Two Indian Americans -- Congressman Ro Khanna and Vijaya Gadde -- prominently figure in United States President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden's laptop story whose full disclosure Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced would be released on the microblogging site.
As air travel gathered steam in financial year 2021-22 (FY22) after being restricted the previous year, fewer passengers were affected by flight cancellations. Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) figures show that there were 40 per cent fewer flyers in FY22 than in FY20, but 60 per cent fewer passengers were impacted by cancellations, and 80 per cent fewer passengers were denied boarding. FY20 was the last financial year when India's booming aviation industry carried out full-scale operations before being completely grounded for a couple of months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
'Negotiate a longer agreement with the escalation clause fixed now.' 'This will enable you to control future cost increases.'
Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources.
In a joint statement posted on their respective twitter accounts, the companies said Serum Institute Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla and Bharat Biotech Chairman Krishna Ella communicated their combined intent to develop, manufacture and supply the COVID-19 vaccines.
'Investors don't have to worry about underperformance in passive funds, which earn market-equivalent returns.'
The government collected over 40 per cent more revenue from taxes at Rs 44,463 crore (Rs 444.63 billion) during the first quarter of this fiscal against Rs 31,668 during the corresponding period of 2005-06.
Prospective buyers must make a well-considered decision regarding whether this is the right time to buy a house, particularly with home loan rates at near-peak levels, and the risk of job losses looming in many sectors.
Subdued demand from developed countries and blocs like the US and EU is impacting exports of key sectors including engineering, gems and jewellery and may have implications on India's exports in case the global situation does not improve in coming months. Global inflation, Russia-Ukraine war, simmering China-Taiwan crisis and supply disruptions are hurting economic growth worldwide, leading to poor demand, experts say. The world merchandise trade volume is expected to grow 3 per cent in 2022 against the earlier forecast of 4.7 per cent, mainly due to the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, according to the World Trade Organization forecast, released in April.
The centre's gross tax collection rose by 21 per cent at Rs 2,57,558 crore (Rs 2575.58 billion) till January this fiscal thanks to buoyancy in service tax, income tax and corporate tax receipts.
Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to M S Swaminathan, renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai recently.
The government is committed to restrict the fiscal deficit at 3.4 per cent of GDP as envisaged in the Budget.
'The BJP can kill two birds with one stone by wresting back control of the message; and the steps are fairly obvious. Once the media is neutral, there is a level playing field,' argues Rajeev Srinivasan.
The rather amateurish, even ham-handed, attack would lend some credence to a 'false flag' theory, of the PTI leadership staging this incident, to provide new impetus to a flagging agitation, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RAW, India's external intelligence agency.
The Union government's fiscal deficit shot up by about 31 per cent to Rs 54,517 crore (Rs 545.17 billion) in the first quarter of this fiscal due to higher expenditure.
The panel may include or seek inputs from former RBI Governor Urjit Patel, former chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian, Sajjid Chinoy of the PM-EAC, Rathin Roy, among others.
Vaccine development is a long process to ensure safety and efficacy through different stages and involves regulatory supervision every step of the way. Ruchika Chitravanshi takes you through this carefully drawn journey of vaccine development.
I suggest we build a Vigyan Mandir (Temple of Science) with the ambience of a place of worship, so that it becomes a destination for pilgrims. We should embed on its walls bronze plaques describing each scientist mentioned here along with about a dozen of our ancient mathematicians, recommends Professor Kalyan Singhal, historian of science and technology.
The central government's fiscal deficit climbed to Rs 81,014 crore (Rs 810.14 billion) for the first six months of the financial year 2003-04.
The raids, taking place mainly in South India, was termed by the NIA as the 'largest ever' investigation process 'till date'.
Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said underlying economic activity in India continues to be strong, but external factors will cause some "dent" to the economy. Speaking at the BFSI Insight Summit 2022 organised by Business Standard, Das said the RBI tracks 70 fast moving indicators and most of them are in the "green box". It is the external sector, mired by a fear of recession or clear visibility about slowing growth in a large part of the world, where the challenges lie, he said, adding that the impact of external demand will "dent" the economy.
The Centre's fiscal deficit mounted to Rs 110,470 crore (Rs 1.104 trillion) till February despite higher growth in tax collections.
Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) is sitting on 200 million doses of Covishield that were manufactured in December and are set to expire in September. The company is likely to destroy these vaccines if nothing works out, Sohini Das reports.
'Pakistan was very mature in the way it dealt with the incident.' 'India too owned up to the accident.' 'The whole incident was resolved quite amicably.' 'Both countries should be proud of how they have handled this situation.'
India's fiscal deficit has come down marginally to Rs 92,435 crore (Rs 924.35 billion) till December this fiscal from Rs 93,656 crore (Rs 936.56 billion) till November.
The Centre's gross tax collection was up by about 19 per cent at Rs 2,30,839 crore (Rs 2308.39 billion) till December this fiscal backed by spurt in corporate earnings and imports.
Reliance Jio is close to finalising its contract with telecom gear maker Ericsson to roll out its 5G network in Mumbai and Maharashtra and Kolkata and West Bengal in the first phase of its launch in October. And it is going with Nokia for the lucrative Delhi circle, and Chennai, which includes Tamil Nadu, say sources aware of the development. This is the first time that Jio is opting for multiple vendors.
India's fiscal deficit shot up by nearly 50 per cent to Rs 92,068 crore (Rs 920.68 billion) during the first seven months of 2005-06 despite a 24 per cent higher tax mop up.
The health and family welfare ministry spent 70 per cent of its allocation till October. The ministry may need additional funds for the vaccination drive which is expected to be kicked off from January.
Parliament has cleared the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2023, recently. The objective of the Act is to invite investments from the private sector, including foreign companies, for mining minerals such as lithium and other critical minerals. Other than lithium, some of these minerals were classified as atomic minerals, including beryl and beryllium, niobium, titanium, tantalum and zirconium.
The Centre's fiscal deficit was up marginally by 1.6 per cent at Rs 1,27,975 crore (Rs 1279.75 billion) during 2004-05 from Rs 1,25,960 crore (Rs 1259.60 billion) in 2003-04, despite efforts to cut wasteful spending and push up revenue.
The blast occurred in the container aboard the vessel, preparing to dock away from the Jebel Ali Port's main shipping line at around midnight.
Pranjal Kamra, CEO, Finology Ventures, lists seven efficient ways to cope with the rise in EMIs even as you balance your monthly budgets.
Fiscal deficit fell marginally by 2.3 per cent to Rs 90,239 crore (Rs 902. 39 billion) in the first nine months of the financial year 2004-05 mainly due to higher tax mop-up.
The fiscal deficit of the Centre surged by 21 per cent to Rs 52,509 crore (Rs 525.09 billion) in the first five months of 2004-05.
