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Amritsar airport fiasco: SpiceHealth, AAI pass the buck on ‘contamination’ of COVID-19 testing machines

New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI) SpiceHealth and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) are putting the onus on each other for the "contamination" of COVID-19 testing machines at the Amritsar airport that led to approximately 64 percent of the passengers on two international flights falsely testing positive on arrival in January.SpiceHealth, which was then operating [...]

India’s post-pandemic eco recovery progressing well; high oil prices pose risks: Ashima Goyal

New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI) India's economic recovery from COVID-19 is progressing well, with better than expected growth rates, and the trajectory will continue but persistently high oil prices can play spoilsport, eminent economist Ashima Goyal said on Sunday. Goyal, who is also a member of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the RBI, further said [...]

GAIL declares record dividend for FY22

New Delhi, Mar 13 (PTI) State-owned gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd has declared a second interim dividend of 50 per cent (Rs 5 per share) for the current fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. The total dividend payout will be Rs 2,220.19 crore with a record date of March 22, the company said in a [...]

From soaring gas prices to another world war, economic sanctions can lead to dire unintended consequences

Toronto, Mar 13 (The Conversation) Western governments have united to bring in a number of serious economic sanctions against Russia in retaliation for its violence in Ukraine, including the latest announcement that the US is revoking Russia’s “most favoured nation” status that will impose new trade tariffs.The moves were not a surprise.The US and its [...]

Sanctions against Russia are targeting the ‘elite’ – but did that work in Iran?

Ottawa, Mar 13 (The Conversation) The wave of sanctions that has followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been described with adjectives such as “massive” and “severe.” Another word has also often been used to describe sanctions on Russia: “targeted.” Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Commission, has even used both words side [...]