• Saturday, May 18, 2024

India cricket board ordered to pay former IPL champions $640…

A court has ordered India’s cricket board to pay more than $640 million to former Indian Premier League champions Deccan Chargers for illegal termination of the franchise. The Chargers, which were owned by the Deccan Chronicle newspaper group, were kicked out of the IPL in 2012 by the Board of…

US passenger flights to India can resume on July 23

THE government of India has agreed to allow the US air carriers to resume passenger services in the US-India market starting July 23, the US transportation department said. The Indian government, citing the coronavirus, had banned all scheduled services, prompting the US transportation department in June to accuse India of…

India US collaborating closely during COVID-19 pandemic, says ambassador Sandhu

India and the US are working together on combating the coronavirus and collaboration is underway for co-development of a COVID-19 vaccine and a partnership between the two countries in health, life sciences and technology sectors can bring benefits to the entire world, the Indian envoy to the US has said.…

At India’s largest COVID-19 hospital, doctors ready to tackle second…

Doctors at India’s largest hospital treating coronavirus patients said on Friday they are prepared if infections increase again in the capital, while rising cases in other parts of the country pushed the number of infections past one million on Friday. The 2,000-bed Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital has been…

India’s Covid-19 death toll reaches 26,273

INDIA’s total Covid-19 cases reached 1,038,716 on Saturday (18) with 34,884 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. The virus claimed 671 lives on Friday (17) taking the total toll to 26,273., according to the health ministry. India reported its first Covid-19 case on January 30. Now, it is…

Deepika Padukone demands a hefty paycheque to star opposite Prabhas?

Last seen in Chhapaak (2020), which she co-produced with Fox Star Studios, Deepika Padukone is undeniably one of the most sought-after actresses working in Bollywood. Since her presence in a project guarantees huge buzz and a great return on investment, every top actor and filmmaker wants to work with her. According to…

New CEO renames Hinduja Bank as S P Hinduja Banque…

THE newly appointed CEO of Hinduja Bank Karam Hinduja has renamed the Geneva-based institution as S.P. Hinduja Banque Privée. The name change was approved by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority on Thursday (16). Hinduja was appointed as the CEO of the bank on 15 June 2020. Since then, the…

Over one million: India joins the US, Brazil in grim…

INDIA on Friday (17) became the third country in the world to record more than one million cases of the new coronavirus, behind only the US and Brazil, as infections spread further into the countryside and smaller towns. Given India’s population of around 1.3 billion, experts say, one million is…

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrives in Leh to carry out…

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in Leh on Friday on a day-long visit to carry out a comprehensive review of the security scenario in the region in wake of the border row with China. Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and Army chief Gen M M Naravane are accompanying…

Record single-day surge of nearly 35k COVID cases, total tally…

With a record single day surge of 34,956 cases, India's COVID-19 tally zoomed past ten lakh on Friday, just three days after it crossed the nine-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data The total coronavirus caseload in the country surged to?10,03,832, while death toll mounted to 25,602 with…

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