CVC tightens rules for employing retired govt officials, days after Alapan saga

Kolkata (IANS) The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has directed the secretaries of all the Central government ministries and departments, chief executives and chief vigilance officers of all public sector undertakings to get vigilance clearance…

As India's forex reserves cross $600B, liquidity gush to fuel equities

New Delhi (IANS) As Indias forex reserves cross the $600 billion-mark, there are indications that the ample liquidity, both globally and in the domestic space will continue to drive the Indian stock markets.

"The success of these efforts is…

Govt's 'last' notice to Twitter, warns of penal action

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Ministry of Electronics and IT has sent its final notice to Twitter over non-compliance of the new IT rules and has again warned of penal action in case the US-headquartered social media platform fails to comply to the norms.

Southwest monsoon advances into many coastal states

New Delhi (IANS) Southwest monsoon, which hit Kerala two days ago, has further advanced into more parts of the central Arabian Sea and many coastal states in the country, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.

On Saturday,…

Railways delivered over 25K MT of LMO to 15 states so far

New Delhi (IANS) The Railway Ministry said on Saturday that it has transported more than 25,000 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO) to several states in over 1,500 tankers.

A ministry official said that the Oxygen Express trains have crossed…

Assam gets sixth national park, another to come up

Guwahati (IANS) Diverse wildlife rich Raimona in western Assam's Kokrajhar district has been notified as the state's sixth national park on the occasion of the World Environment Day on Saturday.

Attending the World Environment Day programme…

'Twitter' Dorsey on wrong side of Indian hurricane, 'Koo' Aprameya says he is ready

New York (IANS) India on Saturday slammed a notice to billionaire Jack Dorsey's Twitter, giving the microblogging platform one last chance to "immediately" comply with her new information technology rules which came into effect from May 26, 2021.

US sending Covid vaccines to India, Harris tells Modi

New York (IANS) US Vice President Kamala Harris has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the US will be sending Covid-19 vaccines to India, following which Modi thanked her for the support from the US government and the Indian diaspora, in what…

Tapering Covid: RBI retains rates accommodative stance

Mumbai (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India has retained its key short-term lending rates along with the growth-oriented accommodative stance during the second monetary policy review of FY22.

Accordingly, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of…

RBI cuts growth forecast for FY22 to 9.5%

Mumbai (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has lowered its growth projection for the current financial year to 9.5 per cent from the previous estimate of 10.5 per cent.

Amid the severe second wave of Covid-19 and the lockdowns across states,…