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Retail, wholesale trading as MSMEs: 2.5 cr traders can now take bank loans

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With the Centre deciding to include retail and wholesale traders’ businesses under the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), nearly 2.5 crore traders across India can now register on the Udyam Registration Portal and be able to avail bank loans. With this new classification, these traders will be able to […]

‘Affordable terrorism’: India lodges protest against use of drones-as-weapons

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: With China supplying cheap drones to a bankrupt Pakistan to settle scores against India by indirect means, terrorism has a new face in the subcontinent: affordable, targeted, air-borne terror attacks with no accountability. India has taken up the matter with the United Nations and also lodged a strong protest with […]

Economy: Covid-19’s second wave to impact only Q1FY22, says Moody’s

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Of the nearly 400,000 deaths due to Covid-19 in India, around 250,000 were reported during the second wave of the pandemic—in April and May 2021—but the latter’s damage to the Indian economy would be limited to only the first quarter of fiscal 2021-22, according to Moody’s. The damage due to […]

Climate change: As monsoon defies India, over 500 die of heatwave in the West

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Despite weather models predicting a ‘normal’ monsoon season this year in India, the much-awaited rains have so far bypassed many states, which are still reeling under a heatwave, while extremely high temperatures have claimed over 500 lives in Canada, the US, and the Pacific Northwest in the last week. Canada, […]

GST@4, a ‘new normal’: Taxpayer base doubled to 1.28 crore, says Nirmala

Virendra Pandit    New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday the taxpayer base under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime has almost doubled from 66.25 lakh to 1.28 crore during the last four years of the far-reaching tax reform. Applauding the role of tax persons for the enforcement measures in dealing with […]

Covid-19: 10 EU nations’ nod to SII-manufactured Covishield vaccine

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Just a day after Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar urging the 27-member European Union (EU) to allow entry to those Indians inoculated with India’s Covid-19 vaccines—Covishield and Covaxin–ten EU nations on Thursday allowed the Serum Institute of India (SII)-manufactured Oxford-AstraZeneca jabs (Covishield). India had pressed the EU member […]

Corruption: Guptas’ friend, Ex-SA President Zuma sentenced to 15 months in jail

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Jacob Zuma, former President of South Africa, became the first Head of the State in the country to be found guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to 15 months in prison. The court found him guilty of defying a court order to appear before an inquiry probing wide-ranging allegations […]

Uber, Delhi govt to provide safety screens in 10k auto-rickshaws

New Delhi: Online cab booking platform Uber has joined hands with the Delhi government to install safety screens in 10,000 auto-rickshaws to act as a barrier between the driver and passengers as part of social distancing to prevent the spread of coronavirus. These screens will be installed in all auto-rickshaws on a first-come, first-serve basis, […]

Entertainment: Ajay Devgn to resume final shoot for Bhuj on June 28

Mumbai: With the Bollywood film industry gradually limping back to normal, actor Ajay Devgn is ready to resume the final scenes to shoot for his upcoming film, Bhuj – The Pride of India, on June 28. The film commences its last schedule with only a few action scenes to be shot in Film City, Goregaon. […]

Unlock: Uttarakhand to open Char Dham Yatra for locals

New Delhi: The Uttarakhand government is planning to partially open the doors to Chardham Yatra for residents of 3 local districts, starting July 1, and may also reopen schools next month. The State Cabinet took these decisions on Friday, government spokesperson Subodh Uniyal said. Accordingly, the temples at Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri will be […]
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