India has offered a standalone Line of Credit of USD 40 million for sports infrastructure in the Maldives, says External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar

The panel - Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce - wants the rate of GST to be reduced from 28 per cent to 18 per cent for all categories of vehicles and auto components in addition to incentive-based vehicle scrappage scheme

Union Budget 2021 highights: A new centrally sponsored scheme, PM Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana, will be launched with an outlay of about Rs 64,180 crore over six years

Union Budget 2021: Studies have reported that there's a huge shortage of doctors, nurses, and medical beds in India. In 2019, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said there is one doctor for every 1,457 people as per the country's current population (1.35 billion)

Union Budget 2021 Highlights: Congress leader P. Chidambaram said that the government had only marginally raised health funding, which when adjusted to inflation becomes nil

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says preparation of this Budget was taken under circumstances like never before

The violence that occurred on January 26 and the Red Fort incident was a conspiracy to break the farmers' movement and the government has succeeded in doing that, explained Tikait

Canada and the United States will continue this partnership as we fight the global COVID-19 pandemic and support a sustainable economic recovery that will build back better for everyone, said Canadian PM Justin Trudeau

A video clip of Vincent Xavier waving the flag while Trump supporters gathered outside the US Capitol building had gone viral on social media

The apex court said that time has come to advance the intent behind improving air quality a mandatory feature for modern buildings and more particularly during the phase of construction of major projects in the cities most affected by air pollution

The Union housing and urban affairs minister, whose ministry is executing the ambitious project, said the government would continue to adhere to the highest standards during the period of construction

While investment in health, medical Research & Development (R&D) and developing greater skills to handle telemedicine is going to be critical, livelihood challenges would have to be seen in a newer canvas with newer perspective on vocational training and skill development

A three-judge bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar, by 2:1 majority, held that the grant of environmental clearance and the notification for change in land use for the Central Vista Project was valid

51 lakh people in Delhi to receive coronavirus vaccine in phase-1 of vaccinationDelhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the capital is fully ready to receive, store and give coronavirus vaccine to \"priority category\" people in the first phase of vaccination. The CM said that he has identified 51 lakh people who will be the first ones to get vaccinated under the \"priority category\", which includes frontline workers, health workers, and people above 50 or having co-morbidities.Coro...

The letter stated that parliamentarians also have only taken 30 per cent cut on gross emoluments and vehemently refused to take a higher cut

Raut also said former UK prime minister Winston Churchill worked to defeat his political rivals with all his might, but always treated his defeated opponents with dignity

In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, the Centre took a slew of measures to revive business following which the economy started returning back on track, the Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs said

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Foreign banks, capital from abroad can remedy India's bad debt: Abhijit Banerjee As discussion continues whether private players should be allowed in the Indian banking space, Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee pointed out how foreign participation can save the bleeding sector. Banerjee said that Indian banks need a huge capital infusion to stay viable that can come easily from foreign sources. Banerjee noted that once we take on the view that the banking sector needs more private ownership, r...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for a new Parliament building on December 10