Tag: pandemic
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How India’s Rich Invade Tax
India’s Rich Invade Tax: According to the findings of the first study led by the Tax Justice Network (TJN), India is losing Rs. 70,000 crores in taxes to other countries. An independent research based international network has conducted this study. While other countries are also losing a whopping $427billion in tax each year owing to ... -
Mukesh Ambani takes a hit from Low Oil Demand
Business tycoon Mukesh Ambani had to bear one of his worst stints in business as the sinking price of oil wiped his assets by $73 billion with him losing as much as $5 billion recently. Stocks could see the hit with them falling by 6.8%, making it the worst slip since May 2020. Considered as ... -
New govt website lunched for vaccine updates
The union health ministry launched a website that will provide continually updated information on the status of vaccine development and trials in India. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan announced the launch of the ‘vaccine web portal’ and the ‘national clinical registry for COVID-19’, developed for the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The portal will ... -
FIDE Chess Olympiad has made people keen on streaming online chess tournaments, says Vidit Gujrathi
The FIDE Online Chess Olympiad that was held recently in August, brought a big relief to the situation of sports during the pandemic strict protocols. Vidit Gujrathi an Indian chess player, who is the third highest rated player in India, stated that he was very excited to captain the India team in the Olympiad, which ... -
Is India well prepared or failing to handle the surge in covid cases?
India reported 95,735 new coronavirus cases, verging close to crossing the one lakh-mark in the number of daily cases. Up until now, no nation has crossed or even reached this mark. India has seen in the course of recent weeks, a consistent spike in the number of Covid-19 cases reported in a single day. Meanwhile, ... -
RBI report: surge in banking debts could defer India’s monetary recovery from pandemic’s aftermath
The Indian economy was already in awful shape, however, the flare-up of the pandemic has dived it further. The Reserve Bank of India’s committee report expressed that the pandemic “has impacted the best of businesses” and organizations that were generally better before the virus outbreak. Experts believe that banks might be more cautious about loan ... -
COVID-19: Fake N95 masks take over Indian markets amid surge in infections
The Coronavirus pandemic has affected millions of lives across the world with health officials globally stressing the public to wear face masks or coverings to protect themselves and others from virus transmission. As the COVID-19 outbreak began around the world, demand for N95 masks also increased across all sections of society leading to a global ... -
India’s nationwide lockdown and its aftermaths on jobs and its economy
The coronavirus pandemic is enormously affecting the world economy. Its effect isn’t constrained to specific geography, religion, culture, or ethnicity, however, envelops pretty much every part of human life. The outbreak of the virus’ has influenced more than 180 nations over the globe, and in India, around 12 million will be pushed to the very ... -
India Foreign Minister calls BRICS to support businesses because of Covid-19
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 ...








