The education sector witnessed groundbreaking changes in the past year with schools and other educational institutions being shut and classes being shifted online in wake of COVID-19 pandemic

Speaking at the Business Today MindRush event on Friday, January 22, Arvind Panagariya, Professor of Economic, Columbia University and Former VC, NITI Aayog said that the economic recovery hinges upon how fast the government can bring the coronavirus under control

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The survey also found that only 76 per cent of respondents were willing to take the COVID-19 jab and 21 per cent still doubts about the efficacy of the vaccines

Budget 2021 would be unprecedented in many ways, as the government would have to focus on providing stimulus packages to revive the economy, while also identifying other avenues of revenue to bridge the widening fiscal deficit

The state government will bear Rs 27 crore towards examination fee waiver

Mood of the Nation poll: Around 67 per cent believed that the government's handling of the economic distress that rose from the pandemic was good or outstanding. About 22 per cent found it to be average

Fuel prices have been on an upswing in other metro cities as well. The price of one litre of petrol in Mumbai, Kolkata, and Hyderabad has surged to Rs 92.04/litre, Rs 86.87/litre, and Rs 88.89/litre, respectively

Massive explosion took place near a gravel and boulder crushing facility around 10.30 pm on Thursday, sending shockwaves not only in Shivamogga, but also in neighbouring Chikkamagaluru and Davangere districts

Farmers have firmly said that they will not go back to their homes until the government accepts their demand to repeal the three contentious farm laws

If farmers still do not accept the proposal of the government, it will be construed that they are not interested in solution but certain divisive forces are more willing to create problems, CAIT Secretary-General Praveen Khandelwal said

Following the outbreak of Covid pandemic early last year, many companies adopted a work from home policy for their employees

COVID-19 vaccination: The findings of LocalCircles' nationwide online survey shows that 62 per cent of the respondents were hesitant about administering the vaccine

India has already rolled out a massive coronavirus vaccination drive under which two vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, are being administered to frontline health workers across the country

The ruling BJP has suggested Finance Minister three-pronged strategy for value maximisation of the PSU, which includes asset monetisation, better corporate governance and restrain from announcing disinvestment target

According to economists at YES Bank, heath and R&D related spending is expected to see a boost to align India with its global peers and to adapt to ongoing changes in global health conditions

A Crisil research report says higher excise duty, which rose by Rs 13 to Rs 32.98 per litre in 2020, and with value added tax, the government is expected to earn incremental revenue of Rs 1.4 lakh crore during the current fiscal

Earlier, Sensex rose above the historic mark of 50,000 and Nifty above 14,700 for the first time amid rise in Asian markets. Sensex and Nifty hit fresh lifetime highs of 50,184 and 14,753, respectively

Gold and Sensex have seen a strong rise in 2020, giving high returns to investors amid Covid-19 uncertainty

Since the education sector in India continues to be a strategic priority for the government, it has already allowed 100% FDI in the education sector through the automatic route since 2002