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A health worker injects a woman with a dose of the Covishield vaccine in Mumbai on August 23, 2021. (Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)

India logs 25,467 new COVID-19 cases, active cases lowest in 156 days

The national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 97.68 per cent, the highest since March 2020

24 Aug 2021 10:40 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during the post-budget press conference, at National Media Centre in New Delhi, Monday, February. 1, 2021. (PTI/Arun Sharma)

FM to review PSBs performance

Tuesday's interaction would be with senior officials of the Income Tax Department at the agency's office at Bandra Kurla...

24 Aug 2021 9:25 AM IST

One of the most important sectors from which bank generate its income is through the Home Loan department.

Home loan issuances rise 26% in first half

Low interest rates, lower stamp duties in some states, attractive incentives by builders helped a 42% surge in demand...

24 Aug 2021 9:22 AM IST

Group of Zomato food delivery platform employees in Kolkata tore and burnt their official T-shirts. (PTI Photo)

IPO fever subsides, index dips 4%

Zomato's market cap fell below the Rs 1-lakh crore mark to Rs 99,633.78 crore as the stock suffered its first major post...

24 Aug 2021 9:20 AM IST

An elevated inflation rate is also a cause of concern for the RBI, though it has decided to accord priority to economic growth in the near future. (AA file Photo)

RBI panel suggests 4-tier structure for urban co-op banks

The committee has also suggested setting up an umbrella organisation with a minimum capital of Rs 300 crore to oversee...

24 Aug 2021 9:17 AM IST

Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman addresses during the launch of National Monetisation Pipeline, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (PTI/Manvender Vashist)

Monetisation plan unveiled

The finance minister further said the Centre will also incentivise states to monetise their public assets

24 Aug 2021 9:15 AM IST

A Chakma family in Arunachal Prade

90 per cent Indian citizens, say Chakmas, slam government's relocation...

The Chakma people of Arunachal Pradesh strongly oppose and condemn any move to relocate Chakmas-Hajongs

24 Aug 2021 8:36 AM IST

Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman addresses during the launch of National Monetisation Pipeline, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (PTI/Manvender Vashist)

FM lists Rs.6-lakh crore government assets to be sold in four years

Roads, rail and power projects top list, states allowed to sell PSUs

24 Aug 2021 8:13 AM IST

In this Aug. 22, 2021, image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, a Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command provides water to families during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

Afghan crisis: Government calls all-party meet, to brief Opposition...

Sources said that IAF special flights are likely late on Monday night to evacuate the remaining Indian nationals in...

24 Aug 2021 6:50 AM IST

Aakar Patel | Don't we care that India's in a mess, and its growth...

The other interesting aspect of recent years is the introduction of new laws that have taken India in a particular...

24 Aug 2021 4:23 AM IST

The consistent stand of India, whether it was that of the BJP-led NDA or the Congress-led UPA, was that there are no good Taliban or bad Taliban , and that the Taliban as Islamic terrorists were all bad. Representational Image. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India's real problem on Taliban is its Pak...

India's first real brush with the Taliban came during the December 1999 Indian Airlines IC-814 hijacking

24 Aug 2021 4:19 AM IST

Taliban fighters stand guard at a checkpoint in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

Gunfire at Kabul airport kills 1; Taliban mass near Panjshir

The Taliban have pledged amnesty to those who worked with the U.S., NATO and the toppled Afghan govt, but many still...

23 Aug 2021 1:57 PM IST