Covid-19 has severely tested resilience of all nations: PM

The fury of the COVID-19 pandemic provides the context for the "rebirth and reform" of the United Nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, calling on nations to pledge to reform the......

Timely facilitation of COVID-19 kits will help Sino-India ties: Envoy

India has ordered 15 million personal protection gears besides a few million testing kits from China to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the country and their smooth procurement at stable prices......

India's outreach in the time of coronavirus

India's soft power diplomacy came into play during this cataclysm affecting the world as the pandemic defies barriers and borders, notes Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Shanghai, March 23, 2020.......

How Modi tried to manage China & Pakistan

'New Delhi showed itself willing -- at least for a period -- to tolerate the risk of conflict and to withstand Beijing's implicit and explicit threats.''But it also continued to try to cut some......

'Without incentives people will not purchase EVs'

'Wherever the government has provided incentives for the purchase of two-wheelers, three-wheelers, cars, buses, and trucks, it gets a push for most of these alternate fuels.' Photograph: Kind......

India's 20-21 GDP growth to slow down to 4.8%: UN report

India's GDP growth for the current fiscal is expected to slow down to 4.8 per cent, a UN report has said, warning that the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to result in significant adverse economic......

Commerce minister plans to push the idea of co-working spaces

To tap into the growing demand for offices, several global and Indian co-working entities are creating stock in the top cities. At least one central minister is taken by the latest fad among......

Flying to be cheaper, norms eased for Indian airlines to fly abroad

Airlines will also get tax incentives for operating on unserved routes under the regional connectivity scheme.   In a major reform of the aviation sector, government on Wednesday scrapped the......