Out of the 745 gardens in Assam, which accounts for over 55 per cent of total tea production, an alert has been sounded for 88 gardens, while for West Bengal, out of the 377 gardens, 65 have been cautioned.
'The government must have armed security personnel for doctors and only then they can go and serve people.'
Indian two-wheeler majors Hero MotoCorp and Bajaj Auto are the biggest beneficiaries of this surge and, between the two, they are estimated to control about half of the local market there
The strike was supposed to affect about 23 million passengers.
A host of dynamic reforms, policies and announcements during the last five years are expected to reach its logical fruition in the second term, says Ankit Kansal.
India can be rated as among the best performing economies in the world
However, the number of confirmed cases reported by states rose by over 500 to cross 3,000 with at least 90 dead. While Maharashtra, Telangana and Delhi disclosed several new cases of the deadly virus infection, government officials said the numbers have risen in last few days mostly due to one event -- referring to the Tablighi Jamaat's religious gathering in the national capital attended by thousands of people last month.
India dislodged arch-rivals Pakistan to claim the top spot in the ICC Test rankings following their series-clinching comprehensive 178-run win over New Zealand in the second cricket Test in Kolkata on Monday.
From former rivals Narayanaswami Srinivasan and Sharad Pawar to current Board of Control for Cricket in India heavyweights, India's cricket fraternity bid an emotional farewell to Jagmohan Dalmiya, who was cremated with full state honours and a gun salute, on Monday.
Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar paid tributes to BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya terming him as someone, who put the game of cricket above everything else.
Attacking the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal over the issue of development, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said funds worth crores were sent from the Centre to the state but they never reached the people.
Using a Living Will, individuals can specify that they don't want any resuscitation if the death is apparent.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has filed a 238-page writ petition in the Supreme Court in order to get clarity about whether its former president N Srinivasan should be allowed to attend the Board meetings.
The Union health ministry officials also said India was at the second stage as there is still no 'hard evidence' to say that there has been community transmission of the fast-spreading coronavirus, remarks which may provide anxious citizens with much needed assurance and hope.
Ola wants to be India's answer to Grab, which is into everything, starting from cab service and logistics to bike taxis and food and grocery delivery.
Under GST, the small and medium industries would have to handle things on their own, says V S Krishnan.
'In the last two months, we have only done 16,000 tests and that is nothing.' 'If coronavirus cases in the community picks up and infection spreads, then we will be in big trouble.'
Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten half-century to steer India to a six-wicket victory against Pakistan in the World Twenty20 in Kolkata, on Saturday. Rajneesh Gupta presents the interesting numbers from the match.
IOC said the daily price revision is an initiative for ensuring the best possible prices to the customers as well as improved transparency on the pricing mechanism.
An area of worry relates to simplification of the refund procedure where the inverted duty structure prevails
But will this dilute Bajaj's strong Indian identity that straddled the rural-urban markets and the Hindi-English divide quite easily?
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea in the IPL spot-fixing case seeking handing over of Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee's report, containing names of some players, to the Justice R M Lodha panel which is considering administrative reforms for BCCI.
BJP's reversals in rural Gujarat has prompted many policy watchers to predict that the Budget would have incentives for the agriculture sector and the rural economy.
Others taxed at 5, 12, 18, 28%
Fall in both WPI and CPI inflation to pressure RBI, say analysts
Indian cricket ushered in a new era as Virat Kohli was officially anointed captain for all three formats as he took over from Mahendra Singh Dhoni as India's limited overs captain from the series against England, starting on January 15.
'It is time again for Durga Puja.' 'Time again to be struck by India's astonishing cultural irony, one where the female form is worshipped as divinity while millions of real women are forced to lead restricted lives,' notes Shuma Raha.
Which is the best home loan? Advice from financial guru Harsh Roongta.
Slump in realty market to add to woes, debt of top players likely to rise 15-20% this financial year
Some may lose competitiveness due to higher compliance costs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to open commercial coal mining to private players is a key step towards bringing order to the country's chaotic power industry and ending the chronic blackouts that impede its economic rise.
The prices of unsold homes in Mumbai run into crores of rupees.
Liquor shops reopened across the country in the non-containment zones after 40 days from Monday with people queuing up in large numbers, giving social distancing norms a toss at some places.
In the wake of reported incursion attempts by China, India on Wednesday said such incidents take place due to difference of perception about boundary and leaders of both the countries are in talks to resolve the issue.
B Sriram, the senior-most managing director at SBI, along with fellow MDs Rajnish Kumar, P K Gupta, and Dinesh Kumar Khara had been interviewed for the post
The prime minister addressed a gathering at Hussainiwala.
The deposit has been made on account of the rate reductions approved by the GST Council in its November. The rate was reduced on items including shampoo, detergents, chocolates, beauty products, sanitary ware, leather clothing, cookers, stoves, after-shave, deodorant, detergent and washing power. Companies found it difficult to pass on the benefits to consumers immediately at the time of GST rate reduction owing to logistical issues.
The move will to a large extent speed up the monetary transmission process--which is banks passing on the rate cuts that the Reserve Bank announces to their borrowers without much delays--something that has been missing all these while and something that the RBI has been unhappy with.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday
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