Share List TLI Staff New Delhi: In a bid to facilitate oxygen-carrying vehicles smooth passage at national highway toll plazas, the government has waived user fee for tankers and containers carrying liquid medical oxygen (LMO). With rising cases of Covid 19 across the country there has been emergency requirement ofContinue Reading
Share List Nirbhay Kumar New Delhi: A full-blown Covid-19 crisis is waiting to erupt in the rural parts of India which largely remained insulated in the first wave of virus spread last year. Ground reports suggest it is a matter of weeks before a health crisis of epic proportion takesContinue Reading
Share List TLI Staff New Delhi: Even as coronavirus pandemic crippled logistics movement and affected global trade, exports of organic food products from India posted 51% jump to US$ 1,040 million in financial year 2020-21 as compared to previous fiscal. In rupee terms, the total value amounted to Rs 7,078Continue Reading
Share List TLI Staff New Delhi: Non-government organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) have urged the government to ease rules related to CSR, tax exemption and foreign funding in order to escalate efforts to combat the surge in Coronavirus cases. The suggestions came during a meeting of empowered groupContinue Reading
Share List TLI Staff New Delhi: Even as it means substantial business loss for traders, Delhi-based Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has hailed the local government’s move to extend lockdown for another week in the wake of alarmingly high coronavirus infection rate. CAIT Secretary General Praveen Khandelwal said thatContinue Reading
Share List Nirbhay Kumar New Delhi: Sanjiv Kumar Sinha (name not changed!) lost his father a month back from Covid in Sasaram, Bihar. Before he could get over the tragic loss and resume his normal life, his father-in-law succumbed to the deadly virus in Delhi. Hours later, Sanjiv’s mother-in-law wasContinue Reading
Share List TLI Staff New Delhi: With Covid situation worsening and almost going out of control, Delhi government on Monday announced curfew in the city-state for a week starting tonight. Delhi is among the worst-hit cities by the pandemic as daily infections have been soaring by the day and healthContinue Reading
Share List Nirbhay Kumar New Delhi: In his five-point suggestions to deal with the health crisis in the country, former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to invoke the compulsory licensing provisions in the law to allow more companies to produce Covid vaccines. “This, IContinue Reading
Share List Nirbhay Kumar New Delhi: While jury is still out on milk from native cows being more beneficial than hybrid cows, ex-IAS officer and former chief of country’s apex animal welfare body (Animal Welfare Board of India) Dr SP Gupta has contended that milk (A2) from deshi cow isContinue Reading
Share List Nirbhay Kumar New Delhi: Parliamentarian and an anti-corruption crusader Subramanian Swamy has termed the auction of national carrier as ‘rigged process’ to hand over the airline to Tata for the price of scrap. Responding to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri’s statement that financial bids for the airlineContinue Reading