By Administrator_India Capital Sands The IMF welcomed India’s Union Budget for focussing on growth and said fiscal policy can and should play an important role in facilitating a strong and inclusive economic recovery. Gerry Rice, Director of Communications at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at a press conference here said the Union Budget rightly focuses on health, education, public infrastructure […]
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India to send 5,00,000 doses of Covishield vaccine to Sri Lanka
By Administrator_India Capital Sands India is expected to send 5,00,000 doses of Covishield vaccine to Sri Lanka on Thursday. It is learnt that the consignments are being sent to the island nation as a “gift” from India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made a commitment to his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa during a virtual […]
India to export COVID-19 vaccines to these countries from today
By Administrator_India Capital Sands India will start exporting COVID-19 vaccines from January 20, paving the way for many mid- and lower-income countries to get supplies of the easy-to-store Oxford/AstraZeneca drug, of which it plans to ship millions of doses within days. Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine producer, told Reuters last week […]
India Pollution Tracker: Check AQI today in Delhi, Mumbai and other major cities
By administrator_India Capital sands Air quality has been deteriorating across India amid falling temperatures. Over the last three months, the Air Quality Index (AQI) has fallen dangerously low in the northern regions of the country, especially in New Delhi, where it is on the brink of an “emergency” level. While the AQI hovering in the “hazardous” levels (especially […]
Indian companies fared better than global counterparts amid COVID-19 pandemic
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Indian companies on average have fared “much better” than their counterparts across the world, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a study by Cognizant’s Centre for the Future of Work showed. In the region itself, during 2020, 36 percent of Indian companies reported ‘slight negative to very negative impact on business performance’ against the regional […]
Income tax returns filing: No further extension of date beyond February 15, Centre rejects demand
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The finance ministry has rejected the demand for further extension of the last date for income tax return (ITR) filing beyond February 15 for the ones where audit is required. In December 2020, the government extended the ITR filing deadline for individuals till January 10 and till February 15 for companies. […]
Petrol price nears all-time high after oil companies hike rates after month-long hiatus
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Petrol price on Wednesday neared all-time high after state-owned fuel retailers hiked rates after a nearly month-long hiatus. Petrol price was raised by 26 paise per litre and diesel by 25 paise a litre, according to a price notification from oil marketing companies. After this increase, petrol in Delhi climbed to […]
No New Year’s Eve celebrations in Delhi: Night curfew imposed amid new COVID-19 strain scare
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Delhi, on December 3, announced a curfew in the city on New Year’s Eve. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) restricted assembly of more than five people at public places. As per the order, no celebratory events, congregations and gatherings at public places will be permitted from 11 pm of December […]
India said to plan spending boost to counter Covid-19 impact
By Administrator_India Capital Sands India is set to swing from being a cautious spender in 2020 to opening the fiscal floodgates as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to pull Asia’s third-biggest economy bank from the worst of the pandemic. Curbs imposed by the finance ministry on more than 80 government departments and ministries earlier in […]
PM Modi to be chief guest at AMU’s centenary celebrations
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the chief guest at the virtual centenary celebrations of Aligarh Muslim University today, the first time in over five decades that a PM will attend an AMU event. A university official on Saturday said Modi will release a special postal stamp to mark the occasion. […]