New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged the nation to stand ready, united and alert as the difficult circumstances created around the world due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia are expected to last a long time. “The effects of these difficult circumstances around the world due to this ongoing conflict are expected to last a long time. Therefore, we have to stay ready, we have to stay united. We stood united and faced such circumstances during Covid pandemic al…
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New York, March 8 (IANS) Indian-American scientist Vinay Prasad, who oversees the approval process for vaccines and new therapies, is stepping down amid controversies over his decisions to tighten certain regulations. His departure for the second time from the post of director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Centre for Biologics Evaluation and Research within a year was announced on Friday by the agency’s head, Marty Makary.Prasad had quit his job in July, less than two months after ta…
Kathmandu, March 5 (IANS) As Nepal voted to determine its people’s representatives in a high-stake election held on Thursday, an entrepreneur and social media enthusiast ploughed a unique furrow to prove election campaign need not be expensive to win a favourable mandate. “Election campaign can be done cheap; I’ve proved that by keeping the total expenses limited to around Rs 5 lakh Nepalese rupees (about 3.1 lakh Indian rupees),” Asheem Man Singh Basnyat claimed, an independent candidate from K…
Ranchi, Feb 21 (IANS) Jharkhand’s per capita income has crossed the Rs 1 lakh mark for the first time, according to the Economic Survey 2025-26 tabled in the Assembly on Saturday.Presenting the pre-Budget Economic Survey in the House, Finance Minister Radha Krishna Kishore said the state’s economy has witnessed sustained growth over the past decade, alongside a significant decline in poverty.As per the report, per capita income at current prices has risen from around Rs 60,000 in 2016-17 to …
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Pakistan’s economy has been in a state of crisis for many years while India, a frequent point of comparison in Pakistani discourse, in sharp contrast, has surged far ahead to become the fastest growing major economy in the world, according to a new report.An article in media outlet Amu.TV states that after the Covid pandemic, the two neighbouring economies move in different directions. In 2022, Pakistan saw a decent rebound with around 6 per cent GDP growth, but this pr…