GDP at Constant (2011-12) Prices in Q3 of 2020-21 is estimated at Rs 36.22 lakh crore, as against Rs 36.08 lakh crore in Q3 of 2019-20, showing a growth of 0.4 per cent, government data showed

Jaishankar arrived here in India's strategically key maritime neighbour in the Indian Ocean region on Sunday night from the Maldives on the last leg of his two-nation tour

The unlocking of economy saw domestic demand benefiting from festive tailwinds, pent up consumption, pickup in capacity utilisation and resumption in sectoral activities, DBS Bank said.

Leading experts explain how supply chain dynamics are critical to achieving targets

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, while addressing the UN Security Council meeting on COVID-19 on Wednesday, announced a gift of 200,000 COVID-19 doses for the UN peacekeepers

Barclays said the government appears set to launch its second phase of vaccinations for the elderly and people with co-morbidities in March, which should see absolute vaccine distribution improve.

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Saying that vaccination is necessary to fight the pandemic, Guleria urged people to not be afraid of the vaccine as it is totally safe.

Having reported the highest number of coronavirus infections after the United States, and with the world's biggest vaccine-making capacity, India says it has been the fastest to reach many inoculation milestones

Coronavirus vaccination: Bangladesh purchased the most number of vaccines, around 50 lakh, followed by Brazil and Morocco with 20 lakh each

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India has achieved yet another milestone in its nationwide COVID-19 vaccination programme; Bihar and Tripura vaccinated highest number of registered healthcare workers

Just the two shots have been used in what India calls the world's biggest immunisation programme to cover 300 million people by August, starting with healthcare and other workers to reach the elderly and those with existing conditions by March

Replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address, Modi said there were predictions like crores would be infected and lakhs would die

PM Modi speaks at Rajya Sabha: India is not merely the world's largest democracy. India is the mother of democracy and this is our ethos, he said

Economists, CEOs, consultants, sector specialists interpret Nirmala Sitharaman's 'Never-before' Budget

With record healthcare expenditure and allocations focussing on mitigating the impact of Covid-19, it's a shot in the arm for the sector

The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study, posted in the preprint repository medRxiv, assessed the antibody responses in 109 individuals with and without documented pre-existing immunity to the novel coronavirus

The state-run Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), which conducted the survey, said it would only share the findings at a news conference on Thursday. The source declined to be named ahead of the official announcement

The finance minister added that the government will also provide Rs 35,000 crore for coronavirus vaccination in 2021-22 and is committed to providing further support to eliminate COVID-19