The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a $1.5 billion loan that will support the government’s response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, focusing on immediate priorities such as disease containment and prevention, as well as social protection for the poor and economically vulnerable …

Ministry of Shipping has decided that all the Major Ports may grant compensation /Ex-Gratia in the event of loss of life due to COVID-19 to the dependent members/legal heirs of the port employees as under: All Port employees including Contract Labourers employed directly by the port…………. 50 Lakhs Other Contractual …

In a major relief to those living in rural areas, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has allowed the Common Service Centre, an SPV under the Ministry of IT and Electronics, to begin the Aadhaar updation facility at their 20,000 CSCs which operate as Banking Correspondents (BCs), said Union …

“For the ones who help, should never be tested for their patience and in the time of pandemic when all we see is suffering and deaths around, the social workers and the doctors are truly the ones who receive respect for fighting for us, rather than stones,” said Vijay Sharma, …

Varanasi Smart City has engaged ‘Garuda Aerospace Private Limited, a Chennai Based company for spraying of sanitizer in the selected areas of Varanasi City under Smart Cities Mission. In view of limited options for transportation during lockdown period, these drones were specially airlifted from Chennai through Air-India Cargo flights with …

Bhumi Pednekar’s fitness is something that is talked about regularly as the actress stunned everyone with her body transformation after Dum Laga Ke Haisha. She is a gym-junkie and is extremely conscious of what she eates. The lockdown imposed in India due to coronavirus has resulted in health and fitness …

After the humongous success of Bewafai, last week Bhushan Kumar has come up with a yet another beautiful music video. This time, the new single celebrates dosti-yaari like never before. Titled Teri Yaari, the song is an ode to the bond of everlasting friendship between three guys. Teri Yaari features …

In a bid to offer unmatched video-on-demand content, Dish TV India Limited, India’s leading DTH Company, has announced its partnership with MX Player that recently emerged as India’s #1 entertainment app of 2019 as per the annual FICCI Report. With this strategic association with MX player, Dish TV India has …

First of all, it is important to understand the background in which procurement decisions are made by ICMR. Testing is one of the most crucial weapons to fight COVID-19 and ICMR is doing everything it can to ramp up testing. This requires procurement of kits and supplying them to states. …

Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau has today clarified in a tweet that Central Government is not mulling a reduction in retirement age of Central Government employees. The tweet was a response to an article printed on a web portal which claimed that the Government of India is likely …