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India's troubled shadow lenders show signs of revival on stimulus

The sound health of shadow banks is vital because they form the backbone of the Indian economy in lending to a wide range of borrowers from small merchants to business giants

Hindutva's Islamic echo

Mr Peer's book shows that the parallels between two leaders are striking

The curious case of Jack Ma's India plans

Mr Ma, who has now stepped down as the executive chairman of Alibaba, told Mr Modi, 'We are excited about India. We are excited about Make in India and Digital India'

Reducing farm wastage

New fund should help boost agricultural infrastructure

World is praising Modi's handling of Covid-19 pandemic: BJP President Nadda

BJP president J P Nadda on Tuesday said that the world is praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Addressing the new office bearers of Assam unit of the party through video conference, Nadda said that the "bold decision" of Modi to impose the lockdown helped the country immensely in tackling the COVID-19 situation. The BJP chief said that World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised Modi for his efforts to help the poor during the lockdown to contain the spread of the virus. On the works done amid the pandemic by the government, Nadda said that 1,400 dedicated COVID-19 hospitals have been set up across the country during the last four months. Besides, the country augmented its testing capacity by many folds and India's production capacity of personal protective equipment (PPE) kit is now four lakh per day which was zero in March, he added. The BJP president said that the economic package ...

Indian envoy, Nepal foreign secretary to hold talks on August 17: Report

Official sources said the scheduled meeting between Indian envoy and the Nepalese foreign secretary under an oversight mechanism is part of a regular interaction between India and Nepal

ISRO is fast expanding its role into development activities: Jitendra Singh

ISRO IS contributing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mission of Transforming India, Singh said

State CMs ask Modi to review 35% cap on disaster management fund for Covid

During video conference Tamil and Punjab sought more funds from Centre and flagged danger to their economies as a livelihood crisis

Centre should continue providing Covid test kits to UP: Adityanath to PM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to continue the arrangement for providing RT-PCR test kits and other Covid-related equipment

10 states have 80% cases; we'll be victorious if virus controlled here: PM

He pointed out that the number of active cases in the country stands at over 600,000, and most of them have been reported from the 10 states

PM Modi discusses Covid-19 situation, says 10 states account for 80% cases

At a video conference with chief ministers of these 10 states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, Modi said the recovery rate has gone up

Tamil Nadu asks Centre for special Rs 9,000 crore grant to combat Covid-19

Since both central and state tax revenues will fall short of the Budget Estimates, grant will help, says Palaniswami

PM Modi interacts with chief ministers of 10 states over Covid-19 situation

This is the seventh video conference of the prime minister with the states since Covid-19 outbreak.

Coronavirus LIVE: Tamil Nadu tally breaches 300,000, toll surges past 5,000

Coronavirus latest news: Globally, the cases of the deadly infection rose to 20,071,857, with the figure crossing 5.2 million in the United States alone. Stay tuned for coronavirus LIVE updates

Handloom Day: PM asks people to be vocal for efforts of local artisans

National Handloom Day is observed every year on August 7 to recognise the contributions of the handloom weavers of the country

PM Modi unveils first ever undersea cable to Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Andaman and Nicobar will get access to online classes, tourism, banking, and telemedicine, says the Prime Minister.

Hungry, with no money, yet rural India backs Modi govt in Covid war: Study

74% rural Indians satisfied with govt's setps fight pandemic, 78% happy with measures taken by their state govt, says Lokniti-CSDS study

LIVE: Raised issues of principles before Cong leadership, says Sachin Pilot

The south-west monsoon is expected to become active again over Mumbai and other parts of coastal Maharashtra from today. Follow the latest news of the day here

Goa mining dependents seek PM intervention to resume mining in state: GMPF

Mining dependents in Goa have made an appeal to PM Modi for his intervention to protect livelihood in the state by resuming mining operations there, the Goa Mining People's Front said

Bihar CM flags non-cooperation from Nepal at meeting with PM Modi on floods

Rivers originating in the neighbouring country have inundated several districts of the state