Ficci President Sangita Reddy on Sunday said India’s strategy of dealing with the COVID-19 crisis has paid off and the country’s economy is set to bounce back and emerge stronger. She said it was time to take bold actions and push the growth agenda vigorously. “The dilemma for governments across the world was creating a … Read more
NEW DELHI: Foodgrains production is pegged at record 144.52 million tonnes in the 2020-21 kharif season notwithstanding COVID-19 crisis, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Friday. Foodgrain production stood at 143.38 million tonnes during the 2019-20 kharif season, as per official data. Currently, harvesting of kharif crops is underway. Rice is the main kharif … Read more
Scheduled for October 4, the virtual concert will feature over 450 artistes and performers, including some of the most celebrated contemporary and classical musicians, dancers, comedians, visual artistes and theatre practitioners. By Shriya Roy Over a hundred million people across the country earn their primary or secondary income from the art they practice. Unfortunately, the … Read more
By shifting to a ‘full potential’ trajectory starting in 2022, over the subsequent decade, we can pull ourselves out of this mess — made messier by a pandemic — by the bootstraps Synopsis Recreating growth in the medium term is likely to come from sectoral strategies across 10 key sectors constituting most of India’s GDP. … Read more
Noted psychiatrist Anand Nadkarni said before March this year (prior to the outbreak of COVID-19), he used to get six to seven cases of OCD daily, but now the number has gone up to 32 to 36 every day. (Representational image: IE) Amid the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, more than 1,300 people battling mental stress and depression … Read more
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday attacked the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over the rapid rise in coronavirus cases, alleging that the disease has taken a “gigantic form” as the Yogi Adityanath dispensation did not pay attention to key containment measures such as testing and contact tracing. The Congress general secretary … Read more