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Ms Sitharaman announced a stimulus package for the tourism industry which included five lakh tourist visas to be issued free of charge, once the government resumes issuance. (PTI file image)

Government gives Rs.6.29L crore stimulus to boost COVID-hit economy

For the health sector, the maximum loan amount of Rs 100 crore would be given and the maximum interest rate is capped at 7.95 per cent

29 Jun 2021 7:04 AM

What seems to have disappointed many people is Mr Modi’s somewhat delayed effort in trying to address the Covid crisis, weeks after India plunged from one crisis to another. (PTI)

Sanjay Kumar | The political fallout of the Covid crisis across India

When the country faced these multiple health crises, what people saw was PM Modi addressing several election rallies in West Bengal

19 May 2021 7:08 AM

Customers buy fruits from a roadside stall during Unlock 1.0 at Rohini in New Delhi, on Sunday, June 28, 2020. (PTI)

Schools, cinemas to stay shut in Unlock 2: Here are all the guidelines

Home Ministry issues detailed guidelines to be in force till July 31

29 Jun 2020 11:51 PM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (ANI Photo)

FM Nirmala announces additional 40k crore under MGNREGS to boost employment

Top-100 universities will be permitted to automatically start online courses by May 30, 2020

17 May 2020 12:26 PM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama. (PTI Photo)

Sitharaman to announce fifth and final tranche of economic package at 11 am today

Finance Minister on Saturday said the government will introduce competition, transparency and private sector participation in coal sector

17 May 2020 9:45 AM

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI Photo)

FM Nirmala Sitharaman's third tranche covers agriculture and allied activities

Financing facility of Rs 1,00,000 crore will be provided for funding agriculture infrastructure projects at farm-gate and aggregation points

15 May 2020 5:42 PM

Children enjoy themselves on a traffic-free road in New Delhi. The central government announced several relaxations, beginning May 4, in the nationwide lockdown, which has been extended to May 15. (AA Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)

Lockdown extended to May 17 but you can start breathing now

Country split into green, orange and red zones; restrictions will vary for each zone; crowding is prohibited

02 May 2020 8:23 AM

People in large numbers gather on a street in Visakhapatnam to receive food distributed by donors. (AA Photo: K N Murali Krishna)

AA Edit: Are we winning or losing after one month of lockdown?

The nation has benefited from the lockdown but the jury is still out whether it matches the losses incurred

26 Apr 2020 4:25 AM

Eighty-two-year-old Manmohan Singh, in a wheelchair, comes out from the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LJNP) Hospital in New Delhi on Tueday amid cheers from doctors and medical staff after he fully recovered from Covid-19. The elderly are among the most vulnerable groups. (PTI)

Decision on lifting lockdown left to PM but no schools or public events till May 15

Before taking his decision, Modi will take inputs from a review meeting on April 11 or 12

08 Apr 2020 9:00 AM

One needed a vast amount of ineptitude to create the conditions in which we landed.

Veena Das: Charity can’t win this war on the poor

Please redirect the massive structure of surveillance you've built to the task of providing services to the poor right now

06 Apr 2020 8:47 AM

Migrant workers walk carrying their belongings on a highway to Uttar Pradesh to go back to their villages. (AFP)

UP government arranges 1,000 buses for stranded migrant workers

Arrangements made to provide food and water to the migrants

28 Mar 2020 2:56 PM

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