100 while only 200 people will be allowed at outdoor gatherings. This will be implemented from March 1 onwards, according to reports

Sectorally, gains in FMCG, realty, auto, IT, media and metal index were capped by losses in PSU Banking, financial, private banking and pharma index

Separate data from the Office for National Statistics showed that the number of employees on company payrolls in January rose by 83,000 from December, the second monthly increase and its biggest since January 2015

The commissioner said that these cases were detected between February 15 and 22, following which nine mobile teams were deployed and 500 RT-PCR samples were taken

Over three lakh beneficiaries have received COVID-19 vaccine till date in Delhi since the start of the inoculation drive a month ago, with more than 27,000 people receiving shots on Monday, according to data shared by officials

The findings of the study become significant as in many parts of the world, mutant variants of the virus are causing a new surge in COVID-19 cases. The current increase in the number of infections in some Indian states may also be due to the presence of virus variants, it is feared

Stock Market News Updates Today: Global equities were buoyed today as positive macroeconomic data flow and hopes of a COVID-19 vaccine boosted investor sentiment

Only two states, Maharashtra and Kerala, account for 75.87 per cent of the total number of active COVID-19 cases, as per the union health ministry

After demerger, holding company RIL will have upstream exploration and production business, financial services, treasury and textile business, while RIL O2C Ltd will have an oil-to-chemical business comprising refining and petrochemicals, fuel retail, and control over global subsidiaries of RIL

The government might engage private firms and institutions to vaccinate the 50-plus age group to cover a much larger target population of 27 crore individuals. It will also include below-50 age group with serious co-morbidities

Indian business tycoon and Wipro founder-chairman Azim Premji has suggested to the Centre to allow private sector participation in order to speed up the vaccination process against coronavirus. Premji added that with the involvement of the private firms and institutions in the COVID-19 vaccination drive, over 50 crore people can be inoculated within two months. Meanwhile, the Union Health Ministry has directed all states and union territories to enhance the pace of vaccination amid the recent surge in COVID-19 active cases, especially in five states. Watch the video for more.Also Read: 50 crore Indians can be vaccinated in two months with help from private sector: Azim Premji

Domestic markets dropped further by the second half of Monday after European stocks declined at the opening bell amid cautious trade in global markets as investors focused on the developments surrounding the pandemic and vaccine rollout

UP Finance Minister Suresh Khanna today presented Rs 5.50 lakh crore budget for the financial year 2022 in the state assembly