Seven persons, including Abe and Balasubramaniam, have been honoured with Padma Vibhushan, 10 conferred with Padma Bhushan, 102 others for Padma Sri award

Oxfam's 'The Inequality Virus' report said it would take an unskilled worker 10,000 years to make what businessman Mukesh Ambani made in an hour during the pandemic and three years to make what he made in a second

India had put in place one of the most stringent lockdowns to curb the spread of infections, but it also triggered unemployment, hunger, distress migration and untold hardship in its wake.

The company will expand Google Search and Maps to make it easier for people to find when and where to get the COVID-19 vaccine at a local level. Pichai added that Google will be opening up its select physical spaces to be used as COVID-19 vaccine sites

Google's CEO Sundar Pichai says, to help with mass vaccination efforts, starting in the United States, Google will make select facilities such as buildings, parking lots and open spaces available to anyone eligible for the vaccine based on state and local guidelines

The fall in FDI flows across developing regions was uneven, with (-)37 per cent in Latin America and the Caribbean, (-)18 per cent in Africa and (-)4 per cent in developing countries in Asia

\"Lightening the balance sheet of the government means divestment and monetising their investments. That is the way to go. If you look at it globally, that is how things have worked out,\" says Krishan

The new system, which will come into effect from March 1, has been restructured as per various recommendations for systemic reforms laid down in the new National Education Policy (NEP)

The study, part of CPR's Accountability Initiative, says Modi government front-loaded payments under the PM-KISAN farmer income support programme and provided additional provisions for the Mid-Day Meal scheme

Budget 2021: Economy suffered biggest shock after first lockdown in March when around 11.3 crore people lost jobs as entire economy went into shutdown mode

MindRush 2021: Experts agree that biggest impediment for all operators will be spectrum cost and all stakeholders need to work together towards addressing these challenges. The other challenge for telcos is to seamlessly deploy infrastructure support

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also hailed the country's scientists and health professionals for effectively tackling the Covid-19 pandemic

The education sector witnessed groundbreaking changes in the past year with schools and other educational institutions being shut and classes being shifted online in wake of COVID-19 pandemic

Speaking on disruption amid Covid-19, SoftBank Vision Fund CEO says world will never go back to previous ways of living. Every industry has been impacted but upcoming time presents tremendous opportunities, he adds

The state government will bear Rs 27 crore towards examination fee waiver

Anindya Mallick, Partner, Deloitte shares how the National Education policy, introduced during the last budget, has pushed the quality of education in the positive direction. Watch as he talks about the digital divide that had been created in the education sector due to coronavirus pandemic and how the upcoming budget can help bridge the gap.Also Read: Budget 2021: Will govt allow FDI in school education?

According to economists at YES Bank, heath and R&D related spending is expected to see a boost to align India with its global peers and to adapt to ongoing changes in global health conditions

Since the education sector in India continues to be a strategic priority for the government, it has already allowed 100% FDI in the education sector through the automatic route since 2002

According to an official release, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said a high-level review meeting will be held in the next two to three days on the matter and appropriate orders will be issued

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