Centre may extend deadline to avail Rs 3 lakh crore emergency credit facility

Centre may extend deadline to avail Rs 3 lakh crore emergency credit facility

The Central government may extend the October 31 deadline to avail the Rs 3 lakh crore emergency working loan facility for small enterprises and individual professionals to help them tide over the crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, two officials said. The government has already extended its scope by enhancing eligibility criteria to include larger […]

Serum Institute gets nod for phase 2, 3 human clinical trials of Oxford vaccine candidate

Serum Institute gets nod for phase 2, 3 human clinical trials of Oxford vaccine candidate

India’s apex drug regulatory body has granted approvals to Serum Institute of India to conduct late-stage human trials for the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine candidate in India. The development comes after an expert committee on Friday recommended that SII be allowed to conduct these trials after it studied a revised proposal submitted by the Pune-headquartered firm. Now that the chief […]

Fifth round of talks held amid stalemate in Pangong Tso

Fifth round of talks held amid stalemate in Pangong Tso

THE fifth round of talks between the Commander of XIV Corps Lt General Harinder Singh and his Chinese counterpart Major General Liu Lin, Commander of the South Xinjiang Military Region, began on Sunday to try and find a resolution to the stalemate at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. The meeting — continuing until […]

India, China to hold fresh talks today on further disengagement in eastern Ladakh

India, China to hold fresh talks today on further disengagement in eastern Ladakh

Indian and Chinese military commanders will hold a fresh round of negotiations on Sunday to finalise modalities for taking forward the disengagement process on friction points like Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, government sources said. The meeting is scheduled to start at 11 AM at a designated meeting point in Moldo on the Chinese side of the Line […]

MLAs Getting Calls; Horse-trading ‘Rates’ Increased After Assembly Session Announcement: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

MLAs Getting Calls; Horse-trading ‘Rates’ Increased After Assembly Session Announcement: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday indicated that he will seek a confidence vote when the assembly convenes next fortnight and claimed that the money offered to the MLAs to switch sides had increased sharply ahead of the session. “The floor test will happen; we are going to the assembly. The BAC decides this,” […]

Covid-19 vaccine development progressing well, says AstraZeneca

Covid-19 vaccine development progressing well, says AstraZeneca

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has said it has had “good data so far” on its vaccine for Covid-19, developed in partnership with the University of Oxford, which is already in large-scale human trials. There are no approved vaccines for the illness caused by Sar-Cov-2 but AstraZeneca’s vaccine is being widely considered the leading candidate after results […]