Category: India News

India grows fastest among major economies, Omicron risks seen

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 […]

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinstore enters India despite pending curbs on trade

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 […]

India set to resume overseas flights, tightens screening for new COVID-19 variant

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 […]

Delhi’s schools, colleges to reopen next week but air quality still very poor

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 […]

Central team to assess rain damages in Pondy

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 […]

Kerala clocks 5,080 new cases of COVID-19, 196 deaths

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 […]

Timeline: Indian farmers’ protests against agricultural laws

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 […]

Factbox: Indian PM Modi’s controversial policies, reversals

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 […]

Indian farmers in no mood to forgive despite Modi’s U-turn on reforms

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 […]

EXPLAINER: Why did Modi repeal India farm laws after a year?

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise announcement Friday that he will withdraw agriculture laws that triggered a year of farmer protests, in what is seen as a major climbdown by his government. The nationwide demonstrations were the biggest challenge faced to date by his government. […]

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