Govt can never dare to form laws harming farmers in a democracy: Tomar
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Tomar on Thursday iterated that the government is ready to resume talks with the protesting farmers, given that the unions respond to its offer to put the three contentious farm laws on hold for 18 months and set up a joint committee to find solutions
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Amit the ongoing farmers protest, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said that the central government can never make laws that will be harmful to agrarians. In a democracy, a government can never dare to make such a law that will harm farmers, Tomar said at Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela 2021 in Delhi on Thursday.
Telcos look beyond mobile services, up digital game, say analysts
Telcos are looking to offer digital solutions to ensure customer stickiness. (Photo: iStock)
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NEW DELHI: India’s telecom operators are looking beyond traditional connectivity services and strategising to provide complete digital solutions to their subscribers, either by building in-house technologies or partnering with other players, to ensure stickiness.
Analysts said digital solutions could be collaborations, much like the strategies adopted by Bharti Airtel Ltd and Vodafone Idea Ltd’s (Vi) strategies. Another way could be acquisition of stake in over-the-top (OTT) video streaming platforms and broadcasters, much like Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd s move.
Global trade roars back from depths of covid-19 pandemic
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Global trade has rebounded from its collapse in the early stages of the pandemic, with China and other Asian manufacturing countries grabbing a bigger slice of exports of everything from masks to bikes market share they are expected to keep after the public-health crisis fades.
Now, as a global recovery gathers pace, trade will likely keep growing, say policy makers, business executives and economists. But it will be hampered by the growing difficulties factories face in meeting Western consumers’ appetite for goods.
Covid-19 update: India clocks in 16,577 new infections, active cases rise again
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There are 1,55,986 active cases across the country, as of Friday morning
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As many as 16,577 people tested positive for Covid-19 across the country in the last 24 hours, showing a slight decline in new reported cases. The country had seen 16,738 fresh infections on Thursday.
With this, the total number of cases in India has reached 1,10,63,491.
The country also saw 120 deaths due to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative toll to 1,56,825. As many as 138 fatalities were reported on Thursday.
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Further, a total of 12,179 recovered from Covid-19. The total recoveries have reached 1,07,50,680.
India looks set to beat recession even as new coronavirus cases loom
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India will become one of the few major economies to post growth in the last quarter of 2020
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As India’s economic fortunes stand at the cusp of a turnaround, a spike in coronavirus cases across its key business centres risks undoing some of the gains.
Data due later Friday will probably show gross domestic product expanded 0.6% in the three months ended December, after contracting for two consecutive quarters, according to the median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists. That will help Asia’s third-largest economy exit an unprecedented recession.