States told to strictly implement ‘inventive containment strategies’ to keep Covid at bay
Wary of India seeing an explosion of coronavirus cases during the festival season, which starts next month, if people do not follow Covid-appropriate behaviour, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday asked the States to strictly implement inventive containment strategies to keep the virus under check. So far, India has recorded 61,45,291...
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EC fixes schedule for bypoll to one LS, 56 Assembly seats
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SC directs States to provide dry rations to sex workers without insisting on identity proof
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SII’s calculation of Rs 80,000 crore for vaccinating every Indian wrong: Govt
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CEC in Patna to assess Bihar poll preparation
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Govt to hold review meeting on air pollution measures, stubble burning on Oct 1
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PM inaugurates Rs 521 cr Namami Gange projects
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OIL’s 2019-20 profit 2,584 cr, revenue Rs 13,649 cr: CMD
30 September 2020 | IANS
Jio seeks early spectrum auction, says policy pause to hurt national exchequer
Telecom major Reliance Jio has questioned the Department of Telecom’s rationale to pause the policy of annual spectrum auction and demanded that the sale of airwaves should be held at the earliest to meet the demand for data services in the country. Mukesh Ambani-led Jio in a letter dated September...
Automobile sales may fall 20-25 pc this fiscal: Ind-Ra
Rating agency Ind-Ra expects automobile sales to decline by 20-25 per cent this fiscal against its earlier forecast of 22-25 per cent on account of increasing preference for personal mobility and an expected demand rebound from rural and semi-urban markets. At the same time, the rating agency has maintained a...
Cement industry has started recovering: India Cement MD
The Indian cement industry has started recovering from the impact of Covid-19 helped by pent-up demand and improved rural markets, India Cements Vice-Chairman & Managing Director N Srinivasan said. The company expects an uptick in demand on the back of Government’s push towards infrastructure projects such as construction of highways, rural...
Rupee widens losses by 7 paise against US dollar
The Indian rupee lost further ground on Tuesday, settling 7 paise down at 73.86 to the US dollar, tracking weaker Asian peers against the greenback. Besides, month-end dollar demand from importers too exerted pressure on the Indian currency. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.78 per US dollar...
Over 16,400 tonnes paddy procured at MSP from Punjab, Haryana in last 72 hrs: Govt
The Centre on Tuesday said 16,420 tonnes of paddy worth Rs 31 crore has been procured at minimum support price (MSP) in the last 72 hours from farmers in Punjab and Haryana, while procurement has just commenced in other States. With the latest procurement data, the Government aims to send...
Concerns over pace of economic recovery have deepened: Report
The steady rise in caseloads and the spillover effects of the strict lockdown measures will continue to undermine economic growth in the country, says a report. According to Dun and Bradstreet’s Economy Forecast, concerns over the pace of economic recovery have deepened. “The recovery now is expected to be gradual as...
Market takes a breather after 2-day stellar rally
After two consecutive sessions of thumping gains, benchmarks Sensex and Nifty took a pause on Tuesday amid lack of directional cues from domestic and global markets. After starting the session on a positive note, the BSE Sensex was caught in an intense volatility as the trade progressed, paring all intra-day gains...
