April 2021

New Delhi, April 26: In view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country, the Haj Committee of India offered various state governments to set up its Haj houses as 'COVID care centres'. Union Minister for Minority Affairs…

Brussels, Apr 26 (Xinhua) Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic started his visit to the European Union (EU) on Monday, and one key aim of the visit is to discuss the possibility of speeding up the process for the Balkan country to join the…

Mumbai, Apr 26 (UNI) Reserve Bank of India on Monday issued certain guidelines for the governance of banks, including private banks, Small Finance Banks (SFBs) and Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of Foreign Banks. However, the RBI clarified…

Brussels, Apr 26 (UNI) European Union Commission is preparing humanitarian assistance for India in the form of medical oxygen devices and medications, Commission spokesman Balazs Ujvari said on Monday. "India has mainly asked for medical…

Chennai, Apr 26 (UNI) The Madras High Court on Monday came down heavily on the Election Commission of India (ECI) for not banning political rallies and 'singularly' blamed the ECI for the second wave of COVID-19 in the county. The Court…

Kabul, Apr 26 (Sputnik) Two high-ranking Taliban commanders have been killed in a drone strike by government forces in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, a source told Sputnik on Monday. According to the source, hundreds of…

The annual three-day-long Vasanthotsavam festival of Lord Balaji began in Tirumala on Saturday without devotees due to the coronavirus lockdown. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), the administrative body of Lord Balaji temple has…

New Delhi, Apr 25 (UNI) The United States has assured to immediately provide raw materials for COVID-19 vaccines, medical equipment and protective gear to India to help it fight against the rapidly rising number of COVID-19 infections, a…

NEW DELHI: To ease hardships faced by taxpayers amid the second wave of Covid-19, the government has extended the deadline for several tax compliances including making payment under the Vivad se Vishwas scheme to June 30. It has also…

NEW DELHI: In a bid to boost medical oxygen availability in the country amid a severe shortage across several states, including the national capital, the union government decided to exempt basics customs duty on import of COVID-19 vaccines,…

MUMBAI: The country's largest lender State Bank of India on Friday said it has launched a video KYC (know your customer) based savings account opening feature on its mobile banking app, Yono. The initiative, powered by artificial…

NEW DELHI: Air India will bring around 600 oxygen concentrators on its two US-India flights in the next two days, aviation industry sources said on Sunday. These oxygen concentrators have been ordered by private entities, the sources…

WASHINGTON: The raw material urgently required for the Indian manufacture of Covishield vaccine will immediately be made available to India, the White House said on Sunday local time. Earlier in the day, National Security Advisor Jake…

New Delhi, Apr 25(UNI) With an aim to ensure uninterrupted supply of oxygen in hospitals at district head-quarters, the PM CARES Fund has given in-principle approval for allocation of funds for installation of 551 dedicated Pressure Swing…