On Thursday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman announced an emergency relief fund of 1.7 lakh crore rupees to aid the poor and need, hit the harder amid the ongoing corona crisis. In a news briefing, while announcing the stimulus package Ms. Sitharaman said, “We do not want anyone to remain hungry, so we will be giving ...

In a frenzy as nations worldover are rolling out economy support packages in the wake of the pandemic crippling business and national economies, India is also joined the bandwagon as it started its 21 day lock-in period from March 25 going up to April 14. Further, the charismatic PM Narendra Modi who was able to ...

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi urged Indian public to hold one day lockdown on March 22. He called it ‘Janta curfew’ i.e. public curfew and suggested that no one should step out of their houses from 7am to 9 pm, unless in case of emergency. In an almost 30-minutes telecast Mr. Modi advised the countrymen to ...

Everything economic does affect everything political in nature too. This was the message given by the External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr. S. Jaishankar while addressing a press briefing. He referred to the new role that India will have to play while the whole world is in turmoil. Speaking over India’s growing importance he said, “Today, ...