- Sunday, May 19, 2024
A report published on Friday (4) has said that the coronavirus variant first identified in India is highly infectious and can be caught by people who have already had the disease or been only partially vaccinated. Dubbed the "delta variant" by the WHO, it is estimated to be 50 per…
INDIA's envoy to the US has said that the country will be a "significant recipient" of US vaccines as president Joe Biden announced details of his administration's decision to send 25 million Covid-19 shots to countries across the globe. In a phone call on Thursday (3), Modi and US vice…
AN Indian state is planning to send a a legal notice to Google after the search giant showed the state's official language as the "ugliest language in India". The southern Indian state of Karnataka said that it will sue Google as a search with these keywords on Thursday (3) showed…
INDIA reported on Friday (4) 132,364 new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, while deaths rose by 2,713. The tally of infections stood at 28.6 million and the death toll at 340,702, the health ministry said. The total tally now stands at 28,574,350 out of which 26,597,655 people have recuperated from the…
AN independent, employee-owned commodities trading and logistics firm has warned Switzerland's Credit Suisse that the bank's supply chain finance funds appeared to contain a suspicious invoice from Sanjeev Gupta’s business empire, reported the Financial Times. In July 2020, Trafigura raised the alarm with Credit Suisse over a so-called receivable listed…
RICHEST INDIAN Mukesh Ambani drew no salary from his flagship firm Reliance Industries in 2020-21, as he voluntarily renounced his remuneration in the wake of the pandemic hitting the business and the economy. In its latest annual report, Reliance said Ambani's remuneration for the financial year ended March 31 was…
WRAPPED in white cloth and marked only by numbered stickers, dozens of clay pots lay unclaimed at the Sumanahalli crematorium in the suburbs of Bangalore, where the ashes of India's Covid dead have been piling up. The urns were then transported for a mass riverside immersion ritual with the rest…
THE Delhi high court on Thursday (3) issued summons to yoga guru Ramdev on a suit by Delhi Medical Association (DMA). The court also asked Ramdev's counsel orally to tell him not to make any provocative statement till the next date of hearing on July 13 and respond to the…
INDIA’S overseas sale of diamond is seen increasing 20 per cent this financial year to $20 billion (£14bn) as export markets are gradually recovering from the pandemic, according to a report. With the US inoculating 40 per cent of its population and China said to have contained the pandemic, consumer…
INDIA's Niti Aayog on Thursday (3) released the index for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the country for 2020-21. The southern state of Kerala has retained top rank in the index and Bihar in northern India was the worst performer. The index evaluates progress of states and union territories on social, economic…
