Tag: EC
Government May Face Heat In Parliament On Lower Growth
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be facing questions on the seven-year-low growth rate of 4.7 per cent in the Budget session's second leg starting from Monday while the session may see possible passage of the Banking Regulation Act Amendment Bill to bring multi-state cooperative banks under the RBI's regulation.....
RBI Steps In To Calm Financial Markets Amid Coronavirus Panic
In a bid to calm the Indian financial markets the Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday said that it is ready to take "appropriate actions" to ensure the orderly functioning of financial markets. ....
Corona Effect: Reserve Bank Expected To Cut Rates
To deal with the economic fallout of coronavirus outbreak, the Reserve Bank of India is expected to cut rates.....
Modi Calls For Tech Solutions To Tackle Covid-19
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called for harnessing technology to tackle the coronavirus (Covid-19) challenge.....
'India Constitutionally Secular, CAA Doesn't Violate Fundamental Rights'
The Centre, in a preliminary affidavit, responded point-by-point to the criticism against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), saying that India is constitutionally secular, and also told the Supreme Court that the act does not violate any fundamental right provisions of the Constitution and therefore, the question of violation of constitutional morality does not arise.....
7 More Indonesians Test Positive For Covid-19 In Telangana
Telangana on Wednesday reported eight Covid-19 positive cases, including seven Indonesians, taking the total number of cases in the state so far to 13 and prompting Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar to call an emergency meeting on Thursday.....
It Is Clear World In Recession, Says IMF Chief
The coronavirus has taken the world economy to a recession which will be as bad or worse than the financial meltdown of 2009, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Friday.....
IIT, AIIMS Alumni Invents UV Robot To Disinfect Hospitals
As a preventive measure against new coronavirus, a duo from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has developed a device titled 'Minus Corona UV Bot' to disinfect hospitals. ....
Lockdown Decision Will Be Declared At Right Time: Javadekar
Amid apprehensions that the lockdown period may be extended due to the rising number of coronavirus cases across the country, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said that the government would announce its move at the "right time".....
Stop All Movement Across Borders With Pakistan, Bangladesh: Shah To BSF
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the Border Security Force (BSF) to stop all the cross-border movement across the India-Pakistan and India-Bangladesh borders amid COVID-19 outbreak.....
