The economy has been going through a phase of stagflation. Here is what this means

The Congress, on its official Twitter handle, said a dedicated leader's primary aim is always to eradicate the worst evils that plague the society in the soonest and surest possible way

Chief Ministers Mamata Banerjee, Uddhav Thackeray, Naveen Patanaik, Amarinder Singh are also on the list. Not only politicians and leaders, scientists, academicians, journalists, actors, sportspersons, activists are also being monitored

Pranab Mukherjee, considered a top-notch finance minister, held the office twice - for the first time under Indira Gandhi and then under Manmohan Singh

Mukherjee has made India proud by serving at many international forums, such as IMF, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, and many others through the years

Gandhi said the informal sector, which comprises the poor, farmers and small traders, has a lot of money which the government cannot touch

CWC meeting: The CWC meeting started amid divisions in the party over the leadership issue. The party is divided on the leadership matter with a section demanding collective leadership and another reposing faith in the Gandhi family

The resolution comes in wake of reports that Sonia Gandhi has expressed desire to step down as the interim president

The Monsoon Session of Parliament, which is likely to begin in the last week of August or early September, may see several first-time measures in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

Without quality education, no economy can progress, at least not in today's technology and knowledge-driven globalised world order. Economists and policymakers know this well yet pay no attention

This is the first time in the history of Indian Parliament since 1952 that such an arrangement will be in place, where 60 members will be seated in the chamber and 51 in the galleries of Rajya Sabha and the remaining 132 in the chamber of Lok Sabha

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Manmohan Singh, all from the Congress, are the three longest serving Indian prime minister in that order

Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has offered three steps to save India from the economic crisis; the U.S. Secret Service abruptly escorted President Donald Trump out of the White House press room in the middle of a briefing on Monday because of a shooting outside the White House; Airports Authority of India (AAI) has put no-frills airline GoAir on cash and carry mode after the latter could not clear unpaid dues worth Rs 50 crore. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: India should have coronavirus vaccine by December, says Adar Poonawalla

More dead from coronavirus than from communicable diseases in 3 yearsIndia's cumulative coronavirus deaths at 44,386 since the outbreak of the pandemic this year have now crossed all deaths from communicable diseases in the past three years. Deaths reported due to major communicable diseases totaled 41,890 between 2016 and 2018. Of these, pneumonia accounted for the maximum share of 28.1 per cent and mortality due to acute respiratory infection stood at 10,158 with the second highest share o...

Rajasthan politics: A meeting was held on Monday at Rahul Gandhi's residence with Pilot that was also attended by Priyanka Gandhi. Following this meeting, Congress president Sonia Gandhi decided that the party will constitute a three-member committee to address the issues raised by Pilot and the aggrieved MLAs

Former PM says government's shock and awe approach to lockdown has caused tremendous pain to people and that suddenness of announcement and stringency of lockdown were thoughtless and insensitive

Nearly 45 per cent of the 12,021 respondents believe that the current regime is at par with UPA in terms of economic measures, as per theIndia Today Group-Karvy Insights Mood of the Nation (MOTN) 2020 poll

Recalling that he as Finance Minister in the Narasimha Rao cabinet had dedicated his first budget to the memory of Rajiv Gandhi, Dr Singh said the 1991 budget changed India in many ways as it ushered in economic reforms and liberalisation

Probe committee, headed by Special Director of Enforcement Directorate, will primarily focus on money laundering, manipulation in declaration and filing of Income Tax and foreign money angles

The APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University had released the detailed time table for KTU B-Tech examinations 2020 on June 16,2020