By Administrator_India Capital Sands New Delhi: Petrol and diesel rates were unchanged on Thursday as the oil marketing companies decided to keep rates on pause for the second day. Fuel prices have witnessed sporadic rise in the last few days. On Tuesday Petrol price was increased by 26 paise per litre and diesel by 23 paise a […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Asian shares edged up to near three-month highs on Wednesday and global equities held steady near a record as data showing higher U.S. manufacturing activity in May cheered investors looking for signs of a continued rebound in the world’s largest economy. U.S. manufacturing activity rose in May, the Institute for Supply […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands New Delhi: West Bengal will hold the Class 12 board examinations in the last week of July, while the Class 10 board exams will take place in mid-August, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. The dates will be announced later by the respective boards, she said. “We have decided to hold the secondary (Madhyamik) […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Washington: Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) sought hospital care in November 2019, months before China disclosed the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing a previously undisclosed US intelligence report. The newspaper said the report – which provides fresh details on the number of researchers […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The US is working closely with India on its continued and emerging needs during the unprecedented second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a top State Department official has said. While the assistance from the US government has been worth USD 100 million, the private sector has donated an additional USD 400 […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands New Delhi: Deficit supply of oxygen to Delhi – where 12 people died Saturday and 25 last week, because of a shortfall triggered by the second wave of coronavirus cases – must be rectified on or before midnight of May 3, the Supreme Court has told the centre. The top court also directed […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands New Zealand on Thursday temporarily suspended entry for all travellers from India, including its own citizens, for about two weeks following a high number of positive coronavirus cases arriving from the South Asian country. The move comes after New Zealand recorded 23 new positive coronavirus cases at its border on Thursday, of which 17 […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Gujarat recorded its highest single-day spike of 1,640 coronavirus cases on Monday which took the caseload to 2,88,649, the state health department said. The previous record of daily increase in the state was of November 27 when 1,607 new cases had come to light. In February this year daily COVID-19 cases […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The year-long pandemic left households more indebted, which has sharply jumped to 37.1 per cent of GDP in Q2 of FY21, while their savings rate plunged to a low 10.4 per cent, according to latest data from the Reserve Bank. The household savings plunged as the pandemic has led to tens […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Appropriation Bill 2021-22, authorising the government to draw Rs 117.16 lakh crore from the Consolidated Fund of India for its working as well as implementation of its programmes and schemes. This completes two-thirds of the exercise for approval of the Budget for 2021-22. The […]