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Nearly 50% consumers prefer real estate for investment

Nearly 50% consumers prefer real estate for investment

India's leading full stack digital real estate platform Housing.com along with leading industry body NAREDCO has conducted a survey of more than 3,000 people to gauge consumer sentiments for the first half of 2022 calendar year. 'Residential Realty Consumer Sentiment Outlook (January—June 2022)' report highlighted that 47% of the consumers prefer to invest in real estate. 51% potential homebuyers feel that residential prices will rise in the coming six months. They suggested that the government should hike tax rebate on housing loans’ interest rate, reduce GST on construction materials, expand credit availability to small developers, and cut stamp duty to…
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Former PM Imran Khan Out, Shehbaz Sharif And Shah Qureshi In Race For Pak PM

Former PM Imran Khan Out, Shehbaz Sharif And Shah Qureshi In Race For Pak PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan became the first US Prime Minister to be ousted by a vote of no confidence. Mr Khan, who was defiant "till the last ball", was gracefully ousted shortly after midnight after much drama in the day-long Pakistan Assembly. On the other hand, Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party nominated Shah Mahmood Qureshi as their candidate. The National Assembly will go with the new Prime Minister tomorrow. The Joint Opposition - a rainbow of socialist, liberal and radical spiritual events - secured the lead of 174 participants in the 342-member assembly, more than the 172 required to…
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Covishield, Covaxin Prices Cut Down To Rs 225 Day Before Booster Dose Begins

Covishield, Covaxin Prices Cut Down To Rs 225 Day Before Booster Dose Begins

A day before the Covid vaccine booster shots become effective for all Indian adults, the cost of Covishield and Covaxin has been slashed by more than half in non-public hospitals. A dose of both the vaccines will now cost Rs 225. Covishield has been reduced from Rs 600, Covaxin from Rs 1,200 per dose. Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla and Bharat Biotech co-founder Suchitra Ella made the announcement on Twitter today. A decision was taken once in consultation with the Centre. Mr Poonawala advised NDTV that CoviShield will be priced at Rs 600 plus tax (as before). “We…
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Third Edition of Amazon Smbhav Summit

Third Edition of Amazon Smbhav Summit

Amazon India announced that it will host the third edition of ‘Amazon Smbhav’ on May 18 and 19 this year. The two-day virtual mega summit will bring together policymakers, eminent industry leaders, solution providers, startups and Amazon leadership for invigorating discussions on best ways to leverage technology to enable digitization and economic progress of lakhs of small local stores and businesses across India. The summit will feature keynotes, panel discussions, master classes and more on the significance of technology adoption across industries while focusing on key thrust areas like Social Empowerment & Enablement for Inclusive Economic Growth, Innovating for India…
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Sri Lanka May Have No Diesel By April End Despite India’s Help

Sri Lanka May Have No Diesel By April End Despite India’s Help

Sri Lanka is predicted to exhaust $500 million in fuel resource furnished by means of India to mitigate the island nation’s power crisis with the shipping of 120,000 tons of diesel and 40,000 heaps of petrol over the subsequent two weeks. India is scheduled to ship three 40,000 ton-shipments of diesel on April 15, 18 and 23, with a petrol cargo of the equal volume to be despatched on April 22. India on Wednesday despatched two extra fuel consignments to Sri Lanka – 36,000 lots of petrol and 40,000 heaps of diesel. Amid fears Sri Lanka may run out of…
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NirogStreet promotes Ayurveda healthcare on the global stage

NirogStreet promotes Ayurveda healthcare on the global stage

India's first and one of the world's quickest developing innovation drove start to finish Ayurveda specialist stages NirogStreet has been procuring honors both in India and worldwide for its feasible commitments toward the advancement of Ayurveda medical care. NirogStreet procures an uncommon and appreciated honor as the decent Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi perceived and commended the work done by NirogStreet in the most recent episode of 'Mann ki Baat'. The market for medications connected with Ayurveda was around Rs 22,000 crore which has ascended to Rs 1,40,000 crore since Yoga and Ayurveda are progressively moving everywhere. NirogStreet solidly…
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JICA signs grant agreement with Govt of India

JICA signs grant agreement with Govt of India

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a grant agreement with the Government of India, to provide aid of up to 4,016,000,000 Japanese Yen for the Project for the Improvement of Power Supply in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The project is targeted to complete by February 2024. The executing agency for the project is Andaman and Nicobar Administration. The objective of the project is to utilize the power generated from renewable energy sources and stabilize the power supply in South Andaman by introducing necessary equipment and facilities such as a storage battery system, grid interconnection cassette, SCADA, buildings, etc. for…
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Delhi cab, auto driver’s protest against rising CNG prices

Delhi cab, auto driver’s protest against rising CNG prices

Hundreds of cab and auto drivers staged a protest at Jantar Mantar on Friday and demanded revision of fares even as they threatened to go on a strike if their demands were not met.President of 'Sarvodaya Drivers Welfare Association' Ravi Rathor said that the government should either slash CNG prices or revise fares."Prices of CNG are nearing Rs 70 per kg but we are still plying our cabs and autos on old fares. So now it has become tough for us to operate with skyrocketing CNG prices. We need fare revision which is pending for the last 7-8 years. If…
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UP Police to take action on ‘rape threat’

UP Police to take action on ‘rape threat’

Bajrang Muni Das, the mahant of the Maharshi Shri Lakshman Das Udasin Ashram in Khairabad town, Uttar Pradesh has allegedl delivered a hate speech and rape threat on April 2 on a video on social media platforms, has been booked, police said on Saturday."A case has been registered against Mahant Bajrang Muni Das over his hate speech in Khairabad. After collection of evidence and inquiry, police will initiate action accordingly," Additional Superintendent of Police Sitapur, Rajiv Dikshit, said.Das has been booked under Indian Penal Code sections related to making hate speech and derogatory statements.In a two-minute video containing the hate…
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