Partnerships and collaborations, especially those through a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model with governments, will indeed play a key role in advancing public health and the economy in this COVID era

Kant further said ODR is a fast-evolving dispute resolution mechanism that uses technology not just to aid, but to proactively assist efficient and affordable justice delivery

The task force will also chalk out a budget and discuss how capital can be raised for procurement, distribution of the vaccine

The idea came up during a discussion with Nobel laureate and Grameen Bank founder Mohammed Yunus of Bangladesh, and will be confirmed after discussions with the Finance Ministry and the \"highest authority,\" said Gadkari

Global studies show ownership does not make enterprises efficient, factors like competition, autonomy, regulation and institutional development do. Evidence also shows that private sector thrives on public hand-outs in normal times and public bail-outs in crises

NITI Aayog has recommended the government to privatise three public sector banks - Punjab & Sind Bank, UCO Bank and Bank of Maharashtra

Coronavirus update: This is the second straight day that India has reported over 50,000 new cases in 24 hours; gap between recoveries and active cases increases to 5.12 lakh

Total number of recovered cases is fast approaching one million; with 35,286 patients discharged in last 24 hours on Tuesday, total recoveries jumped to 9,88,029

The subject expert committee for COVID-19 related proposals under Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDDSCO) asked Serum Institute to submit revised protocol for evaluation

The Serological Surveillance for SARS-CoV2 infection was jointly commissioned by NITI Aayog, the BMC and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

The country continues to be poor despite all the efforts of many years and efforts to deepen financial access have also been met with limited success, he said

Data shows that 50 per cent of school children in India, a whopping 12 crore, go to private schools

Interacting with bureaucrats and experts, he also suggested that industrial training institutes can modify their courses to train youth in jobs based on upcoming industrial projects being planned in a particular region

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The prospective bidders raised various issues during the meeting and sought clarity on them. Besides senior Railway Ministry officials, NITI Aayog officials were also present in the pre-bid meeting

Findings of several global studies reflect the fragile nature of existing policies and programmes aimed at eliminating poverty and hunger and call for rethinking economics to ensure sustainable and enduring outcomes

Gadkari noted the high potential of Indian handicraft and handloom sector and urged Amazon to help local industry with better design and packaging too

Niti Aayog will urge the government to make 25 per cent use of recycled products such as metals, plastics and paper in large infrastructure projects to promote secondary producers across India, says Amitabh Kant

To overcome the current challenges faced by the health system, a lot needs to change. First and foremost would be to build a strong pro-people non-commercialised public system as an alternative to the dominant for-profit sector

Within the country, eight states -- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat -- account for around 90 per cent of the active coronavirus cases