By Administrator_India Capital Sands India’s GDP may turn positive at 1.3 percent in the third quarter of 2020-21, having witnessed contraction in the previous two quarters due to the coronavirus pandemic, as the number of cases is falling and public spending has started rising, according to a report. The government will release the GDP numbers …
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PM Narendra Modi launches Rs 3,222-crore petro, gas projects in Assam
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Opening the coffers of his government for poll-bound Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed the successive Congress dispensations that ruled the country since Independence for the “neglect’’ of the state and the northeast for decades. On his third visit to Assam in a month, Modi, who dedicated to the nation three major projects …
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 …
IMD predicts intense wet spell across north India, issues Yellow alert for Himachal Pradesh
By Administrator_India Capital Sands North India is likely to witness an intense wet spell till Tuesday (January 5), with fairly widespread precipitation accompanied with thunderstorm, lightning and hailstorm at isolated places, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. After the wet spell, fresh northerly-northwesterly winds are likely to set in over the plains of northwest India, …
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. …
UK PM Boris Johnson to be chief guest at India’s 2021 Republic Day celebrations
By Administrator_India Capital Sands British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accepted the invitation to attend India’s Republic Day celebrations on January 26, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab informed on December 15. “I’m pleased that PM Boris Johnson has invited PM Modi to join the UK-hosted G7 summit next year. UK PM Johnson has also accepted the …
PM Narendra Modi to chair all-party meet today; COVID-19 situation, vaccine distribution likely to be discussed
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an all-party meeting on December 4. This would be the second meeting of its kind since the novel coronavirus pandemic started. The COVID-19 situation and vaccine strategy are likely to be discussed in the meeting involving floor leaders of all political parties from both Houses of …