India

Flipkart joins Telangana Govt's project to send "Medicines from Sky" using drones

Flipkart, India's homegrown e-commerce platform, revealed on Friday that it has formed a collaboration with the Telangana government to develop and implement the 'Medicines from the Sky' project.

Jun 12, 2021

As petrol price breaches ₹100 mark, Congress leaders protest rising cost in Delhi [details]

Workers from Congress held a protest over the rising cost of gasoline and diesel at various gas stations in the nation's capital on Friday. In various regions of the country, the price of petrol has surpassed Rs 100 a litre.

Jun 11, 2021

Urvashi Rautela: I hope to ensure no one loses life due to oxygen deficit

Urvashi Rautela recently announced on Instagram that her foundation, The Urvashi Rautela Foundation, has donated 47 oxygen concentrators to help with the current Covid pandemic.

Jun 11, 2021

3 in 4 Indian workers keen on flexible remote work norms, says Microsoft survey

As India's digital intensity grows, 3 out of 4 workers (74%) want flexible remote work choices, and 57% of employees feel overworked, according to a new Microsoft research hybrid work will characterise the post-pandemic workplace.

Jun 10, 2021

China-based hackers luring Indians into fake Tata Motors scam on free gifts

A harmful free gift campaign posing as an offer from Tata Motors has been found by the research arm of the New Delhi-based CyberPeace Foundation, which is gathering customers' data and tracing it back to Chinese hackers.

Jun 10, 2021

India slips to 55th rank in Global House Price Index on home prices

As property price in the country declined amid the pandemic, India moved down 12 spots in the global home price index to 55th rank in Q1 2021, according to Knight Frank's Global House Price Index - Q1 2021.

Jun 10, 2021

India deaths peak to 6,148 in a day as fresh Covid cases rise slightly to 94K

India recorded 6,148 deaths in last 24 hours, highest since the pandemic hit last year, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Thursday.

Jun 10, 2021

COVID kills 54 govt teachers in Champaran; no salaries, no ex-gratia [details]

Since the beginning of the second wave in April, 54 government teachers have died as a result of the virus in Bihar's East and West Champaran districts. A teacher's group in East Champaran feels that timely wages could have prevented some of the deaths.

Jun 9, 2021

Franklin Templeton APAC head Vivek Kudva may appeal against SEBI ban

After the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) imposed a one-year suspension on Vivek Kudva, the Head of Asia Pacific Distribution for Franklin Templeton, he is considering appealing the ruling to the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT).

Jun 8, 2021

At 86,000 new cases, India's daily count dips 1st time below 1 lakh in 2 months

India on Tuesday logged 86,498 new Covid infections in 24 hours, less than one lakh cases for the first time in past 66 days, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said.

Jun 8, 2021

Meet the unsung hero from West Bengal who unearthed the origin of SARS-Cov-2 before Chinese blocked him

The origin of SARS-Cov-2 has been discovered by a member of DRASTIC (Decentralised Radical Autonomous Search Team Investigating COVID-19) from West Bengal, who prefers to be dubbed 'The Seeker.'

Jun 7, 2021

Delhi Unlocks but Metro passengers break rules inside coach on Day 1

After a month of complete shutdown owing to the raging second wave of Covid -19, commuters were seen violating conventions at the Delhi Metro on Monday.

Jun 7, 2021

Facing flak, Punjab government withdraws vaccines from private hospitals

On Friday, the Punjab government issued an order requiring private institutions to return Covid vaccine doses they had sold for a higher price. All of these immunizations would now be provided at no cost.

Jun 5, 2021

India logs 1.2L Covid cases in 24 hrs, lowest since April 7

A total of 22,78,60,317 persons have been given coronavirus vaccine across the country

Jun 5, 2021

Olympic-bound wrestler Malik fails dope test

Sumit Malik, an Olympic hopeful, failed a drug test administered by United World Wrestling (UWW). Malik had qualified for the Olympics in the men's 125 kg freestyle event in Sofia.

Jun 4, 2021

Blackstone acquires media and data firm IDG for $1.3B

Blackstone has purchased International Data Group (IDG), a media and data company, for $1.3 billion. IDG is a market research business specialising on the rapidly evolving technology industry.

Jun 4, 2021

New kit for Olympic Games bound Indian athletes unveiled

A new playing and ceremonial uniform has been introduced for India's Olympic team. Tokyo will host the world's largest athletic event in 50 days. Prime Minister Narendra Modi believes that the nation should cheer up the athletes.

Jun 4, 2021

India's Internet population to hit 900 million by 2025, rural percentage to be higher, says report

With a surge in smartphone usage, rural India is rapidly adopting digital technology. Rural India will have a higher percentage of internet users than metropolitan India by 2025.

Jun 3, 2021

2nd Made-in-India Covid vaccine coming, deal signed with Biological-E for 30 crore doses

The Central government has ordered 30 crore doses of another Made-in-India vaccine from Hyderabad-based Biological-E to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. The vaccine is expected to be available "in the next few months," according to MoHFW

Jun 3, 2021

Govt's target to vaccinate 1 billion people by the end of 2021 "not possible," says ICMR

The government's objective of vaccinating one billion people may not be met this year, say the CMR-National Institute of Malaria Research and the Indian Council of Medical Research citing poor planning of home-grown vaccine manufacture and deployment

Jun 3, 2021