Day: January 17, 2021

SC agrees to hear plea alleging inaction in preserving ancient monuments in Fatehpur Sikri

3:58 pm January 17, 2021

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea which alleged inaction by authorities in preserving ancient monuments in Fatehpur Sikri and sought direction for implementing a plan for integrated development of the heritage city. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde issued notices to the Centre, the Uttar Pradesh […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

2021 to be good year for Indian IT, most companies to post high single-digit growth: Balakrishnan

3:41 pm January 17, 2021

Bengaluru: The year 2021 will be good for India’s information technology sector and most of the companies in the space are expected to clock high single digit growth, according to IT industry veteran V Balakrishnan. The former Chief Financial Officer of IT major Infosys Said Indian IT companies have handled the COVID-19 very well in […]

GST Council leaves tax rate on vaccines unchanged

Demand to rationalise GST on food delivery biz to 5 per cent

3:36 pm January 17, 2021

Kolkata: The restaurants and food delivery sector has demanded that goods and services tax (GST)on home delivery of food be reduced to five per cent from 18 per cent now to boost the USD 3 billion segment, industry officials said. Customers taking food delivery at their home or office are paying 13 per cent higher […]

Fire in luggage van of running train doused in time in Kerala

3:31 pm January 17, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: A fire broke out in luggage van of a running train in Kerala on Sunday and was doused in time before it could spread to adjacent passenger coach, averting a possible major mishap, railway source said. The Thiruvananthapuram-bound Malabar Express from Mangaluru was stopped at Edava, about 60 km from here, after a gatekeeper […]

Vaccine skepticism hurts East European anti-virus efforts

3:26 pm January 17, 2021

Belgrade: Vaccines from the West, Russia or China? Or none at all? That dilemma faces nations in southeastern Europe, where coronavirus vaccination campaigns are off to a slow start — overshadowed by heated political debates and conspiracy theories. In countries like the Czech Republic, Serbia, Bosnia, Romania and Bulgaria, vaccine skeptics have included former presidents and even some doctors. Serbian tennis champion Novak Djokovic was among those who said […]