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The government is likely to announce Wednesday the new set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) to resume Metro services under Unlock 4 guidelines. According to people familiar with the development, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs held a meeting with metro corporations to finalize the modus operandi. The guidelines …

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to examine whether a community it could declare itself a religious or linguistic minority on the basis of its population in a state to allow it to run the institutions of its choice. A bank headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul sought …

[ad_1] After almost two months of being off the roads, Delhi’s public transport system sputtered back to life on Tuesday. The empty road, I have more busy as the day progressed, although many complained of long waits for buses and cars to pluck them. On Tuesday, the first day after …

[ad_1] BENGALURU: Two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged India to be self-sufficient, Atmanirbhar, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has formed a new national body, the National Consortium for Indigenization of Biomedical Resources (N-BRIC) with the mandate to drive indigenous innovation. Constituted as a Public Private Association (PPP) focused …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday focused on the poor and lower middle class as finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the second set of measures of the stimulus package, which included affordable rental housing facility for migrant workers, free foodgrains for those without ration cards and loan schemes for …

[ad_1] On Saturday, the opposition Congress accused the Center and the Delhi government of not being transparent in reporting on coronavirus cases. Congressman Ajay Maken told reporters that there was “confusion” within the Center in his fight against Covid-19, and asked how India would address the pandemic if officials continued …

[ad_1] Several US lawmakers have introduced legislation in Congress to grant unused green cards or lawful permanent residence to thousands of foreign nurses and doctors to meet the urgent needs of the overburdened healthcare sector in the United States. The Health Care Workforce Resilience Act would allow for the recovery …

[ad_1] File photo of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Maintaining that the fight against Covid-19 cannot be only the PMO, leader of the Congress Rahul Gandhi on Friday he asked the prime minister to delegate power and make states partner in decision-making. Gandhi said there will be a “calamity” …

[ad_1] Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday that governments should borrow to cover their deficits and not resort to imposing new or higher taxes amid the coronavirus crisis. Chidambaram said the imposition of higher taxes should not be done at a time when economic activity in the country …

[ad_1] In the largest increase in recent times, the Center increased the additional special tax, the cessation of roads and infrastructure on gasoline and diesel by Rs 10 per liter and Rs 13 per liter, respectively. However, the government later issued a note saying that retail prices will not change …