The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted decision of over 48 per cent Indian students who wanted to study abroad, according to a report by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), which comes out with coveted global ranking for educational institutions. The significantly lower return of investment in an already expensive international higher education domain […]
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Aarogya Setu, India’s Covid-19 tracking app, now has 10 crore users
India’s contact-tracing app Aarogya Setu is currently being used by 10 crore Indians. Launched on April 2, Aarogya Setu hit 50 million users in just 13 days of its launch, making it one of the most downloaded apps in the world in such a short time. Aarogya Setu uses Bluetooth and GPS […]
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India’s Covid-19 package almost equal to Pakistan’s GDP
The economic package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the nation on Tuesday to help small businesses tide over the coronavirus crisis, is almost equal to Pakistan’s gross domestic product (GDP). The size of India’s financial package is US $266 billion, or 10 per cent of its gross […]
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With 3,525 new Covid-19 cases, India’s tally breaches 74,000-mark
India reported more than 3,500 cases of the coronavirus cases (Covid-19 ) in the last 24 hours, taking the country’s tally of infections to 74,281, according to the Union health ministry said on Wednesday. The health ministry’s dashboard showed there were 47,480 Covid-19 patients in the country and 2,415 fatalities on Wednesday […]
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India’s Covid-19 tally tops 67,000 with biggest one-day spike of 4,213 cases
More than 4,200 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the biggest spike so far, and 97 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in India, the Union health ministry said on Monday morning. India’s tally of the respiratory disease jumped to 67,152 with 44,029 active cases, 20,916 people who […]
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PM Modi to discuss lockdown exit plan with CMs at today’s meet
The Centre told states on Sunday to ensure strict adherence of containment zone guidelines and clear demarcation of the areas with coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, adding that they should not let any relaxation of the national lockdown lead to chaos, a development that came a day ahead of Prime Minister […]
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Number of critical Covid-19 patients has halved across the country, shows data
The number of patients turning critical due to the coronavirus disease Covid-19 has halved, the Union health ministry has said. Till last week, 9.2 per cent Covid-19 patients admitted to a hospital were in a critical condition, according to health ministry. Out of these, 4.8 per cent were in the […]
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National Technology Day to be celebrated with focus on economy
A high-level digital conference on ‘Rebooting the Economy through Science, Technology and Research Translations’ (RESTART) will be organised by Technology Development Board (TDB), a statutory body of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Monday to celebrate the National Technology Day. Union […]
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India’s Covid-19 cases near 63,000-mark, death toll at 2,109
India reported more than 3,200 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and 128 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union ministry of health said on Sunday morning. According to the health ministry’s Covid-19 dashboard at 8am, 62,939 people have been infected by the Sars-Cov-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, […]
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India, China face off along Sikkim border
Scores of Indian and Chinese soldiers were involved in a tense face-off along the India-China boundary in north Sikkim on Saturday, two senior officials said on the condition of anonymity. The aggressive confrontation between the troops from the two sides happened near the Naku La sector (ahead of Muguthang), a […]
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India finishes 400 social infrastructure projects in Afghan, US praises effort
Developing strategic partnership with India is a critical element of President Donald Trump’s South Asia strategy, a senior administration official said Thursday noting that there were encouraging results of the move. “The United States welcomes India’s substantial investment in and assistance to Afghanistan. And we will continue to support efforts […]
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India has people. It needs consumers
A long-held belief of analysts in India is that the economy is supply-constrained. Demand isn’t even worth a footnote, while a temporary squeeze in the onion market deserves obsession because it could be inflationary. It’s increasingly obvious that this view is outdated. In October, inflation quickened more than expected to 4.62% because of, yes, an onion shortage. Yet core inflation, which strips out volatile commodity prices, slumped to […]
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India rejects Nepal’s objection over map
India on Thursday rejected Nepal’s protest over the depiction of the Kalapani region in the new maps it released last week, saying the maps accurately portrayed the country’s sovereign territory and that New Delhi was committed to an exercise to delineate the boundary. On Wednesday, Nepal’s foreign ministry had protested […]
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India face Saudi Arabia AFC U-19 Championship Qualifiers
India will take on hosts Saudi Arabia in their second match of the AFC U-19 Championship 2020 Qualifiers here on Friday. India went down to a strong Uzbekistan 0-2 in their opening match on Wednesday. “It was not the result that we wanted. But there’s no time to sulk on […]
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‘India sent $755 million more in exports to US due to trade war’: UN
India sent $755 million more in exports to the US during the first half of this year as a result of the trade war waged by President Donald Trump against China, according to the trade arm of the UN. Trade diversion effects for India were smaller compared some other countries, […]