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India provided medical supplies to 120 nations to fight Covid-19: Goyal

Goyal participated during the second G20 Virtual Trade and Investment Ministers Meeting

Long walk home ends in tragedy: Goods train mows down 16 migrants

Migrants fell asleep on railway track in Maharashtra

Railways to pay 85% of train fare for workers, says govt after controversy

Lav Agarwal, joint secretary in the health ministry, gave a clarification after the Congress party offered to pay for the train tickets of migrant workers.

Railway board in a huddle as Congress offers to pay for travel of migrants

Sonia Gandhi said in a letter to the state units that every Pradesh Congress committee shall bear the cost of rail travel for every needy worker and migrant labourer

Story in numbers: Steep drop in industrial demand may spoil recovery

Lack of domestic consumer demand and cyclical ebbing of global commodity prices have repeatedly been cited by the government as reason

Govt working to identify key sectors for making India a manufacturing hub

The manufacturing sector contributes about 15 per cent in the country's economy and the government is aiming to increase it significantly

India open to mutually benefitting alliance with interested nations: Goyal

The minister said India gives importance to 'the fair dealing and the reciprocity' while signing any multilateral agreements.

Post-coronavirus India: Exporters must seek bigger global share, says Goyal

Goyal asks exporters to "identify their strengths, potentials and competitive advantages in specific sectors, and focus on harnessing them in the world markets

Need partial reopening of units, offices in red zones: Exporters to Govt

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal says open to export incentives if they are 'justified, reasonable and WTO compliant'

Traders seek clarity, urge states to issue guidelines on reopening of shops

The Retailers Association of India (RAI) said the government's order to allow reopening of shops is open to interpretation as terms like "market complexes" are not easily understood

PM hails ministries' response, says humanity will overcome Covid-19

"The world is fighting Covid-19 together. Humanity will surely overcome this pandemic," Modi wrote on Twitter while retweeting a tweet by the Indian Embassy in Switzerland.

Covid-19: E-commerce saves the day as delivery workers emerge as heroes

Trade Minister Piyush Goyal held a video conference with nearly two dozen e-commerce executives in a bid to understand hurdles faced by the sector.

Start-ups flags concerns related to cash flow, labour in meeting with Goyal

In the meeting, the minister said the country is passing through the unprecedented crisis, and this requires prompt remedial actions.

Be ready to convert 20K coaches into isolation ward: Railway Board to zones

Five zonal railways have already prepared prototypes for the coach-turned-isolation wards, it said

Covid-19: Railways to donate Rs 151 cr to PM-CARES Fund, says Piyush Goyal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the chairman of the trust and its members include Defence minister, Home minister and Finance Minister

28,979 startups recognised by DPIIT as on March 1, says Piyush Goyal

These startups are allowed to enjoy certain tax and non-tax benefits under the Startup India programme

Love, peace and harmony: PM Modi, President and others wish 'Happy Holi'

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, besides a host of other political heavyweights, also sent out their good wishes to people through Twitter and urged everyone to strengthen the bonds of friendship

Indian Railways provided first aid to over 60,000 passengers in 2018-19

Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said these passengers were given medical care and were even attended to by doctors on payment basis.

Govt formulating National Retail Trade policy to make sector more conducive

The policy aims to create conducive environment for retail trade including by simplifying rules and regulations

36 bottlenecks faced by 17 infra projects reviewed by Goyal-led panel

At the moment, it said, the group is handling 588 issues in 260 projects, with total anticipated investment of Rs 10 lakh crore.