Developing countries need to work with investors, rich countries and development banks to secure $1 trillion a year in external financing for climate action by the end of the decade and to match that with their own funds, a report said on Tuesday. The report, released ahead of talks on climate change finance at the […]
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A difficult candidate test, broken job promises and refund dispute: Unacademy’s Relevel comes under fire
With the growth engine sputtering, funding slowing down and the spectre of regulation looming large, there are many curveballs that Unacademy and its peers will have to grapple with in the coming months. At a time like this, Gaurav Munjal has been extremely bullish on Relevel In February this year, 28-year-old Shivam, a computer operator […]
The Finance Ministry wants to make significant reforms to the Banks Board Bureau
The Ministry of Finance is aiming to include more officials from the insurance industry in the Banks Board Bureau (BBB) to enlarge and relaunch the organization. The ministry hopes that by doing so, it would be able to nominate persons for positions at public sector insurers and speed up recruiting at the highest level of […]
Next week, India will host the ASEAN foreign ministers
On the 16th and 17th of June, India will host the foreign ministers of ASEAN nations to commemorate the 30th anniversary of its relations with the 10-nation grouping. Myanmar’s participation in the ASEAN-India foreign ministers’ meeting would be based on the grouping’s regulations, according to External Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Arindam Bagchi, implying that the country’s […]
Prime Minister Modi, India has the world’s fastest-growing start-up ecosystem
India’s use of semi-conductors is predicted to exceed USD 110 billion by 2030, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the country has the world’s fastest-growing start-up ecosystem. According to him, India is poised to lead the next technological revolution, with investments being made, among other things, in building 5G capabilities. “We are paving the […]
India records 861 fresh Covid-19 infections, six more fatalities
India logged 861 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,36,132, while the active cases dipped to 11,058, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has climbed to 5,21,691 with six fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.03 per cent […]
AI flight carrying students evacuated from Ukraine’s Sumy lands in Delhi
An Air India flight from Poland’s Rzeszow carrying students evacuated from northeastern Ukrainian city Sumy landed in Delhi on Friday morning, officials said. The flight had taken off from Rzeszow around 11.30 pm (IST) on Thursday and landed in Delhi at 5.45 am on Friday, they said. India has sent three flights to Poland to bring back 600 […]
Ukraine crisis: PM Modi asks Air Force to evacuate stranded Indians
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the Indian Air Force (IAF) to evacuate Indians stranded in Ukraine due to the Russian military offensive against that country, sources said on Tuesday. The IAF is likely to deploy several C-17 aircraft as part of Operation Ganga from Tuesday, they said. Till now, only private Indian carriers were […]
Maharashtra: No vaccine jab, no salary, says Thane civic body
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) in Maharashtra has said its employees who have not taken even one dose of vaccine against COVID-19 will not be paid salaries. The decision was taken on Monday during a meeting of senior TMC officials, including civic commissioner Dr Vipin Sharma and Thane Mayor Naresh Mhaske. […]
PM Modi meets ‘one and only Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’, says he’s ‘very bullish on India’
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Prime Minister Narendra Modi showered compliments on ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, following their brief meeting in New Delhi on October 5. Modi said he was delighted to meet “the one and only” Jhunjhunwala, calling him “lively and insightful”. Modi, in his tweet, noted that Jhunjhunwala is “very bullish on India”. The […]