The report, compiled in collaboration with UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring report, said the current levels of government spending in low and lower-middle income countries fall short of those required to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Democrats said the package was needed to fight a pandemic that has killed more than 500,000 Americans and thrown millions out of work

Maharashtra government had imposed a total lockdown of seven days in Amravati city and Achalpur town on February 21 owing to a large number of COVID-19 cases being reported from the two zones

The House Rules Committee turned back scores of Republican attempts to modify the package and sent it to the House floor for passage late Friday or early Saturday

Official data released on Friday showed factory output advanced 4.2% in January, boosted by sharp rises in production of electronic parts and general-purpose machinery, as well as a smaller increase in car output

A total 16,577 infections were reported in a day, while the death toll increased to 1,56,825 with 120 new fatalities

There is a need for coordinated action between centre and states to reduce taxes because there are indirect taxes levied both of them, says RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

Stock Market News Updates Today: Sectorally, all the other indices were trading with decent gains. Metal index was up 2.5%, while private, PSU Bank and financial indices rose 1.5% to 2% today

Following Britain's lead, Japanese government created an isolation/ loneliness countermeasures office in its cabinet on February 19 to counter issues like suicide and child poverty.

The three-member multidisciplinary teams are headed by joint secretary level officers in the health ministry, the Union Health Ministry said

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman has put Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia's main sovereign wealth fund, at the centre of reforms aimed at diversifying the economy of the world's top oil exporter away from fossil fuel

Stock Market Updates Today: Sectorally, except for IT and pharma index, all the other indices ended with decent gains. Private, PSU Bank and financial indices closed 3% higher today.

After demerger, holding company RIL will have upstream exploration and production business, financial services, treasury and textile business, while RIL O2C Ltd will have an oil-to-chemical business comprising refining and petrochemicals, fuel retail, and control over global subsidiaries of RIL

There has also been an increase in the number of fresh COVID-19 reported daily. On February 16, 9,121 fresh cases were detected while on February 22 this number had increased to 14,199

Although banks have bolstered their capital buffers in comparison to the global financial crisis, the stress in the financial sector's balance sheets could intensify, noted MPC member Michael Debabrata Patra

A year into the pandemic, the running total of lives lost was about 498,000 roughly the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and just shy of the size of Atlanta

\"We are extremely frustrated by the barriers that restrict personal movement and it is almost impossible today to travel in Europe by plane, even domestically,\" says Airbus Chief Executive Guillaume Faury

Central European authorities warned on Friday that they are witnessing an increase in coronavirus infections across their region amid discovery of new variants

Private wealth creators are solely responsible for India's banking stress; increasingly fleeing India with their wealth and bank loans, and those making huge profits are doing so by cutting jobs and wages

COVID-19 in Mumbai: State govt fights to curb coronavirus crisis; BMC issues fresh guidelines In the light of a rise in COVID- 19 cases, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to register offences against people who violate safety guidelines, an official said on Thursday. The civic body has intensified action against people found without masks in public, and will take action against function halls, gymnasiums and other establishments that don't follow safety norms, the official ...