The 'terrible' surge of the coronavirus cases in India has severely impacted COVAX's vaccine supply in the second quarter of this year to the extent that there will be a shortfall of 190 million doses by the end of June, according to a joint statement by the WHO, UNICEF, GAVI and CEPI.
HR Guru Mayank Rautela offers practical advice.
The results are likely to please the Indian government, which has been trying to impress on domestic and foreign investors about its efforts to improve the ease of doing business.
ICAI intends to investigate the chartered accountants of PNB but the bank allegedly refuses to give the information sought.
Rahul said that an atmosphere of fear has been prevailed in the country.
The Centre has to bear the maximum burden of borrowing NSSF loans to the tune of Rs 1 lakh crore.
Other gainers included Kotak Bank, HCL Tech, ONGC, Asian Paints, Vedanta, HDFC Bank, Bajaj Finance, Maruti and TCS, gaining up to 1.41 per cent. Sun Pharma was the top loser, cracking 8.58 per cent.
As yields on 10-year government bonds rose from 6.65% in April 2017 to around 7.50% now, liquidity pressures have increased the cost of funds for housing finance companies.
'MFs acted as reckless lenders and not as prudent investors.' 'Clearly, how debt funds are being run is a systemic issue,' warns Debashis Basu.
The five-nation grouping BRICS on Tuesday resolved to combat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including the cross-border movement of terrorists, and vowed to step up joint efforts in building support for an India-backed global framework to effectively deal with the menace.
Dawood Ibrahim is wanted in India to face the law of the land for carrying out serial blasts in Mumbai in 1993 in which scores of people were killed and injured.
Whether one likes it or not, services constitute the value-addition sector that the country has to build on, using its comparative advantage in infotech and related skills, suggests T N Ninan.
The first of a two-part series explores how the proceedings under the IBC have taken off and whether the code is helping banks recover their unpaid loans
'We have already sanctioned loans worth over Rs 3,000 crore to around 120,000 customers.'
This year, campuses placed most number of students in the first phase compared to past few years.
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde on Tuesday became the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund after its executive board chose her over Mexican central bank governor Agustin Carstens.
Seven students were made international offers.
He said his 'Rashtra Manch', a political action group, would start a movement against the policies of the Centre.
Sebi has approved the norms for financial institutions setting up shop at GIF City in Ahmedabad.
Members of Parliament, state legislatures, and local governments not eligible to be members of PSB boards
Credit rating agencies have been raising red flag over high debt to GDP ratio of India.
The Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assemblies must be in place before January 15, 2013.
Internship Programme, 2008 formulated by the Department of Economic Affairs.
Naidu asked members to keep the prestige and the decorum of the House and said they should feel privileged to be in this House because of the people's trust on them.
'The government should refrain from 'adventurism' and 'megalomania'.' 'But this should be true of reckless government action against every Indian, whether or not they are wealthy or have access to the finance minister even when he is in hospital,' says Aakar Patel.
Ambassador Venu Rajamony, who served as press secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee during his tenure, salutes the statesman and political legend, who passed into the ages on Monday.
It was not immediately known if Modi acceded to Jaitley's request.
''Even without major reforms, with a business as usual scenario, and with current inflation trends, we should be clocking around 11 to 12 per cent nominal growth.' 'That is not happening and is a source of worry,' Rathin Roy tells Arup Roychoudhury.
'These are interesting days for watchers of English cricket and central banking,' points out Amol Agrawal.
Thus it was that for the first time in the history of the republic a constitutional amendment was announced and passed by Parliament within 72 hours, reports R Rajagopalan.
The Covid pandemic has left a question mark on how the central government manages its staff.
"To begin with, people could face some difficulties because any changeover has its own problems. But it will settle down and the country will benefit from the new indirect tax regime," Jaitley said at an event organised by ABP News.
It is also considering to hike FDI cap for public sector from 20 per cent to 49 per cent
Stepped up public expenditure must be accompanied by focused policies, advises Vinayak Chatterjee.
this move by the government is likely to iron out the current challenges for the NBFCs and in turn help the real estate sector.
As India emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, the ninth budget under the Modi government, including an interim one, is widely expected to focus on boosting spending on job creation and rural development, generous allocations for development schemes, putting more money in the hands of the average taxpayer and easing rules to attract foreign investments.
For financial sector companies setting up shop in India, as of now the go-to regulators are obviously Sebi and the RBI with carve-outs for IRDAI or possibly PFRDA. But this could change soon with the International Financial Services Centres Authority, observes Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
