CABINET PAVES WAY FOR RAISING FDI LIMIT IN INSURANCE SECTOR TO 74% In less than six weeks since Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced major financial sector reforms in the Budget for 2021-22, the Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to amend the Insurance Act, 1938,
PH AIMS TO VACCINATE 300,000 DAILY WHEN BULK OF COVID-19 JABS ARRIVES MANILA - The Philippines aims to vaccinate some 250,000 to 300,000 citizens against COVID-19 every day when the bulk of its vaccine supply arrives this year, an official said Wednesday. The countr
UPROAR OVER RISING FUEL PRICES, AS PARLIAMENT REOPENS FOR SECOND PART OF BUDGET SESSION The opposition’s persistent protest over rising fuel prices led to adjournment of both Houses of Parliament without transacting any legislative business on Monday. Both Houses met y
AT KOLKATA, RALLY, MODI’S SHARP ATTACK AGAINST MAMATA For over an hour at a massive election rally in Kolkata on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her nephew’s alleged corruption, her govt’s policies, and her
DELHI REACHES OUT TO DHAKA FOR TIES BEYOND ‘STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP’ Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh later this month, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar made a strong outreach to Dhaka Thursday on his bilateral visit, describi
COVAXIN EFFICACY 81%, CAN FIGHT MUTANTS In a positive development for India’s self-reliance push, the first indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin has shown 81 per cent efficacy in interim results of the phase 3 trials. Developed jointly by Bharat Biotech and Indian Counc
CENTRE EXTENDS REACH OF VACCINATION With over 50 lakh beneficiaries registering for Covid-19 vaccination since the second phase of the inoculation drive began on Monday, and with overcrowding being reported in several parts of the country, the Centre on Tuesday directed stat
ISRO LAUNCHES BRAZILIAN SATELLITE, 18 OTHERS In the first dedicated mission of its commercial arm New Space India Limited (NSIL), the Indian Space Research Organisation on Sunday successfully launched Brazil's earth observation satellite Amazonia-1 and 18 other co-passengers, includ
5 STATE POLLS TO BEGIN ON MARCH 27, RESULTS ON MAY 2 Voting for five assembly elections - West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry- will begin on March 27, and go on till April 29, the Election Commission announced Friday. Elections in Assam
TOWARDS AN INDIA, PAKISTAN THAW India and Pakistan have agreed to strictly observe all agreements on ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) and other sectors, according to a joint statement on Thursday. The decision on ceasefire was taken at a meeting between the
