India’s vaccination strategy: As the number of Coronavirus cases continues to surge across various states in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a virtual meeting with top officials to review the vaccination strategy of the country and efforts needed to make the vaccine accessible to the public. Taking to Twitter, PM Modi stated ...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday condemned the Union Government’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis in India. Taking to Twitter, he shared a BBC video showing how India responded to the pandemic crisis. The video briefed about various aspects of India’s response to COVID-19 ranging from the plight of migrant workers after a nationwide lockdown ...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will join in the Second India-Australia-Japan-USA Ministerial Meeting, also called the Quadrilateral Security Dialog or Quad, on October 6 and 7 to discuss bilateral relations, post-Coronavirus International order, and call for a free, comprehensive, and open Indo-Pacific.  S Jaishankar will be meeting with Foreign Minister of Australia Maris Payne, Foreign ...

Nihal Sarin has played against the reigning champion Magnus Carlsen on various occasions however on 5 June Nihal took on Carlsen in a series of one-minute chess shootouts. Toward the end of these “quick games”, the score read: Sarin 13, Carlsen 19. A few days earlier, India’s teen Sarin had defeated Norwegian Carlsen in a ...

As the second phase of Corona lockdown got over, India’s Ministry of External Affairs initiated the process to expatriate thousands of Indian nationals stuck in several countries. The operation named Mission Vande Bharat, one of the largest repatriation missions in recent history, is using Air India flights and naval ships to bring back Indians. The ...

Lockdown from corona virus pandemic has hit the “business as usual” for almost every section of the society – legislators are unable to function the way they used to, political activities have been curtailed. Streets were empty for more than one month, shops and companies were closed. Social customs changed, festivals were spent under social ...

The Government of India has taken the first steps towards the large-scale evacuation required to bring home the millions of Indians stranded abroad. For the first time since banning all commercial international travel in late March, the Indian government will be sending out 64 plans to repatriate Indians stranded in at least 12 countries due ...

The Reserve Bank Of India’s (RBI) liquidity offer has given some level of solace the debt market, which is feeling tremendous recovery pressure, particularly in credit risk investments. On Monday, the RBI announced a Rs 50,000 crores Special Liquidity Facility Scheme. Since the lockdown announcement from the end of March, mutual fund investors bared a ...