The Mumbai-based management school, launched in January this year under the aegis of BITS Pilani, said plans are afoot to start classes by July depending on the Covid-19 situation

India has seen a significant decline in daily Covid-19 cases in the past few days. A total of 2,63,533 new cases were reported on Monday and 2,81,386 on Sunday

India reports biggest single-day fall of 1.63 lakh in active cases. Case positivity rate also dips to 14.10 per cent and recovery rate rises to 85.6 per cent

This is a significant decline in Covid-19 cases from Saturday when India recorded 3,11,170 fresh cases. Active cases have also seen the biggest decline of 1.01 lakh in a single day

The COVID-19 crisis has hit the Indian bureaucracy badly with many key officials infected by the coronavirus, slowing decisions on privatisations, among other proposed reforms

The top five states that recorded maximum coronavirus cases are Karnataka with 41,664 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 34,848 cases, Tamil Nadu with 33,658 cases, Kerala with 32,680 cases, and Andhra Pradesh with 22,517 cases

Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Health said the containment efforts of the Centre are working and the overall positivity rate in India, which stood at 21.9% last week, has now fallen to 19.8%

Speaking at a virtual event organised by the University of Chicago Center in Delhi, Rajan stated that India needs a speedy bankruptcy process for the MSME sector

Many monetary policy experts, including former RBI governors Raghuram Rajan and D Subbarao, had advised the government against tinkering with the inflation target

This (their exists) will reaffirm our commitment to academic autonomy and freedom, which have always been at core of Ashoka University ideals, institution says in a statement

\"What did this government increase? Unemployment, inflation and poverty. And, only the earnings of friends,\" he said in a tweet in Hindi

Rajan says Prof Mehta was a \"thorn\" in the side of the establishment and no ordinary thorn because he \"skewers\" those in government  and in high offices like the Supreme Court with \"visid prose\" and thought-provoking arguments

Rajan also cautioned against a second wave of coronavirus cases and called for increasing the pace of vaccination.

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'Drastic changes' in monetary policy framework can upset bond market, warns Raghuram Rajan As the economy slowly comes out of the pandemic blues, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Sunday cautioned that \"drastic changes\" in India's monetary policy framework can upset the bond market as the current system has helped in containing inflation and promoting growth. Rajan, also added that the government's ambitious target to make India a USD 5-trillion economy by 2024-25 was \"more aspiratio...

India pulled ahead as Russian holdings declined at a faster rate in recent weeks as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) continues to hoard dollars to cushion the economy against any sudden outflows

There were rumours earlier that Adani and Hinduja groups were planning to participate in the Air India bids. The government plans to wrap up the disinvestment process in the second half of 2021

Gahlot said the corporates based in Delhi have performed exceptionally well and earned the city the economic hub tag, appealing to them to take lead in EV switchover

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, to tackle the rising coronavirus infections in the state, ordered hotels and restaurants to adhere to Covid-19 protocols and not force the state to enforce drastic measures

Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Rajeev Arora said the main objective of the department is to ensure maximum reach of the COVID-19 vaccine as it will help contain the spread of coronavirus infection