The Indian Diaspora that stays and earns in dollars is stuck in their homeland, since the lockdown was imposed on most of the Indian population. The NRI population that stays in the US is wishing to go back and appealing to PM Narendra Modi to open access to flights for their safe return. Most of ...

Veterans and former employees are proving to be of great help to the serving Indian administration in thinking out the best solutions to save the economy from sinking in the ongoing fight against corona virus outbreak. Some examples include Narayana Murthy and ex RBI governor Raghuram Rajan. Rahul Gandhi is said to have been in ...

PM CARES, (Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations)is an emergency fund which was created to tackle the health and economic emergency triggered by the onslaught of corona virus. The fund stands apart as it seemed to leverage the popularity of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, such is the power of brand Modi ...

In mid-April, India imported around one million rapid test kits from China to increase tests since the Covid-19 surge. The initial set of orders arrived a week ago, and after use, there were reports about the malfunction of kits. After ICMR inspected the units, India decided to withdraw the defective kits and cancel the remainder ...

At a video conference of the BRICS foreign ministers, a bloc of five leading countries, Foreign Minister C Jaishankar announced the need to take measures to support business in the context of the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The Minister noted that the BRICS countries (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) have a great influence on the ...

The recent report by the US commission on international religious freedom suggested that India should be added to the list of “countries of particular concern”, on whom sanctions can be imposed if their activities remain unchanged. The report said,“In 2019, religious freedom conditions in India experienced a drastic turn downward, with religious minorities under increasing ...

Chamarajanagar has been able to protect itself against the corona virus outbreak, at a time when its state of Karnataka was becoming a hotspot in the spread. It was surrounded by states that had cases multiplying by the numbers. But it could still keep itself clear off any contamination, from the time the first case ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke with Cheif Ministers of Indian states via video conferencing today. Today April 27,2020 marks the 13th day of India’s Lockdown 2.0 which started on April 15. The on-going lockdown is about to end on May 3 which happens to be coming Sunday. First Lockdown in India announced by PM ...

In India, poverty is so rampant that despite being provided with food to eat, people would prefer to sell it for hard cash. This is a phenomenon that has gripped Hyderabad, the city that had recorded a high rate of corona virus cases. Apparently, out of concern for the poor and needy, a lot of ...