Centre to recruit private sector experts in key posts across 12 ministries

The Centre has decided to recruit private sector specialists as joint secretaries, directors and deputy secretaries on contract basis in its different departments, an official said on Tuesday.......

Amid Covid surge, govt approves ramping up remdesivir production

The government on Wednesday said it has given approval for stepping up the manufacturing capacity of remdesivir that would enhance the production to around 78 lakh vials per month. Photograph: Amr......

Full list: Modi's New Ministers And Their Portfolios

Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday evening, heading a 72-member Union council of ministers. Here is the complete list of ministers in Modi 3.0 and their portfolios:  ......

Govt posts Manipur cadre officer as aviation secretary, rejigs bureaucracy

The Centre has appointed senior IAS officers Vumlunmang Vualnam and Neeraj Mittal as new secretaries in the ministry of civil aviation and the department of telecommunications respectively in a......

India withdraws policy to cap nonessential pharma prices

India's drug pricing authority said the government has withdrawn its power to set prices of nonessential medicines, but price caps on over 100 non-essential drugs that drew the industry's ire in......

Foreign pharma firms ride R&D tax relief hope

Multinational drug companies with research interests in India may soon find the market more lucrative. The government plans to revive, and may extend to foreign companies, the income-tax exemptions......

Sensex ends flat; banks gain

The S&P BSE Sensex dropped 1 points to end at 26,396 and the Nifty50 slipped 2 points to end at 8,109. Markets finished flat amid a volatile trading session on the back of higher-than-expected......

Govt eyes Rs 8,000 cr from stake sale in 4 PSUs

Dipam is conducting the selection of merchant bankers and legal advisors, and planning roadshows. To meet its ambitious stake sale target this year, the government is planning initial public......