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I'm sure global pharma industry will support India's WTO proposal of IP waiver for COVID-19: Goyal

Govt opening up economy for greater pvt sector participation: Goyal

7:42 pm September 30, 2020

New Delhi: The government is opening up the economy for greater participation of the private sector and has been working in different ways to remove entry barriers for new investments, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. He said the government has opened up defence manufacturing for the domestic industry in a much […]

Property rates soar in Ayodhya after Ram temple ‘bhoomi pujan’

7:09 pm September 27, 2020

Ayodhya (UP): Real estate prices in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh have doubled since the Ram temple ‘bhoomi pujan’ ceremony with scores of people wishing to own a property in the holy land. Property rates started rising in the district last year after the Supreme Court paved the way for the construction of the temple at […]

Namdev Shirgaonkar optimistic about future of Taekwondo in India

7:34 pm September 20, 2020

New Delhi: Namdev Shirgaonkar, president of India Taekwondo, is optimistic about the future of the sport in the country. Shirgaonkar said that there is “absolutely no doubt” that the sport can achieve the step by step target of first participating in the Olympics and then winning medals. “We have started with athlete programs and various […]

Need robust global cooperation to fight cross-border tax evasion, avoidance: FM

Banks catalysts of economic revival: FM

8:54 pm September 9, 2020

Mumbai: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said banks are going to be the catalysts for economic revival. “At this stage, the catalysts for economic revival, the catalysts who have the pulse of every one of their customers, are banks,” the finance minister said. She was speaking after launching PSB Alliance-Doorstep Banking Services. The minister […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

UN expresses concern over ‘dramatic turn’ in Libya crisis

9:30 pm August 29, 2020

Cairo: The United Nations on Saturday voiced alarm over what it called a dramatic turn of events in Libya’s civil war, after a power struggle between leaders of the Tripoli-based government surfaced in the wake of anti-corruption protests. Libya is witnessing a dramatic turn of events that underlines the urgent need to return to a […]