Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex crashed 1,069 points to close at its lowest level in nearly six weeks Monday, dragged mainly by heavy selling in financial and auto counters as the government’s stimulus package failed to live up to market expectations. Contrary to an overall positive...
Beijing: Under mounting global pressure, China has relented on its opposition for an inquiry into the origin of the coronavirus, expressing its backing for an EU draft resolution tabled at the World Health Assembly (WHA) calling for a probe into the source of the vicious...
New Delhi: India joined Monday nearly 120 countries at a crucial conference of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in pushing for an impartial and comprehensive evaluation of the global response into the coronavirus crisis as well as to examine the origin of the deadly infection. The...
Houston: Thousands of Indians, including students, stranded in the have urged the government to operate additional flights to evacuate them. Stranded Indians have said that departure cities like Houston and Dallas with sizeable population should be added to the itinerary. Worst affected The worst affected...
New Delhi: A CII poll showed delayed payments of Rs 1,819 crore to about 450 of its MSME member companies. This was disclosed by industry body CII here Monday. Public sector or government departments including state departments owe MSMEs Rs 1,709 crore. The private sector also owes about Rs...
New Delhi: Sixty retired bureaucrats have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, raising concerns over the Central Vista redevelopment project, which is likely to cost around Rs 20,000 crore, calling it an “irresponsible” move at a time when enormous funds are required strengthen the public...
Mumbai: The pandemic coronavirus is a huge threat for people with weak immunity. Doctors are constantly harping on the importance of strong immunity to tackle the COVID-19 virus. Sushmita Sen, the former Miss Universe (1994) was once diagnosed with an autoimmune malady called ‘Addison’s Disease’....
Dubai: An Indian working in a mining company in the UAE has become the latest expatriate to have lost his job for “Islamophobic” social media posts, a media report said Monday. Brajkishore Gupta was fired without notice for calling Indian Muslims ‘coronavirus spreaders’ and hailing...
Bhubaneswar: Twin city police commissioner Sudhanshu Sarangi Monday imposed section 144 in twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, prohibiting any non-essential movement on road between 7pm and 7am. The Commissioner of Police’s order (Order No-646/CP-Judl, dated 18-05-2020) clearly mentions that the non-essential movement on roads...
Dhaka: A Bangladeshi medical team led by a senior doctor has claimed that a combination of two drugs is working wonders on coronavirus patients. The team said that the combination has yielded ‘astounding’ results in curing the patients with acute symptoms of coronavirus. So far...
The judiciary is one of the three pillars of Indian democracy that the people traditionally trust, most for the redress...
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Research and Development (R&D) is always considered the most expensive or cost intensive part of any new product. Deep pockets...
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By Aakar Patel The 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks will soon be upon us. Americans will mourn, taking...
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By Dilip Cherian An IAS officer quitting after 13 years is unusual. An officer as publicly visible as Divya Mittal...
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