- Tuesday, May 07, 2024
DELHI CAPITALS' and India allrounder Axar Patel has tested positive for Covid-19 and kept in isolation, the IPL franchise said on Saturday (3). Patel is the second IPL player to have returned a positive report after Nitish Rana. The left-handed Kolkata Knight Riders batsman had initially tested positive for Covid-19…
PAKISTAN and Bangladesh are among four additional countries added to the "red list" of nations from where travel to and from England is banned to control the spread of coronavirus. The ban announced on Friday will come into effect from April 9 and also cover the Philippines and Kenya in…
ADANI ENTERPRISES Ltd along with its wholly-owned subsidiary Gare Palma II Collieries Pvt Ltd (GPIICPL) has signed a pact with Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd (MAHAGENCO) for development and operation of Gare Palma Sector II coal mine. The coal ministry had allocated the coal mine in Raigarh district of…
JIO'S aggressive strategy, new JioPhone offers and the impending launch of low-cost smartphones are likely to help regain subscriber momentum, according to a report. Near-term delay in tariff hike does not de-rail the long-term structural uptrend story in average revenue per user (ARPU), as any consolidation scenario could further boost…
MORE than 36.7 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day coverage till now, the health ministry said on Friday (2). Of the 36,71,242 vaccine doses, 33,65,597 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 51,215 sessions for the first dose and 3,05,645 beneficiaries received the second dose…
ASSERTING that India has not imposed any export ban on Covid-19 vaccines, the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday (2) said the country has taken the lead in sending vaccines abroad with over 640 lakh doses supplied to more than 80 countries till now. Ministry's spokesperson Arindam Bagchi also said…
SCIENTISTS have predicted using a mathematical model that the ongoing second-wave of Covid-19 pandemic across the country could peak by mid-April, following which the infections may see a steep decline by the end of May. During the first wave of infections across India, the mathematical approach, named SUTRA, predicted that…
INDIA on Friday (2) hoped that China will work with it to ensure disengagement of troops in remaining areas of eastern Ladakh at the earliest, and asserted that de-escalation of tension alone will lead to restoration of peace and tranquility in border areas and provide conditions for progress of bilateral…
INDIA on Friday declined to comment on Pakistan's flip-flop on plans to go for limited imports of sugar and cotton from the country. "We have seen reports on this. But as is evident, we are not the right party to whom this question should be directed at," said Arindam Bagchi,…
INDIA reported 81,466 new Covid-19 cases on Friday (2), the highest daily number in six months, as several states are hit by a second wave of the pandemic. The total number of cases have now surged to 12.3 million, making India the third-most hit country from the virus after the…
