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Mansukh Mandaviya claims that 86 percent of India’s elderly population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.0

April 27, 2022

Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Health Minister, announced on Tuesday that over 86 percent of India’s adult population has been fully vaccinated against the new coronavirus. This comes as the total number of vaccination doses given in the country has surpassed 188 crore. Until 7 p.m. on Tuesday, more than 19 lakh (19,67,717) vaccination doses had

Nirmala Sitharaman US semiconductor firms will increase their investments in India; With incentives 0

Economy

April 26, 2022

Nirmala Sitharaman, India’s finance minister, met with officials from the US semiconductor sector and asked them to invest more in India. The Finance Minister discussed prospects for enterprises in Silicon Valley, as well as the government of India’s resolve to be a reliable partner in the whole semiconductor value chain, with the Indian Semiconductor Mission

In FY22, India’s oil import cost more than doubled to $119 billion.0

Economy

April 25, 2022

In the fiscal year that ended on March 31, India’s crude oil import bill then doubled to $119 billion, as global energy prices skyrocketed following the restoration of demand and the crisis in Ukraine. According to data from the energy ministry’s Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell, India, the world’s third-largest oil consumption and importing nation,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on Guru Tegh Bahadur’s birthday 0
- India
- April 22, 2022
On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation from the Red Fort, declaring that India has never posed a danger to any country or society and that the country upholds the ideals of Sikh gurus. In 1675, the Mughal monarch Aurangzeb assassinated Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru. “This sacred Gurudwara reminds us
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IMF official identifies regulating crypto assets and digital currency as priority mid-term issues for India 0
- Economy
- April 20, 2022
Regulating crypto assets along with digital currency, addressing the remaining regulatory concerns in the banking sector, and integrating with the global economy are among the few mid-term structural issues for India, a top official from the International Monetary Fund has said. Overall, the IMF is looking at India in “a very positive fashion,” Tobias Adrian,
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Air India flights to Hong Kong cancelled till April 24 amid China’s COVID restrictions 0
- India
- April 18, 2022
Air India has canceled flights to Hong Kong between April 18-April 23, 2022, due to ‘restrictions imposed by the Hong Kong authorities and limited demand on the sector, as per an update shared by the airline on Twitter. Earlier, Hong Kong had banned Air India services till April 24 after three passengers on one of its
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