- 14 Oct
- 2020
Ujjwala beneficiaries used only 60% free cooking gas refills in 6 months
Three refills per eligible household would have meant 24 crore refills but oil companies received orders for only about 12 crore refills during April-June, following which the government extended the scheme by another three months through September. By September-end, total number of refills rose to about 14 crore, or 60% of 24 crore available refills.
- 13 Oct
- 2020
How central government employees can avail benefit under LTC cash voucher plan
Here is a look at the details of how central government employees can avail the LTC cash voucher plan as per an office memorandum issued by the government on October 12, 2020.
- 12 Oct
- 2020
Delhi government exempts road tax on battery-operated vehicles under its EV policy
The Transport department, in it notification issued on Saturday, stated that the Lieutenant Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi exempted the tax levied upon all battery electric vehicles with right away effect.
- 12 Oct
- 2020
Maldives contemplate scrapping Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China
Maldives, which has been fixedly restricting its ties with China, may scrap its Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Beijing to safeguard trade relations with other countries including India.
- 11 Oct
- 2020
Donald Trump holds first public event since COVID-19 diagnosis
The White House has not declare the results of Trump's latest COVID-19 test, and has decreased to say when he last tested negative.
- 10 Oct
- 2020
RBI sees economy shrinking 9.5% this fiscal, announces fresh measures to arrest the downtrend
Contraction in economic improvement of the size of Q1 is behind us, Governor Das said while emphasising that few silver linings are already visible. There, however, were a few hits after the rate cut miss. To help the economy emerge from the grievous blows inflicted by the pandemic, he announced a range of new measures today.
- 10 Oct
- 2020
Bharat Biotech asked to submit complete phase 2 data of its COVID-19 vaccine before phase 3 trial
According to officials, the Hyderabad-based vaccine maker applied to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on October 2, seeking its permission to conduct phase-3 accidently double-blind placebo-controlled multicentre trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
- 9 Oct
- 2020
India's economy showing signs of improvement, braving the impact of the COVID-19: Assocham
"Be it India's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI - Manufacturing) or PMI for Services, robust recovery is visible. The PMI for Manufacturing expanded to 56.8 in September 2020, the highest since January 2012. The PMI for Services expanded for the fifth straight month in September to 49.8 from 41.8 in August," AASE noted.
