The need of the hour is to have a stable tax system so that governments do not lack revenue and there is no obstacle in providing necessary social services and infrastructure

Congress accused the government for not providing adequate funds to state governments that were fighting a two front war  despite accumulating hundreds of crores of rupees in the PM CARES Fund

The United Kingdom government has cleared Nirav Modi's extradition to India. UK home secretary Priti Patel gave the nod for the extradition in connection with the diamond merchant's involvement in the Rs 14,000-crore Punjab National Bank fraud; Businesses owned by women entrepreneurs in India are likely to grow up to 90 per cent in the next five years, according to a new study which also notes that the uptake of government schemes supporting such entrepreneurs is quite low; Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla, on Friday, urged US President Joe Biden to lift the embargo on vaccine raw materials exported out of the country so that vaccine production can be ramped up. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Indian pharma exports touch record $24.44 bn in pandemic year; see 18.07% growth

The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Kyiv, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; or metropolitan Lisbon, Portugal

The US space agency awarded the contract for the first commercial human lander, part of its Artemis program

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Veteran Tamil actor Vivekh, who was 59, was hospitalised in an unconscious state on Friday after he complained of chest pain

The mapping of these areas listed almost 3,300 women entrepreneurs who were classified into three categories--those engaged in manufacturing, retail and service delivery enterprises. Out of these, 1,235 women entrepreneurs were sampled for the study

Adar Poonawalla had said earlier that the US has implemented the Defence Act that bans export of raw materials leading to difficulties to several vaccine manufacturers

Facing soaring cases and overflowing hospitals after lockdown restrictions were eased, it also abruptly changed the rules to allow it to fast-track vaccine imports, having earlier rebuffed foreign drugmakers like Pfizer

Health and Family Welfare Minister N K Das, in a letter to the central government, said the state is prepared to administer 3 lakh doses daily, but about 2-3 lakh vaccine shots are being allocated to it at a time

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the restrictions are being imposed to arrest the spread of the virus, which has put the medical infrastructure and healthcare workers under tremendous strain

Announcing its first-quarter results, Citigroup said it was closing retail banking operations in 13 countries across Asia, and parts of Europe to concentrate more on wealth management outside the US

The Delhi government has decided to enforce a weekend curfew in the backdrop of the recent surge in Covid-19 cases. The decision was taken following a meeting between Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal on Thursday. Addressing a press conference on Thursday, the Chief Minister said the weekend curfew will come into effect from April 17 onwards. The weekend curfew will be enforced from 10 pm on Friday evening till 6 am Monday. Watch the video for more details.Also Read | Worse than US! India's daily Covid-19 cases increased from 1 lakh to 2 lakh in 10 days

This decision comes a day after the Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) had postponed exams for Class 12 and cancelled exams for Class 10. These announcements have been made amid surging COVID-19 cases in the country

India will provide approvals to COVID-19 vaccines approved by health regulators like US FDA within 3 days; detailled guidelines to come soon

The second Covid wave is also expected to upset the RBI's inflation calculation as local lockdowns impact supply chain and logistics

Ties between the nuclear-armed rivals have been on ice since a suicide bombing of an Indian military convoy in Kashmir in 2019 traced to Pakistan-based militants that led to India sending warplanes to Pakistan

Addressing a virtual press briefing on April 13, Dmitriev said its vaccine partnership covers 20 producers in 10 countries including Korea, China and India

Fast-track approval has been given for seven additional sites having production capacity of 10 lakh vials/month. Another 30 lakh vials/month production is lined up.