- Sunday, May 19, 2024
India's Kerala state announced a two-day lockdown as federal authorities planned to send experts to fight the spread of infections in the country's leading Covid-19 hotspot. Kerala, with an active caseload of around 154,000, accounts for 37.1 per cent of India's total active cases. Its case positivity rate indicating the…
INDIA reported 44,230 new Covid-19 cases on Friday (30), the most in three weeks, which raised fears of another wave of infections in the country. The latest surge in cases has forced southern Kerala state to impose weekend lockdown. The state announced a new lockdown on Thursday (29) while movement…
VACCINE MAKER Serum Institute partnered with an industry body to expand the reach of Covid-19 shots in rural India, the company said on Friday (30). The world's largest vaccine producer said that it had "plenty of supply" of the AstraZeneca drug. India has reported more than 31.5 million coronavirus infections…
INVESTORS are now hunting Indian tech start-ups, likely to benefit in the post-pandemic world, after pumping in a record $30 billion via public and private equity deals this year, bankers and analysts said. Global investors have flocked to online platforms in the country and helped swell the ranks of unicorns,…
TECH GIANT Apple has reported strong growth in India for the fourth consecutive quarter, in line with the company's overall growth in the June quarter. Apple has been growing its sales in India over the past year, on the back of its own retail store and growing demand for older…
SPIRITS MAKER Diageo on Thursday (29) reported a 16 per cent increase in sales for the year ending June 30, beating estimates of 13.7 per cent growth. The reopening of North American bars and restaurants and increased demand for its tequila brands and Johnnie Walker whisky have helped the firm…
THE Covid-19 pandemic and last summer’s national reckoning over race have prompted many parents of colour in the US to pull their children from traditional schools entirely which fuelled an explosion in the popularity of home schooling, the Washington Post reported. The percentage of schoolchildren in home-school has nearly tripled…
INDIAN AMERICAN attorney Harmeet Dhillon has sued Twitter for permanently suspending the account of Republican influencer Rogan O’Handley for his tweets claiming fraud in the 2020 general election. The lawsuit, filed on June 17 in US district court for the central district of California, also names former California Secretary of State…
AT LEAST 12 people are feared dead and seven missing in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in northern India. Himachal Pradesh state disaster management director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta on Wednesday (28) said four people are feared dead in the Kullu district and one person is feared dead in Chamba.…
CONSUMER GOODS major Reckitt Benckiser group has warned that its margins will be squeezed this year due to higher costs. The FTSE-listed company also missed second-quarter sales growth estimates as growth slowed in demand for products such as Lysol disinfectants and Finish dishwashing detergents. The firm’s chief executive Laxman Narasimhan has…
