With this mutant coronavirus strain bursting on to the scene, the most important question that has been raised is that -will the existing COVID-19 vaccines work against this new mutation of the coronavirus?

Union Home Minister Shah said that rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act are yet to be framed because of the pandemic situation and the matter will be considered once the COVID-19 vaccination starts and the corona chain breaks

As part of citizen-centric reforms, 10 states have implemented one nation one ration card system; 5 states have done ease of doing business reforms; and two states carried out local body reforms so far

States to get additional borrowing permission on completion of reforms; they will also get additional financial assistance for capital expenditure

Axis Bank said that its outstanding loan to SREI entities and SREI group (including SREI entities) stood at Rs 411 crore and Rs 800 crore, respectively, as on December 14, 2020

WPI based inflation was 1.48 per cent in October. November WPI year ago was 0.58 per cent due to increase in prices of food articles.

The auction of blocks for commercial mining has opened India's coal sector to private players

Scheme is aimed at boosting capital expenditure by states facing a difficult financial crunch due to the shortfall in tax revenue in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic

India Stock Market Highlights Today: UltraTech Cement followed by Tata Steel, ONGC, IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank, M&M, Infosys and Reliance Industries were among the top losers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, Maruti, Nestle India, Titan and PowerGrid were among the gainers

With the rise in Cloud adoption, data generation and emergence of data-as-a-service model, data centre business in India is not just growing big, but also emerging as the new real estate asset class

Having deliberately opted out of the world's largest trade bloc, RCEP, India can now push for the limited trade deal with the US

A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R S Reddy and M R Shah was informed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, that this was one of the main reasons why waiver of interest was not even contemplated and only payment of instalments was deferred

India's national agriculture policy is 20 years old and its response to farm crisis continues to be ad hoc, primarily focused on letting private players provide infrastructure and better remuneration to farmers who have consistently failed to deliver

Economic growth to bounce back to pre-Covid levels by FY22: Rajiv Kumar With signs of economic revival visible, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar hopes the economic growth could reach the pre-Covid levels by the end of the financial year 2021-22. \"We should reach pre-COVID-19 levels at the end of the fiscal year 2021-22 for sure,\" Kumar told news agency PTI, adding that GDP de-growth in the current fiscal year is expected to be around 8 per cent. Indian economy to enter 'Goldilocks' ...

The development comes despite promises being made to shut down old plants nationwide to curb pollution levels.

Top-down reforms since the demonetisation of 2016 have already derailed the economy and brought misery to millions, yet the great zeal to do more of the same amidst protests from several segments of population demonstrate that the intent is far from public welfare

Across the world, people have expressed wonder at the way in which Indians, whether poor or rich, young or old, rural or urban, have shown the ability to be responsible, disciplined, focused, law-abiding, patient, he said

The farmer unions' representatives called for new prerequisites for the next round of talks, demanding participation and involvement at the \"highest political level.\"

The scheme was announced by the government earlier this month as part of the Rs 2.65 lakh crore Atmanirbhar Bharat 3.0 package

State laws may delay progress of Centre's agri-marketing reforms, but won't be able to halt them