Govt exploring possibility to produce Covaxin abroad

To address the shortage of COVID-19 jabs in the country, the government is exploring the possibility of boosting production of vaccines, including identifying manufacturing sites for indigenously......

Covaxin output scaled up to 500 million jabs a year: Bharat Biotech

This apart, to further increase capacities, Bharat Biotech has partnered with Indian Immunologicals (IIL) to manufacture the drug substance for Covaxin. The technology transfer process is......

Oxygen Crisis: Will this PSU Help?

The NINL management can see this as their moment of giving back to the nation and humanity.Its plant has an oxygen unit that can produce 418 tonnes of oxygen every day.418 tonnes is about 58% of......

Modiji, time to suspend hostilities at home

In a time of crisis like this, a government needs its people and politics united. A nation of India's size and diversity can't fight a stronger rival with fraying social cohesion, observes Shekhar......

Sectors & stocks analysts are betting on post the state poll outcome

The S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty50 have hit record highs amid the poll outcome-triggered bull frenzy at the bourses. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Most analysts feel that the indices......

Reliance net profit jumps 46% in Q1

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries on Friday reported a 46 per cent jump in its June quarter net profit on bumper earnings from oil refining as well as an uptick in telecom and retail......

Windfall tax on fuel to recoup most of Rs 1 lakh cr revenue lost in excise cuts

The windfall tax on oil produced within India and fuel exported overseas will make up for more than three-fourths of the revenue that the government lost when it cut excise duty on petrol and......

Govt slaps export tax on petrol, diesel, ATF; windfall tax on crude oil

The government on Friday slapped an export tax on petrol, diesel and jet fuel (ATF) while also joining nations like the UK in imposing a windfall tax on crude oil produced locally. Illustration:......