NEW DELHI, Nov 29 (Reuters) – India’s parliament on Monday passed a bill to repeal three laws aiming at deregulating agricultural markets, bowing to pressure from farmers who have protested for over a year to demand that the laws be rolled back. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration introduced […]
Summary Economy grows 8.4 y/y in Sept qtr vs 20.1% in June qtr Manufacturing up 5.5% vs 49.6% in previous quarter Govt adviser expects double-digit growth in current fiscal year Economists fear new COVID-19 variant, inflation pose new risks NEW DELHI, Nov 30 – India grew at the […]
MUMBAI, Nov 28 – Singapore-based virtual currency exchange Coinstore has begun operations in India at a time when the Indian government is preparing legislation to effectively bar most private cryptocurrencies. Coinstore has launched its web and app platform and plans branches in Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai which […]
NEW DELHI, Nov 26 – India said on Friday it will resume international passenger flights from mid-December with COVID-19 linked curbs for “at risk” countries, and ordered tightened screening at borders as fears over a new coronavirus variant spread globally. The federal health ministry said reports of mutations […]
NEW DELHI, Nov 25 – Schools and colleges in India’s capital will reopen on Monday after closing for nearly 15 days due to a spike in air pollution, the government said, even though air quality remains very poor in New Delhi and its neighbouring cities. Pollution levels dropped […]
Puducherry, Nov 21: An inter ministerial central team would assess the damages the recent torrential rain caused in farm and other sectors in Puducherry during its visit here on Monday. Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and Chief Minister N Rangasamy had appealed to the Centre to depute a central […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 21: Kerala recorded 5,080 fresh coronavirus infections and 196 deaths on Sunday, raising the caseload to 50,89,175 and the toll to 37,495. With 7,908 more people recovering from the virus since Saturday, the total recoveries crossed 50 lakh to reach 50,04,786 and the active cases dropped […]
Nov 19 – Farmers in India have protested for over a year over laws passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow farmers to sell produce directly to bulk buyers and make contract farming easier. Here is a timeline of events around the passing of the laws and […]
NEW DELHI, Nov 19 – Buoyed by huge mandates in back-to-back general elections in 2014 and 2019, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pushed through many controversial policies. Here are a few of his aggressive decisions, some of which have backfired. FARM REFORMS Modi’s aim of bringing private […]
MOHRANIYA, India, Nov 19 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have caved in to farmers’ demands that he scraps laws they say threaten their livelihoods. But reaction to the shock U-turn in India’s rural north, where Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) faces key elections next year, has been less […]
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