The next two to three years will be transformational for India's start-up ecosystem as many companies will go public

As many as 3,600 healthcare workers were vaccinated against coronavirus in Delhi on January 18, very less than the opening day of the nationwide COVID-19 immunisation drive; Indian auto market leader Maruti Suzuki has increased the prices on account of higher input costs; Indians may soon find job offers from Japan in sectors like healthcare, construction, aviation, food services, agriculture. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Don't take vaccine if you have these conditions; Bharat Biotech releases advisory

Global economic outlook remains highly uncertain: IMF chief The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Monday the global economic outlook remained highly uncertain given the coronavirus pandemic, and a growing divergence between rich and poor countries required the IMF to find more resources. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said a new allocation of the IMF's own currency, Special Drawing Rights, would help give countries more fiscal space to tackle the health crisis and ...

All eyes are on the budget as the government walks a tightrope of balancing growth and fiscal concerns. Effective implementation of the proposed budget will be key

A memorandum of cooperation on movement of specified skilled workers to Japan for a maximum period of up to five years has been signed by India and Japan on January 18

Tata Steel, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd said they will continue to support the government in the nationwide drive and will wait till vaccines are available for corporates

People adopting a \"wait and watch\" approach, lack of communication and glitches in CoWin app are the major reasons why only 53 per cent people got the COVID-19 shots on the first day in Delhi, experts said on Sunday

Sputnik V vaccine phase 3: The Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) had reviewed the safety data from phase 2 trials of the vaccine and stated that there were no safety concerns attached to the jab earlier this week

PM Modi launches COVID-19 vaccination drive: Urging people to take the vaccine and to take the complete course PM Modi allayed fears surrounding the jab. He said that when it comes to vaccines, India enjoys scientific credibility

COVID-19 vaccination drive India: Dr Guleria was the third person to take the shot. Before him, a sanitation worker and a healthcare worker got vaccinated

Company shall be liable for all adversities as per CDSCO/Drugs and Cosmetics Act/DCGI policy/approval, says government's purchase order with vaccine makers

Around 3 lakh frontline healthcare workers will be inoculated at 2,934 sites across the country on the first day of January 16, according to Health Ministry

Coronavirus vaccination drive: Dr Paul said that there are currently 5,000 vaccination points in the country. The number will be doubled up in a matter of weeks. Allow us to develop the system in an effective way and then scale it up dramatically, he said

COVID-19 vaccines for 3 crore healthcare and frontline workers, which are to be administered in the beginning of the vaccination drive, will be paid by the central government

Air India may be used to transport vaccines across the country in the first phase. In the first phase, the government has planned to vaccinate about as many as one crore healthcare workers, two crore frontline and essential workers, and 27 crore elderly

Private healthcare sector, responsible for almost 70 per cent of healthcare delivery in the country, can adequately supplement the physical and human infrastructure supply in key capacity constrained regions, specifically in urban and semi-urban areas, FICCI noted

This daunting challenge is not only for India but also for all the governments across the globe as they start inoculating their populations to tackle the pandemic, noted Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist of WHO

Both the vaccines got approval for emergency use authorisation on Sunday. They're both administered in two doses, the DCGI said in the permission letter

Wearing a face mask is also crucial in India's fight against coronavirus because the government plans to inoculate 30 crore priority population over the next two months

Suffering poor financial health, Central government has not given a concrete answer on who will bear the cost of vaccinating Indians - Centre, states, or the people themselves