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Nirmala Sitharaman urges advanced economies to scale up climate change financing commitments
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said natural disasters remind everyone of the risks that infrastructure faces and the vulnerabilities of countries due to climate change
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Scrappage policy to give fillip to auto sector volumes; spur demand for new vehicles: ICRA
ICRA estimates that the population of vehicles older than 15 years would be 1.1 million units by the financial year 2024, offering significant potential for scrappage
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Irdai nudges insurers to join vaccination drive, facilitate policyholders’ immunisation
Irdai directed insurance companies to make special arrangements to facilitate inoculation of the eligible people at government or private hospitals
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India needs to grow at 10.5-11% in next fiscal: Niti Aayog VC Rajiv Kumar
We need to grow at 10.5 to 11% in real terms 2021-22 and then sustain that to overcome massive ill-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Niti Aayog VC Rajiv Kumar
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Need to change Covaxin composition not felt yet due to good efficacy against mutant variants: Centre
There are four mutations of the COVID-19 virus in India at present—two UK variants and one South African and Brazilian variant each
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Casual dining chain Barbeque Nation readies to hit IPO grill next week
The initial public offer comprises a fresh issue of shares worth Rs 180 crore and an offer-for-sale of up to 54,57,470 equity shares
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Maharashtra rolls out new COVID-19 norms, private offices to function at 50% capacity
Maharashtra government imposed restrictions on drama theatres and auditoriums in the state, asking them to operate only at 50% of their capacity till March 31
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Retail inflation for farm, rural workers up in February
Retail inflation for farm workers and rural labourers rose to 2.67% and 2.76% in February against 2.17% and 2.35%, respectively in January 2021
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Whatsapp must defer new privacy policy, govt urges HC
Under the new policy, users can either accept it or exit the app, but they cannot opt not to share their data with other Facebook-owned or third party apps
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Railways infra will never be privatised, assets to be monetised: Piyush Goyal
Railways Minister Piyush Goyal also said that passenger train operations taken up through Public Private Partnership (PPP) is targeted to bring a total investment of about Rs 30,000 crore
