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Indian-Origin Man In US Sentenced For USD 20 Million Covid Relief Fraud
A 54-year-old Indian-origin man has been sentenced to over three years in prison for his role in obtaining more than USD 20 million under the US government's economic aid plan following the coronavirus pandemic.
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Why India's Largest Insurer LIC Is Gearing Up For A Record IPO
India is embarking on the blockbuster listing of the country's largest insurer as part of a wider privatisation drive to bolster public coffers drained by the coronavirus pandemic and fund new infrastructure.
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International Monetary Fund Cuts India's Economy Growth Forecast To 9% For Current Fiscal
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut India's economic growth forecast to nine per cent for the current fiscal year ending March 31, joining a host of agencies that have downgraded their projections on concerns over the impact of a spread of a new variant of coronavirus on business activity and mobility.
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Blow To India's Covid Genome Sequencing Efforts, 5 Labs Shut: Sources
Coronavirus: Delays in genome sequencing samples from Covid patients - to identify the strain of virus in each case - is due to a lack of funds for chemical reagents, top Health Ministry sources have told NDTV.
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Mercedes-Benz India Helps Set Up Oxygen Plant At Pune's Seth Tarachand Hospital
Mercedes-Benz India, in collaboration with the Bharat Vikas Parishad (BVP) to set up an oxygen plant at the Seth Tarachand Hospital, in Pune, Maharashtra. The new oxygen plant will come with a capacity of 280 litres/minute and is expected to support at least 200 beds at the hospital.
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A $1 Billion Covid Crypto Donation For India Hits Red Tape
Two months after Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated about $1 billion in cryptocurrency to an India Covid relief fund, about $20 million has been paid out so far.
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Rs 23,123 Crore Covid Fund Announced After First Meet Of Revamped Cabinet
A new emergency response package worth Rs 23,123 crore to tackle the coronavirus pandemic was announced by the central government on Thursday, following the first meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's revamped cabinet on Thursday.
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Rs 23,220 Crore More Funding For Paediatric Facilities: Finance Minister
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced additional funding of Rs 23,220 crore for setting up paediatric beds and facilities in hospitals.
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Retail Participation In Stock Markets Rising: SBI Report
According to a State Bank of India report, increasing retail participation could enable a larger pool for funding India's infrastructure needs.
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Sputnik V To Offer Booster Shots Against Delta Variant To Other Vaccine Makers
The Russian Direct Investment Fund today said its Covid vaccine Sputnik V will soon offer a booster shot or the second dose of the vaccine, which has been adjusted to work against the Delta variant of coronavirus, to other vaccine manufacturers.
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204 Ventilators Unused During 2nd Wave, Madhya Pradesh High Court Told
The Madhya Pradesh government told the High Court on Friday that 204 ventilators - life-saving medical equipment in desperately short supply during the peak of the second Covid wave - were kept as "back-up" in a storeroom even as the virus spread
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DU Extends Term Of Governing Bodies Of 28 Colleges By Three Months
The Delhi University (DU) has extended the term of the governing bodies of the 28 colleges partially or fully funded by the city government by three months owing to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Labour Ministry Backs Punjab Over Welfare Funds For Vaccinating Construction Workers
The Union Labour Ministry today backed the Punjab government's decision to use welfare funds to inoculate the construction workers for free.
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Make Sure No Break In Studies Of Children Hit By COVID-19, States Told
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the state governments and union territories to prevent any NGO from collecting funds in the names of children orphaned by COVID-19, by disclosing their identity and inviting interested persons to adopt them.
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AAP Student, Teacher Wings Urge Arvind Kejriwal To Open Vaccine Centres At DU Colleges
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party's teachers' and students' wings have both written to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal requesting him to open coronavirus vaccination centres at 28 Delhi University colleges funded by the government.
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Indian-Origin Man In US Sentenced For USD 20 Million Covid Relief Fraud
A 54-year-old Indian-origin man has been sentenced to over three years in prison for his role in obtaining more than USD 20 million under the US government's economic aid plan following the coronavirus pandemic.
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Why India's Largest Insurer LIC Is Gearing Up For A Record IPO
India is embarking on the blockbuster listing of the country's largest insurer as part of a wider privatisation drive to bolster public coffers drained by the coronavirus pandemic and fund new infrastructure.
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International Monetary Fund Cuts India's Economy Growth Forecast To 9% For Current Fiscal
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut India's economic growth forecast to nine per cent for the current fiscal year ending March 31, joining a host of agencies that have downgraded their projections on concerns over the impact of a spread of a new variant of coronavirus on business activity and mobility.
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Blow To India's Covid Genome Sequencing Efforts, 5 Labs Shut: Sources
Coronavirus: Delays in genome sequencing samples from Covid patients - to identify the strain of virus in each case - is due to a lack of funds for chemical reagents, top Health Ministry sources have told NDTV.
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Mercedes-Benz India Helps Set Up Oxygen Plant At Pune's Seth Tarachand Hospital
Mercedes-Benz India, in collaboration with the Bharat Vikas Parishad (BVP) to set up an oxygen plant at the Seth Tarachand Hospital, in Pune, Maharashtra. The new oxygen plant will come with a capacity of 280 litres/minute and is expected to support at least 200 beds at the hospital.
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A $1 Billion Covid Crypto Donation For India Hits Red Tape
Two months after Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated about $1 billion in cryptocurrency to an India Covid relief fund, about $20 million has been paid out so far.
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Rs 23,123 Crore Covid Fund Announced After First Meet Of Revamped Cabinet
A new emergency response package worth Rs 23,123 crore to tackle the coronavirus pandemic was announced by the central government on Thursday, following the first meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's revamped cabinet on Thursday.
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Rs 23,220 Crore More Funding For Paediatric Facilities: Finance Minister
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced additional funding of Rs 23,220 crore for setting up paediatric beds and facilities in hospitals.
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Retail Participation In Stock Markets Rising: SBI Report
According to a State Bank of India report, increasing retail participation could enable a larger pool for funding India's infrastructure needs.
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Sputnik V To Offer Booster Shots Against Delta Variant To Other Vaccine Makers
The Russian Direct Investment Fund today said its Covid vaccine Sputnik V will soon offer a booster shot or the second dose of the vaccine, which has been adjusted to work against the Delta variant of coronavirus, to other vaccine manufacturers.
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204 Ventilators Unused During 2nd Wave, Madhya Pradesh High Court Told
The Madhya Pradesh government told the High Court on Friday that 204 ventilators - life-saving medical equipment in desperately short supply during the peak of the second Covid wave - were kept as "back-up" in a storeroom even as the virus spread
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DU Extends Term Of Governing Bodies Of 28 Colleges By Three Months
The Delhi University (DU) has extended the term of the governing bodies of the 28 colleges partially or fully funded by the city government by three months owing to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Labour Ministry Backs Punjab Over Welfare Funds For Vaccinating Construction Workers
The Union Labour Ministry today backed the Punjab government's decision to use welfare funds to inoculate the construction workers for free.
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Make Sure No Break In Studies Of Children Hit By COVID-19, States Told
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the state governments and union territories to prevent any NGO from collecting funds in the names of children orphaned by COVID-19, by disclosing their identity and inviting interested persons to adopt them.
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AAP Student, Teacher Wings Urge Arvind Kejriwal To Open Vaccine Centres At DU Colleges
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party's teachers' and students' wings have both written to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal requesting him to open coronavirus vaccination centres at 28 Delhi University colleges funded by the government.
