Top News , Nagaland
Pandemic hugely affected state’s economy: Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Thursday said that the COVID-19 pandemic has been highly disruptive and challenging and it pulled down the state’s economy to the tune of Rs 1,013.11 crore during 2020-21. He said this while making the concluding remarks in the state assembly on the discussion on urgent public importance pertaining to […]
10 months agoNational , Top News
Budget 2021 marks a directional change for Indian economy: Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday that the union budget presented earlier this month marks a clear directional change for the Indian economy and seeks to raise non-tax resources at a time when the country needs a lot of money to spend. Addressing FICCI’s national executive committee meeting via video conferencing here today she […]
1 year agoEconomy , Top News
Economic Survey: Indian economy on V-shaped recovery path post unlock
The Economic Survey 2020-21 tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament on Friday said the country’s economy after being gradually unlocked since June 2020 has experienced a V-shaped recovery. “Despite the hard-hitting economic shock created by the global pandemic, India is witnessing a V-shaped recovery with a stable macroeconomic situation aided by a […]
1 year agoInternational , Top News , World
Global economy to expand by 4 pc in 2021: World Bank
The global economy is expected to expand by 4 percent in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout becomes widespread throughout the year, the World Bank has said. A recovery, however, will likely be subdued unless policymakers move decisively to tame the pandemic and implement investment-enhancing reforms, it said in its latest Global Economic Prospects […]
1 year agoNational , Top News
India needs to give importance to economy, continue fighting COVID-19: PM Modi during meet with CMs
Hinting that a phase wise exit from lockdown was on the cards, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the country needs to give importance to the economy as well as continue the fight against COVID -19. The Prime Minister’s remarks came during his interaction with Chief Ministers of all states via video conferencing to […]
2 years agoTop News , Tripura
CPI-M slams Centre alleging deterioration in Indian economy
Leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) came down heavily on the Modi government while addressing a press meet in Tripura on Friday. The former General Secretary of the CPI-M, Prakash Karat, slammed the Modi government and alleged that the economy of the country had only deteriorated during the Prime Minister’s tenure. He also […]
4 years agoNational , Top News
We have transparently moved to 5G era: PM Modi on TRAI event
PM Modi also stressed the need for the country to develop indigenous capabilities in 5G and 6G telecom technologies.
2 weeks agoTop News
Assam Govt’s chalks out future strategy
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma holds marathon brainstorming session with cabinet colleagues, MLAs and leaders. Talking exclusively to Northeastlive, Chief Minister Sarma says Assam needs to be a better place to live in. It needs to rejuvenate economy and overall Assam should be seen as strong and vibrant state.
3 weeks agoInternational , Top News
Beijing begins mass testing after spike in Covid cases
Beijing on Monday kicked off mass COVID-19 testing of over 3.5 million people in the city’s largest Chaoyang district following a spike in cases. Beijing’s local government has ordered Chaoyang district to have three rounds of mass nucleic acid testing starting from Monday. The test applies to those who are living and working in the […]
1 month agoSports , Top News
Commonwealth Games: IOA writes to CGF on exclusion of popular sports
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has officially written to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to include shooting, archery, and wrestling in the 2016 CWG Games program in the Australian state of Victoria. IOA secretary general Rajiv Mehta has sent a letter to the office of CGF president, Dame Lewis Martin stating, “It is a real […]
1 month ago