- Sunday, May 19, 2024
UK trade secretary Liz Truss on Tuesday (25) launched a 14-week consultation to seek the views of the public and business as part of preparations for a trade deal with India. The UK wants a deal that slashes barriers to doing business and trading with India’s £2 trillion economy and market…
INDIA is preparing an economic stimulus package for the sectors worst affected by Covid-19, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (25), citing people familiar with the matter. The finance ministry is working on proposals to bolster the tourism, aviation and hospitality industries, along with small and medium-sized companies, reports said. The discussions…
US drugmaker Pfizer is in talks with the Indian government over supplies of its Covid-19 vaccine, the company said on Tuesday (25), as New Delhi scrambles to bridge shortfalls, having pledged to fast-track approvals for overseas vaccines. "Pfizer remains committed to continuing our engagement with the government of India towards…
AUTHORITIES on India's east coast began moving more than a million people to safety on Tuesday (25) as a "severe" Cyclone Yaas neared, days after deadly cyclone hit the west coast. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Cyclone Yaas was powering across the Bay of Bengal and would batter the…
INDIA's official tally of daily infections of coronavirus fell to the lowest in nearly six weeks in the past 24 hours, offering hope that a devastating second wave is ebbing, but government leaders said shortages of vaccines were a big concern. Barely three per cent of the country's 1.3 billion…
By Lord Ahmad Minister for South Asia and the Commonwealth at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) EARLIER this month prime minister Boris Johnson and prime minister Narendra Modi made a historic commitment to strengthen collaboration between the UK and India over the next decade, bringing our countries, economies and…
AN investigation has been launched by India's aviation regulator into the mid-air in-flight wedding in Madurai, in southern India, on Sunday (23) in the presence of guests and relatives. The wedding took place inside a SpiceJet chartered flight wherein Covid-19 social distancing norms were violated, sources said on Monday (24).…
A voluntary group of doctors and professionals in the US and from India has launched an initiative to help healthcare workers in rural India. The ‘Project Madad' will provide virtual, time-sensitive information to healthcare workers on treating Covid-19 patients, real-time details on hospital bed availability and counter vaccine misinformation. The Madad team…
INDIAN authorities on Monday (24) ordered the evacuation of nearly half a million people out of the path of a new cyclone heading towards eastern India just one week after another deadly storm smashed into the west coast. A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic…
INDIAN diagnostics company Mylab Discovery Solutions has said that it has the capacity to ramp up production of its at-home Covid-19 test kits to 100 million units per week over the next few months based on demand. Although at-home tests are widely used outside of India, the authorisation of Mylab's kit…
