The strike by the employees of the Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited against proposed privatisation continued for a second day on Tuesday, affecting power supply in several regions of Uttar Pradesh. Major city Allahabad saw power outage for over 16 hours. Electricity board employees sit on a dharna in Prayagraj. (Photo: PTI) The employees including … Read more
By Robin Foster and E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporters FRIDAY, Aug. 21, 2020 (HealthDay News) — The Trump administration has blocked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from regulating a wide swath of laboratory tests, including ones for the coronavirus. The new policy, which was posted Wednesday and is strongly opposed by the FDA itself, stunned … Read more
New Delhi: The government has identified 18 strategic sectors for disinvestment purposes, including coal, crude oil, power, steel, telecom, atomic energy and defence, allowing three to four PSUs in each space while gradually moving out of all other sectors. The 18 sectors have been classified into three categories, which are mining and exploration, manufacturing and … Read more