Apart from long pending demands of hike in limits under Sections 80-C and 80-D of Income-tax Act, they also expect COVID-linked tax concessions, more attractive new tax regime and simplified capital gains structure

The sera collected from Covaxin recepients (showing 99.6 percent seroconversion following vaccination) neutralised the UK variants, ICMR said

Centre should increase healthcare budget for ramping up infrastructure to fight Covid-19, say healthcare service providers

Both COVID-19 vaccines being administered in India's extensive vaccination programme - Serum-Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin - have a very short shelf life of just six months

The farm laws are completely wrong as they are against federalism since agriculture is a state subject under Schedule 7 of the Constitution, said Punjab CM Amarinder Singh

In a letter to chief secretaries of all states and UT, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla advised them to take penal action against those who are found to be involved in dissemination of wrong and ill-informed rumours regarding safety and immunogenicity of the COVID-19 vaccine candidates

The government gives guaranteed return to private companies in its business dealings and considers their profit-motive good and desirable. Why the same doesn't hold true for farmers?

India had put in place one of the most stringent lockdowns to curb the spread of infections, but it also triggered unemployment, hunger, distress migration and untold hardship in its wake.

In a survey conducted by New Delhi-based online platform LocalCircles, 62% of 17,000 respondents were hesitant to get vaccinated immediately, mainly due to worries over possible adverse reactions

As per the guidelines issued by the health ministry on December 28 2020, initially around 30 crore Indians will be vaccinated, including around three crore healthcare and frontline workers

Coronavirus vaccination drive: According to officials, around three lakh health workers will be vaccinated now as they need to take the second dose after a gap of four weeks

In terms of industries, almost all sectors - banking, retail, government, communication - have leveraged AI across the board and used the technology to gain traction widely

Nadda said the Congress made a \"nirbhar Bharat\" (dependent India), while Modi made an \"Atmanirbhar Bharat\" (self-reliant India)

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

Details on the size of the deal or the price per dose COVAX would pay were not immediately clear, but the sources said the allotment would likely be relatively small

MOTN poll: Despite the hardships, Indians continue to retain their faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi with 50 per cent of polled respondents called the government's handling of pandemic good

Indian tech industry body Nasscom hopes the new US administration will bring changes to regulatory policies hurting IT companies while working to find solutions to the STEM skills gap

As many as 1,75,000 persons trained by the Ministry's skilling ecosystem in health sector professionals such as health workers, emergency medical technicians, were made available to the States for utilising their services during the pandemic

The blaze was reported at an under-construction building in the Manjri area of the city. The Serum Institute of India's plant is spread over 100 acres in Pune

Vaccination of priority groups was one of the agenda items in PM-CMs meet on November 24. The Centre is currently conducting phase 1 of the vaccination, under which healthcare workers and frontline workers are getting vaccinated