About 0.5 million people in India die every year from causes that could have been prevented by organ transplants that were not available to them. By Raghav Khanna, Amit Bhartia and Yateen Chodnekar India needs more organ donations as only 0.01% Indians have given consent to donate their organs after their death. Despite the government … Read more
The government will sell upto 20% stake in Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) through an offer for sale on Thursday to raise Rs 4,374 crore. The OFS price was set at Rs 1,367 per share, a 15.5% discount to Wednesday’s closing price of Rs 1,618. Through the OFS, the government has proposed to … Read more
MUMBAI: Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) is likely to launch its initial public offering (IPO) by the end of this month to raise about Rs 4,600 crore, according to bankers. For the first time, the state owned company has made provisions for allotment to anchor investors – this will help garner much more value for … Read more
NEW DELHI: The government on Friday released the backend code of Aarogya Setu in the open domain that will help people understand the functioning of the COVID-19 contact-tracing app and allay apprehensions they may have around privacy and security. The source code of the Android and iOS versions of the Aarogya Setu app was released … Read more
New Delhi: Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh is considering “all options” to make the new agricultural laws ineffective in Punjab, such as approaching the Supreme Court on the basic premise that agriculture is a state subject on which the Centre cannot legislate, and amending the Punjab APMC Act to stipulate that the entire state … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has named CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav, economist Jayati Ghosh and Delhi University professor Apoorvanand in a supplementary charge sheet in the February riots cases, accusing them of “provoking and mobilising” anti-CAA protesters. Some of those named have also been charged with — based … Read more