Rajya Sabha

Vijayan retains Home & IT; Veena George is new Kerala Health Minister

11:13 am May 21, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will retain key portfolios including Home in the successive LDF government in the state while his son-in- law PA Mohamed Riyas and Veena George, both first time ministers, will handle PWD and Health, respectively. George, a former journalist and Aranmula MLA, will succeed the popular KK Shailaja, who played a […]

Do not see India’s rating downgrade: FM

8:14 pm March 24, 2021

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said India enjoys an investment grade rating and she does not see a rating downgrade because of higher spending. Replying to a debate on Finance Bill 2021 in the Rajya Sabha, she cited low inflation, higher GDP growth, record foreign investment and lower fiscal deficit to defend […]

Insurance Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha

4:10 pm March 22, 2021

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that raising the FDI limit in the insurance sector to 74 per cent was necessary to help insurers deal with issues concerning financial stress. She said this while moving the Insurance (Amendment) Bill, 2021 for consideration and passage in the Lok Sabha. The amendment bill, that […]

Rajya Sabha passes bill to raise FDI in insurance

11:31 pm March 18, 2021

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha on Thursday approved a bill to raise the foreign investment limit in the insurance sector to 74 per cent with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman saying while control will go to foreign companies, the majority of directors and key management persons will be resident Indians who will be covered by law of […]

Rajasthan records three more Covid deaths, 55 new cases

First patient with S Africa variant of COVID-19 confirmed in Delhi

11:59 pm March 16, 2021

New Delhi: A33-year-old man, currently admitted at LNJP Hospital here, has become the first confirmed case of COVID-19 caused by the South Africa variant of the novel coronavirus in Delhi, sources said on Tuesday. He was brought to the hospital about a week ago, and has been kept isolated in a separate unit, a source said. The LNJP Hospital had […]