Pandemic pushes 32 million Indians out of middle class, says Pew Research
New Delhi (Reuters): Financial woes brought by last year’s coronavirus pandemic have pushed about 32 million Indians out of the middle class, undoing years of economic gains, a report showed on Thursday, while More...
PM Modi says quick steps needed to stop second COVID-19 peak
New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed concern over a rise in COVID-19 cases in parts of the country and called for “quick and decisive” steps to check the “emerging More...
India renames world’s largest cricket stadium after PM Modi
Ahmedabad, India (Reuters): India renamed the world’s largest cricket stadium after Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, a move that drew immediate praise and criticism. Workers install a hoarding renaming More...
PM should ask MPs, MLAs to give up pension, use funds to support youth: Rakesh Tikait
Ghaziabad, Feb 8 (PTI) The way Prime Minister Narendra Modi had urged people to forego subsidy on LPG cylinders, he should now ask MPs and MLAs to give up their pension so that funds can be used to financially support More...
Himalayan glacier breaks in India, up to 150 feared dead in floods
New Delhi (Reuters): As many as 150 people were feared dead in northern India after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a hydroelectric dam on Sunday, with floods forcing the evacuation of villages downstream. A More...
India budget aimed at boosting pandemic-hit economy
New Delhi (Reuters): Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday unveiled the budget for fiscal 2021-22, that aims to shore up an economy badly-hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic. India’s Finance More...
India doubles healthcare spending, opens up insurance to more FDI to get growth back up
New Delhi (Reuters): India proposed doubling healthcare spending in an annual budget unveiled on Monday and lifted caps on foreigners investing in its vast insurance market to help revive an economy that suffered More...
Time limit for reopening of I-T assessment halved to 3 yrs, serious fraud cases retained at 10 yrs
New Delhi, Feb 1 (PTI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday reduced the time limit for reopening of income tax assessment cases to three years from six years, while for serious tax fraud cases where concealment More...
Union Budget introduces Rs 64,180 cr scheme to upgrade healthcare infrastructure
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced a new Centre-sponsored scheme with an outlay of Rs 64,180 crore to boost healthcare infrastructure across the country More...
Three former prime ministers join protest against Nepal’s PM over his call for snap polls
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Three former Nepali prime ministers joined thousands of demonstrators on Friday to protest against Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s abrupt move to dissolve parliament and call snap More...