Bihar assembly polls: The highlights of the BJP manifesto include the promise of free of cost vaccination for the coronavirus, recruitment of three lakh teachers, five lakh jobs in IT sector and employment in the health sector

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Over 30 lakh non-gazetted employees will be benefited by the bonus announcement and total financial implication the decision will be Rs 3,737 crore, says Union minister Prakash Javadekar

COVID-19 impact: Private hospitals' operating profit to decline 35-40% in FY21Private hospitals in India are in a tight spot. A triple whammy of postponement in elective surgeries, revenue loss from highly profitable medical tourism segment, and increasing costs will lead to 35-40 per cent drop in operating profits of private hospitals this fiscal, reveals a CRISIL report. The rating agency has also downgraded credit outlook of private hospitals to moderately negative amidst cash flow challe...

Nath's remarks have generated a severe backlash, triggering an outrage with BJP leaders staging protests against Kamal Nath. MP Congress chief has expressed regret over his remarks and asserted that he did not say anything disrespectful

A survey by rural media platform Gaon Connection on the recently passed three agriculture laws in the country, showed that more than fifty per cent of farmers did not favour them; Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that her ministry is in the process of assessing the country's economic situation and will make an official forecast of the GDP contraction for 2020-21 soon; Israel to begin trials of COVID-19 vaccine 'Brilife' by Oct-end. Watch this and more news on News Blast.Also Read: Coronavirus vaccine: Moderna eyes emergency approval in December

Israel to begin trials of COVID-19 vaccine 'Brilife' by Oct-endIsrael has named its COVID-19 vaccine candidate 'Brilife' and its human trials will begin by October-end, according to an official press release. The prospective vaccine is being developed by the Israel Institute of Biological Research (IIBR) that was established in 1952 as part of the Israel Defence Forces' Science Corps, and later became a civilian organisation.Big Billion Days: Over 70 sellers become crorepatis in first 3 day...

Sitharaman clarified that it is not certain whether it will be done in public or in the Parliament. She also ruled out giving any tentative deadline for giving an official GDP estimate for the current year

Discoms in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, J&K and Telangana account for 81 per cent of the total overdue to gencos

Japan's export-reliant economy has sunk into recession, with three straight quarters of contraction through June, as the outbreak slammed business activity and stifled trade

7th Pay Commission: The Dearness Allowance of central government employees is linked with CPI-IW. Any change in base impacts the dearness allowance

The company is seeking to further boost demand with its offer after the recent leave travel concession (LTC) cash voucher scheme announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

In May, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Rs 90,000 crore liquidity infusion into cash-strapped discoms, facing demand slump due to the lockdown to contain COVID-19

The mandate means Ardern, 40, could form the first single-party government in decades, and face the challenge of delivering on the progressive transformation she promised but failed to deliver in her first term

The finance minister's letter to states comes four days after the GST Council meeting failed to reach a consensus on the stalemate over the Centre's proposal of states borrowing against future GST collections to make up for the shortfall

Apollo Hospitals says ready to administer 10 lakh coronavirus vaccines per dayApollo Hospitals Group, hospital chain based in Chennai, on Thursday said it is ready to administer 10 lakh COVID-19 vaccines daily to support the government's fight against the pandemic. The Group, in a statement, said it will leverage its pan India web of 19 medicine supply hubs with cold chain facilities and use its 70 hospitals, over 400 clinics, 500 corporate health centers, 4,000 pharmacies alongside omni-chan...

Business confidence improves despite hardly any uptick in demand and corporate leaders' dissatisfaction with government's efforts and its last stimulus

The government on Tuesday gave permission to 20 states to raise an additional Rs 68,825 crore through open market borrowings

Shares of Titan Company, Bluestar, Whirlpool and Voltas rose up to 2% on BSE in early trade today

Paul R Milgrom, Robert B Wilson win Nobel Prize for Economics 2020The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to confer the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Stanford University professors Paul R Milgrom and Robert B Wilson \"for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats\".Using the auction theory, the researchers try to understand the results of different rules of bidding and final prices.Ahead of festive season, govt a...