With 1 million COVID-19 shots in just 6 days, India’s vaccination drive becomes the world’s fastest The Indian government has vaccinated nearly 16 lakh people against COVID-19 since the launch of its mass inoculation drive on January 16. According to the Health Ministry, authorities have administered approximately 10 lakh vaccine shots in just six days, ...

Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine: After UK approved Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, India is likely to have its vaccine soon Britain’s approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use has given new hopes to India’s efforts to fight the rising cases in the country. As per media reports, Indian regulators are expected to hold further meetings in ...

New COVID-19 strain: More than 22 passengers flying from the United Kingdom to India have tested positive for Coronavirus Amid the alarming concerns over a new COVID-19 strain, at least 22 people who came to India from the United Kingdom over the past few days have tested positive for the disease.  As per media reports, ...

RGCB campus: Kerala outfits and parties have condemned Centre’s move to name new RGCB campus after MS Golwalkar Leading political parties are opposing Central government’s move to name the second campus of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) in Thiruvananthapuram after RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) ideologue M S Golwalkar.  Last week, Union Minister for ...

High drama in Delhi: Delhi Police has allowed agitating farmers to enter the national capital for peaceful protests Thousands of agitating farmers from parts of Punjab, Haryana, UP and Rajasthan have been marching toward Delhi and its nearing borders in recent days as part of their “Delhi Chalo” protest in a bid to raise their ...

In a much-needed relief for the Union Government, economic activities in the country are picking up pace in the post-pandemic recovery process. Key economic indicators such as GST collections, manufacturing activity and auto sales have shown signs of mild recovery in the month of September. In a major development, Goods & Service Tax (GST) collected ...

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has found that the Central government in the first two years of the GST (Goods and Services Tax) implementation 2017-19 wrongly retained Rs 47,272 crore of the GST compensation cess that was meant to be used explicitly to compensate state governments for loss of revenue. The CAG ...