Rs 65,000 cr needed to feed the poor: Rajan to Rahul

New Delhi (IANS) Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan in a video talk with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, streamed by the party, said that country needs Rs 65,000 crore to feed the poor.

Raghuram Rajan said, "Rs 65,000 crore…

PM directs handholding investors to boost economy

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday directed that measures should be taken to handhold investors by adopting a more proactive approach and ensuring all central and state clearances in a time-bound manner to boost the economy…

Government has commenced preparations to bring back trapped students and workers: Hemant

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that his government was committed to bring back all the trapped workers and students for which preparations have been commenced.

Chairing a video conferencing with the MPs and MLAs of Palamu…

Ranchi in list of red zone districts, 9 others in orange, others in green: Health Secretary

Ranchi: Out of the 24 districts of Jharkhand Ranchi was in the list of districts in the red zone, 9 others were in orange zone and the remaining in green zone.

Addressing a press conference here Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni said that…

Borders of Ranchi completely sealed, people too coming less on roads

Ranchi: With the number of Coronavirus patients reaching 110 with maximum of 81 hailing from Ranchi the district administration has completely sealed off the borders while CRPF has been deployed in Hindpiri so that people do not come out of their…

Health Secretary orders community screening in areas adjoining Hindpiri

Ranchi: Health Secretary Nitin Madan Kulkarni has directed to undertake testing in adjoining areas of Hindpiri which is the biggest hotspot of Coronavirus in the state.

Mr Kulkarni has directed Ranchi DC Rai Mahimpet Rey to undertake community…

With the support of people Jharkhand to soon become free from Coronavirus: Hemant

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren said that with the support of the people the state will soon become free of Coronavirus.

He said that in the last two days only two-two patients of Coronavirus have been detected in the state which…

Sensex up 300 points tracking gains on Asian indices

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices rose on Wednesday with the BSE Sensex rising over 300 points.

The rise in the domestic indices was in tandem with the gains in the Asian markets, analysts said.

Around 10.15 a.m., the Sensex…

US body accuses India of violating religious freedoms, India calls it biased

New Delhi (IANS) The government on Tuesday strongly lambasted the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), for placing India among the list of countries which violate religious freedoms.

The USCIRF has designated…

India should ease lockdown from May 3, be fully operational by June end: Shaw

New Delhi (IANS) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Executive Chairperson of Biocon, feels that India should start opening its lockdown from May 3 and become fully operational by end of June.

In an exclusive interview with IANS, Shaw said that data indicate…