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Travel
Covid-19: U.S. restriction on travel from India comes into effect from today
May 4, 2021The travel ban imposed by US President Joe Biden for people coming from India, which is...
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COVID19
Covid Vaccines: India, S Africa work together in US for TRIPS waiver
May 4, 2021Diplomats from India and South Africa are working together to convince American lawmakers and policymakers on...
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Business
Serum Institute of India to invest 240 mn pounds in UK, create 6,500 jobs
May 4, 2021The Serum Institute of India is set to invest 240 million British pounds to expand its...
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COVID19
Milaap, Amazon to support Swasth & ACT Grants to procure oxygen concentrators in India
May 4, 2021Crowdfunding platform Milaap has partnered with Amazon to support Swasth & ACT Grants to urgently procure...
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Business
Verizon sells media assets including Yahoo, AOL units to Apollo for 5 billion USD
May 4, 2021AOL and Yahoo are being sold again, this time to a private equity firm. Verizon will...
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COVID19
Jharkhand steel plants pumping O2 to help states tackle oxygen crisis
May 4, 2021Jharkhand-based steel plants have come to the rescue of the nation, supplying medical oxygen to various...
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News
Bill Gates and Melinda Gates call it quits after 27 years, announced on Twitter
May 4, 2021On Monday, Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced that he and his wife, Melinda Gates, are calling...
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COVID19
How an MP official’s attempt to make a spectacle of mask defaulters backfired
May 4, 2021An administrative official in Indore found himself in a tight spot after his attempt to teach...
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COVID19
Mahabaleshwar club asked to shut down after Anil Ambani spotted strolling despite restrictions
May 3, 2021Industrialist Anil Ambani landed in a soup after a video of him taking a walk at...
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Business
JSW Energy arm signs PPA with Solar Energy Corp for supply of 540 MW wind energy
May 3, 2021JSW Energy on Monday said its arm JSW Renew Energy has inked a power purchase agreement...
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COVID19
Consider lockdown to curb the spread of Covid: SC to Centre, state
May 3, 2021Concerned over surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, the Supreme Court said the Centre and...
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Economy
Over 7 million rendered jobless in April amid unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases
May 3, 2021India’s unemployment rate hit a four-month high of 8% in April with around 75 lakh people...
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COVID19
Twitter hails the Mumbai teacher who provides free auto rides to Covid patients
May 3, 2021As India is battered by the second wave of of covid infections, thousands of samaritans across...
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Blockchain
Ether sets new record high, breaks past $3,000
May 3, 2021The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, Ether, recently surged past $3,000, setting a new record high during a...
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Business
PLI scheme for solar PV modules a positive for domestic OEMs: ICRA
May 3, 2021The production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for solar PV modules is a positive for domestic original equipment...
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COVID19
No space for vaccine nationalism: FM calls for sharing of COVID vaccine technology
May 3, 2021Stressing that there cannot be any vaccine nationalism, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam on Monday urged nations...
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Business
Arya crosses Rs 200 crore loan book mark
May 3, 2021India’s leading post-harvest Agritech player Arya through its digital financial solutions company, Aryadhan has crossed the...
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News
As Covid ravages India, Centre sets deadline for PM’s new residence
May 3, 2021The new residence of the Prime Minister will be completed by December 2022, as an expert panel...
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COVID19
Indian Armed Forces launch CO-JEET to help fight COVID-19
May 3, 2021Treating the second wave of coronavirus infections like a war, the armed forces have launched operation...
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COVID19
Lambda, INOX air products mobilise 20,000 litre oxygen tank for Ahmedabad hospital
May 3, 2021As the nation faces the full brunt of the pandemic’s second wave, acute shortage of medical...
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COVID19
SpiceXpress brings 700 oxygen concentrators from China to New Delhi
May 3, 2021SpiceXpress, the air cargo arm of SpiceJet, on Monday transported 700 oxygen concentrators from Guangzhou (China)...
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Technology
Mankind Pharma gets a major digital push with Accenture’s Data-Driven Cloud Platform
May 3, 2021Mankind Pharma, the fourth largest pharmaceutical manufacturing company headquartered in India, has collaborated with Accenture (NYSE:...
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GDP
Covid Impact: Barclays downgrades India’s FY22 GDP growth forecast to 10%
May 3, 2021Blaming the slow pace of vaccinations and uncertainty around the number of those infected and dead...
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COVID19
Pfizer in talks with India to expedite approval of Covid-19 vaccine
May 3, 2021Global Pharma major Pfizer is in discussions with the Indian government seeking to expedite the approval...
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Industry
India recorded slight spike in factory activity in April amid COVID-19 crisis
May 3, 2021India’s factory activity slightly picked up in the month of April as strict restrictions to curb...
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COVID19
Pfizer sends medicines worth Rs 510 crore for Covid treatment in India
May 3, 2021Global pharma major Pfizer is sending its medicines worth USD 70 million (over Rs 510 crore),...
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Economy
CII President calls for highest response measures to break Covid chain
May 3, 2021Industry body CII has urged the government to take “strongest” national steps including curtailing economic activity...
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COVID19
24 patients, including Covid positive, die at Karnataka hospital amid oxygen shortfall
May 3, 2021The lack of medical oxygen at hospitals continues to be a major cause of covid-related deaths...
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COVID19
Covid-19 treatment: Natco pharma gets approval for emergency use of Baricitinib tablets
May 3, 2021Drug major Natco Pharma on Monday said it has received emergency use approval for Baricitinib tablets,...
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COVID19
Indian-origin billionaire businessman Khosla pledges USD 10 mn for oxygen supply in India
May 3, 2021Indian-origin billionaire businessman Vinod Khosla has pledged USD 10 million for supplying medical oxygen to hospitals...
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COVID19
‘Take it in right spirit’: Supreme Court to Election Commission on Madras HC’s ‘Booked for Murder’ remark
May 3, 2021The Supreme Court on Monday told the election commission that media cannot be gagged from reporting...
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COVID19
PM Modi reviews usage of gaseous oxygen
May 3, 2021In an effort to ramp up supply and availability of medical oxygen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
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Agriculture
Haryana govt halts wheat procurement at Mandis amid statewide lockdown
May 3, 2021The Haryana government has decided to stop the procurement of wheat in all mandis/procurement centres in...
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COVID19
Haryana Deputy CM urges centre to exempt oxygen concentrators from GST
May 2, 2021With the hospitals across the country reeling under an acute shortage of medical oxygen, Haryana deputy...
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COVID19
Centre may rope in final-year medical students for Covid duty: Report
May 2, 2021With the centre struggling to handle the second wave of covid pandemic amid crumbling health infrastructure...
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COVID19
Australia makes it “criminal offence” for its citizens to travel from India, face fines and jail term
May 2, 2021In an extreme step to prevent the transmission of the Indian COVID-19 strain into Australia, the...
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COVID19
122 cr doses needed to vaccinate 59 crore people in 18-45 age group: Centre
May 2, 2021The Centre has told the Supreme Court that a total of 122 crore doses of COVID-19...
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Business
FHRAI wants special credit guarantee window for hospitality sector
May 2, 2021The Federation of Hotel and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) has requested Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...
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COVID19
Caught in political row, New Zealand embassy apologises for sending oxygen SOS to Youth Cong
May 2, 2021The High Commission of New Zealand in New Delhi was caught in a political row after...
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Business
Inox Leisure partners with food delivery apps to deliver food and beverages
May 2, 2021Multiplex major Inox Leisure has partnered with food delivery apps, including Zomato and Swiggy, to deliver...
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Auto
Kia plans to introduce new models and ramp up production capacity
May 2, 2021Bullish on the long-term growth prospects of the Indian car market, South Korean auto maker Kia...
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COVID19
’50 lives at risk’: Delhi Children hospital sends out SoS over oxygen shortage
May 2, 2021A children’s hospital in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar sent out a desperate cry for help on Sunday...
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Infrastructure
462 infrastructure projects hit by cost overruns totalling over Rs 4.36 lakh cr
May 2, 2021As many as 462 infrastructure projects, each worth Rs 159 crore or more have been hit...
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Economy
24% increase in India Inc’s foreign borrowings to $9.23 bn in March
May 2, 2021India Inc’s external commercial borrowings jumped by over 24% to USD 9.23 billion in March this...
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COVID19
Adar Poonawalla buckles under pressure, tells British newspaper of threatening phone calls
May 2, 2021As India tries to battle the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, the Serum Institute of India...
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Banking
State Bank of India slashes home loan interest rates. Check details
May 1, 2021Lending major State Bank of India (SBI) on Saturday announced that it has reduced its home...
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COVID19
India’s next “big challenge” could be shortage of doctors and nurses: Dr Devi Shetty
May 1, 2021With the healthcare system at the brink of collapse under the surging second wave of COVID-19,...
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Business
Flipkart Big Saving Days Sale from May 02: iPhone11 shot down to Rs 44,999, check other smartphone offers
May 1, 2021Flipkart’s Big Saving Days sale is set to begin from tomorrow i.e May 2 and will...
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COVID19
Mastercard donates $8.9 million for installation of 2,000 portable beds in India
May 1, 2021Mastercard has donated $8.9 million to a New York-based non-profit body, American India Foundation, to install...
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COVID19
Anand Mahindra’s launches ‘Oxygen on Wheels’ to tackle oxygen shortfall in Maharashtra
May 1, 2021Mahindra group chairman Anand Mahindra on Saturday launched ‘Oxygen on Wheels’ project to help reach oxygen...
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Economy
GST collections for April records all-time high of over Rs 1.41 lakh crore
May 1, 2021GST collections in April touched a record high of over Rs 1.41 lakh crore, indicating sustained...
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COVID19
‘Ensure Delhi gets 490 MT oxygen today’: Delhi HC warns centre of contempt action
May 1, 2021Expressing shock over the death of eight patients at Delhi’s Batra hospital due to oxygen shortage,...
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COVID19
SC raps Centre for not granting compulsory licences to more pharma companies for manufacture of drugs
May 1, 2021The Supreme Court has once again rapped the Centre as to why it did not consider...
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COVID19
Covid-19: Doctor among 8 dead as Delhi hospital runs out of oxygen
May 1, 2021As many as eight Covid patients including a doctor died at Delhi’s Batra hospital on Saturday...
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COVID19
Bill Gates draws flak as he says no to sharing vaccine technology with developing nations
May 1, 2021Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is in the eye of a storm after the tech mogul expressed...
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COVID19
‘Shut down the country for a few weeks’: Dr Anthony Fauci on India’s Covid Crisis
May 1, 2021Top US epidemiologist and the White House chief medical adviser, Dr Anthony Fauci, on Friday suggested...
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