Nepal’s beleaguered Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Sunday recommended the dissolution of Parliament, amidst a prolonged tussle for power between him and former premier Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda.
2nd Covid-19 vaccine authorised in US preparing to ship out
Workers began packaging shipments of the second Covid-19 vaccine authorised in the US, a desperately needed boost to efforts to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control.
Several EU nations halt UK flights, fearing virus variant
France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Ireland and Bulgaria all announced restrictions on UK travel, hours after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that Christmas shopping and gatherings in southern England must be cancelled because of rapidly spreading infections blamed on the new coronavirus variant.
Gold imports decline 40% in April-November
India’s gold imports declined by 40 per cent to nearly $12.3 billion during the April-November period as demand weakened amid the pandemic, as per Commerce Ministry’s data.
IndiGo looks to achieve pre-Covid traffic levels soon
Roll-out of anti-Covid vaccine along with rise in new travel trends like ‘Workation’ and growth in regional routes are expected to accelerate existing passenger traffic to pre-pandemic levels within a few months, contended airline major IndiGo.
Air India privatisation unlikely to conclude this fiscal
Privatisation of Air India may spill into next fiscal year as the divestment process is unlikely to conclude in the remaining a little over three months of 2020-21, an official said.
Need multiple bad banks to address NPA issue: CII
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has urged the government to consider creation of multiple bad banks to address the adverse impact of non-performing assets accumulated by public sector banks in the recent past, and which have got further accentuated during the pandemic.
Saudi Envoy confident of India’s economic recovery
Saudi Arabia on Sunday said its investment plans in India are on track, noting that the Indian economy has the strength to recover from the adverse impact of the coronavirus crisis.
Choose date for talks: Centre to farmers
The Centre on Sunday asked protesting farmer unions to specify their concerns over its earlier proposal of amendments in the new agri laws and choose a convenient date for the next round of talks so that the ongoing agitation could end at the earliest.
Covid-19 vaccination programme might begin in January: Health Minister
Amidst fears of a growing mutant version of the Coronavirus, the government informed that India may begin vaccinating people for Covid-19 in January.
