Pressure on UK to review Covid vax rules for Indians

The UK government is under increasing pressure on Monday to review its COVID-19 vaccine protocol in place for travellers from India, after its updated rules effective from next month failed to......

India MUST Vaccinate Like Mad!

It is our only chance of avoiding a repeat of our catastrophic second wave, asserts Naushad Forbes. IMAGE: A queue to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in West Bengal's Nadia district, August 30, 2021.......

India sees new single-day spike as Unlock 1 to begin next week

The nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 2.17 lakh on Thursday with a record number of over 9,000 new cases getting detected and several states reporting their highest one-day......

PM leaves for SA to attend IBSA Summit

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday left for South Africa to attend the second India-Brazil-South Africa Summit in Johannesburg, beginning on Wednesday.The two-day summit of IBSA, the......

Reforms prove to investors no policy logjam: Montek

A day after back-to-back passage of two key reforms bills in Lok Sabha, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Wednesday said that this would give positive signal to......

Industrial growth revival possible: Minister

The government on Wednesday expressed the hope that industrial growth will bounce back with the revival of manufacturing sector in the coming months."I am hopeful manufacturing sector will revive......

Wockhardt plans 14 new hospitals

Mumbai-based healthcare firm Wockhardt Hospitals plans to set up 14 super-speciality hospitals across the country over the next two years, which could entail an investment of up to Rs 600 crore (Rs......

India needs 100 million jobs in next 10 years, say experts

The country needs 100 million jobs in the formal sector in the next decade to take advantage of its demographic dividend. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Also, it should get into the global......