The government owns 83-96 per cent stake in these six PSBs, including Bank of India, Central Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank and UCO Bank, with market value of Rs 58,000 crore as of July 2020

COVID-19 to become seasonal? Herd immunity will decide frequency of outbreak, claims studyScientists have predicted that coronavirus will become a seasonal virus in countries with temperate climates only when herd humanity is attained. Until then, public health measures must be followed to curb the spread of the virus, a review published in Frontiers highlighted. Dr Hassan Zaraket of the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, added, \"COVID-19 is here to stay and it will continue to cause...

Restrictions on business and commercial activities since March has led to a sharp decline in the revenues of the state governments, who have turned to market borrowings to support their finances

Onion export ban: One of the reasons for the prohibition is reduction in supply due to heavy rains in many parts of the country, as well as India's retail inflation

Stating that an effective vaccine would be the sure shot tool in containing COVID-19, Dr Vardhan said more than 30 vaccine candidates are in different stages of development in India

The Railways started Shramik Specials on May 1 to transport stranded migrant workers to their native states after thousands tried to reach home on foot due to the coronavirus-induced lockdown. The last Shramik Special train was operated on July 9

Anand Mahindra shared a picture of a green bridge over a highway, which provides a safe crossing path for wildlife amidst the danger of highways

India has the fastest-growing daily coronavirus caseload of any country in the world. The country's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7 and went past 30 lakh on August 23.

NEET, JEE exams 2020 news update: West Bengal, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Punjab have urged Supreme Court to review its order

Coronavirus in India: Country has witnessed 1,057 deaths in just one day; India's recovery rate has improved to over 76 per cent, while death rate stands at 1.82 per cent

JEE, NEET exams 2020: Congress announced that it will conduct a nationwide protest opposing the JEE and NEET exams. Apart from coronavirus, floods in certains states have also led to the opposition of the exams

Coronavirus cases in India: Those aged 60 years or above account for almost half of the COVID-19 cases in India, while those falling in the 0-17 and 18-25 account for just 1 per cent of deaths

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has been instructing banks to increase lending, but bankers say they are choosing to be cautious

India Stock Market Highlights Today: IndusInd Bank, followed by HDFC twins, SBI, M&M, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, ITC and Asian Paints were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance, HUL and NTPC were among the laggards

Centre had recently informed the parliamentary standing committee on finance that it does not have enough funds to pay the 14 per cent GST compensation that it is statutorily mandated to pay to states

Two and a half months on, Bengaluru, dubbed India's Silicon Valley for its tech firms and startups, has reported more than 110,000 cases

Delhi has reported 1,544 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 1,64,071 in the 24 hours span. It is the first time in over a month that the number of new infections has crossed 1,500-mark in the national capital

UGC hearing SC: A group of 31 students from states like UP, Bihar, Assam, etc had filed a petition in the top court seeking cancellation of exams

Members of the entertainment industry, including Boney Kapoor, JD Majethia, Ashoke Pandit, on Sunday hailed the standard operating procedures for resuming shooting of films and TV programmes announced by the Centre

According to the doctors, a patient is haemodynamically stable when the blood circulation parameters - blood pressure, heart and pulse rate, are stable and normal