Economy

The farming community has been asking for a legal framework ensuring purchase of crops at minimum support prices (MSPs). After two successive years of ‘above-normal’ rainfall, the country would witness ‘normal’ south-west monsoon in the current year with precipitation at 98% of the long period average (LPA), official weather forecaster said on Friday. If the

Poonawalla on Friday tweeted, “if we are to truly unite in beating this virus, on behalf of the vaccine industry outside the U.S., I humbly request you to lift the embargo of raw material exports out of the U.S. so that vaccine production can ramp up. Your administration has the details.” Adar Poonawalla, CEO of

Only seven states and union territories, including Rajasthan, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh had distributed 50% or more of the allocated grains to migrant workers. Amid the second wave of Covid-19 and localised lockdown announced by some states that has triggered a return of migrants, Uttarakhand, Kerala and Rajasthan have requested the Centre to consider releasing