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Capgemini initiates free Covid-19 vaccination for all its ...

Capgemini, a global consultancy firm, announced that it will cover the cost of coronavirus vaccines of all ...

SpaceX Starship lands upright, then explodes in latest test

SpaceX’s futuristic Starship looked like it aced a touchdown Wednesday, but then exploded on the landing pad ...

AP govt backs bandh against Vizag Steel privatisation

The YS Jagan Mohan Reddy government has expressed solidarity with the Andhra Pradesh bandh on March 5 to ...

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BJP declares Metroman Sreedharan as CM candidate

The Kerala unit of the BJP has declared Metroman E Sreedharan as the party’s candidate for Chief Minister ...

Day 4 of vaccination drive: Many senior citizens overcome ...

Hospitals, too, get their act together and are better prepared

Uber to assist second vaccination phase with free rides ...

Announces support for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), State Governments and local NGOs

UNICEF, Capgemini, YuWaah, UNGCNI collaborate to provide ...

YuWaah, UNICEF, Capgemini, and United Nations Global Compact Network India (UNGCNI) entered into a collaboration to work together to skill India’s young people.According to the ...

Rahul accuses Modi govt of carrying out raids against those ...

A day after I-T raids on homes, offices of Bollywood celebs, Gandhi took a dig at the government

Jaishankar arrives in Bangladesh to prepare ground for PM ...

Bangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen received Jaishankar at Kurmitola air force base here

IISc study reveals new mutations, proteins of novel ...

Virus is now mutating faster than before – three Bengaluru isolates had 27 mutations with over 11 mutations per ...

Pfizer first dose effective after 11 days; no need of second ...

Researchers in Australia carried out a study that suggests the second ‘booster’ dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech ...

54% of Hyderabad’s population has antibodies against ...

More than half of Hyderabad’s population now has antibodies against Covid-19..In a joint effort, CSIR-Centre ...

Agar takes 6-30 as Australia beats New Zealand in 3rd T20

Glenn Maxwell dashed 70 from 31 balls, Aaron Finch returned to form with 69 and Ashton Agar took a ...

‘Road to Asian Games’ campaign introduced for 2022 Asian ...

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and Asian Electronic Sports Federation (AESF) have announced a new program, ...

DHL Express becomes Mumbai Indians ‘Principal Sponsor’

Mumbai Indians on Monday announced that DHL Express has come on board as a "Principal Sponsor" and will also ...

Lahiri finishes T-39 as Grace grabs a win for his father in ...

Anirban Lahiri carded his fourth straight under par round but it was once again in the 70s, as he closed the week at the Puerto Rico Open with a 2-under 70. That gave him a total ...

Morikawa falters at end but takes 2-shot lead at WGC

Collin Morikawa had seven birdies in eight holes in the first 12 holes as he went five shots clear of the field in the World Golf Championships-Workday Championship at The ...

Lahiri drops to 43rd despite fine start on PGA Tour

Anirban Lahiri shot 1-under 71 despite a fine start that had an eagle and a birdie in the first five holes of the third round of the PGA Tour's Puerto Rico Open at Grand ...

Legislation on H-1B visas introduced in US Congress

‘American Jobs First Act will bring much-needed reform and oversight to the H-1B visa program to ensure that US ...

Germany extends lockdown but paves way to relax more rules

Germany is extending its coronavirus shutdown by three weeks until March 28, but easing some restrictions to ...

Japan scores rare win with extradition of Ghosn accomplices

Father-son duo Michael Taylor, 60, and Peter Taylor are believed to have helped Ghosn by hiding him in a case ...

Stop anal swab tests for Covid-19 on citizens: Japan to ...

Japan has asked China to stop taking anal swab tests for Covid-19 of Japanese citizens as the process disrupts mental well-being, a government spokesperson said, as cited in the ...

Covid-19 cases surge for first time in 7 weeks: WHO Director

A surge in Coronavirus cases was witnessed across the world last week, first time in seven weeks, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on ...

WHO panel advises against use of hydroxychloroquine for ...

World Health Organization Guideline Development Group (GDG) panel of international experts stated that the anti-inflammatory drug hydroxychloroquine should not be used to prevent ...

Vaccine Maitri: A Sanjeevini for the world

India began its ‘Vaccine Maitri’ to supply Covid vaccine to different nations almost a one-and-a-half-month ago. The country has delivered around 45.6 million doses of ‘Made in ...

Disney to close at least 60 North American stores

Plans afoot to create a more flexible, interconnected e-commerce

Now, a Japanese billionaire is looking for eight people to ...

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Tuesday announced his plans to recruit eight people from across the world to join him on the first civilian mission to the moon aboard ...

Funskool India launches 15 traditional Indian toys and games

Toy manufacturer Funskool India on Wednesday announced that it launched 15 traditional Indian toys and games during India’s first virtual toy fair held between February 27 and ...

I-T raids properties of Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl, Tapsee ...

3Income-Tax Department officials on Wednesday conducted searches at properties linked to filmmaker Anurag Kashyap and actor Taapsee Pannu in connection with an alleged tax ...

68.5% of women anticipate returning to their workplaces in ...

JobsForHer, an online career platform, observed that most women in India found that remote working had allowed them to cut down on commuting to the office, enabling them to focus ...

Education is second biggest focus after Health Sector in ...

Need to swiftly implement reforms under the NEP

65 per cent low, lower-middle income nations slash education ...

But households in low and lower-middle income countries tend to contribute a greater share of the total ...

ICSI to promote Company Secretaryship as career

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) plans to build more awareness and scale up its outreach in ...

M.P., West Bengal, Odisha top in land records digitisation: ...

Almost all States/UTs have shown improvement in their digitisation efforts

Watertec plans big expansion in FY22

Coimbatore-based plumbing and bathroom solutions provider to set up 3 manufacturing units, 24 retail showrooms

Warehousing in 2021 to be driven by in-city requirements to ...

Warehousing stock in top eight cities has added 27 million square feet to reach a total of 238 million square ...

CII-Mangaluru suggests measures to promote innovation in academic institutions

‘Need to set up innovation facilitation centres in places like Mangaluru; students should be trained to think out of the box’

Germany witnessing third wave of Covid-19 pandemic due to mutated strains

The coronavirus cases have also surged in the Netherlands, Sweden, Ukraine, and Greece

Overreaction of innate immune system worsens Covid-19 severity: Study

Only 5% of present-day animal species have immune system that includes T cells and B cells; the rest rely on the natural immune system; with its innate ability to eliminate pathogens, the IIIS serves as a kind of waste disposal system

Myanmar students, doctors plan more protests against military rule

Students and doctors in Myanmar plan to hold fresh protests on Thursday against military rule, as Washington expressed concern about Malaysia's ...

Singapore’s first Chinese Covid-19 vaccines arrive ahead of approval

Sinovac has started submitting initial data but the Health Sciences Authority is currently awaiting all the necessary information to carry out a thorough assessment

Over 87,000 research papers published on Covid-19 by October 2020: Analysis

For the analysis, the researchers looked for coronavirus-related articles in several scientific databases

FDA says single-dose shot from J&J prevents severe Covid-19

The analysis is just one step in FDA’s evaluation; on Friday, independent advisers will debate if the evidence is strong enough to recommend the shot; following that, FDA could make a final decision within days

Tokyo 2020 organisers warn against big gatherings during torch relay

Strict measures like no spectators are possible, with little visibility over how the coronavirus pandemic will play out

Biden lifts Trump-era ban blocking legal immigration to US

Former President Donald Trump last spring halted the issuance of green cards until the end of 2020 in the name of protecting the coronavirus-wracked job market — a reason that Trump gave to achieve many of the cuts to legal immigration that had eluded him before the pandemic

Australia passes law making Facebook, Google pay for news

‘The code is a significant microeconomic reform, one that has drawn the eyes of the world on the Australian parliament’

Karnataka government to set up an IT park in Mangaluru

The Karnataka Government will set up an IT park in Mangaluru on the land available with KEONICS Ltd (a Karnataka government enterprise), according to ...

As demand for India’s Covid-19 vaccines rise, export of general vaccines slides

Exports dropped to $648 million in April-January against $695 m previously

Two police officers suspended and 5 persons arrested

Following the Chikkaballapur quarry blast on Monday, five people were arrested and two police officers have been suspended for dereliction of ...

IOC to set up fuel ethanol, EV battery plants

Plans in line with its energy transition initiative to tap alternative sources

Mamata writes to PM to expedite vaccination of public prior to elections

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to the Prime Minister seeking vaccination for the general populace ahead of elections.In a ...

Singareni Collieries to complete 300 MW solar capacity by November

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited is on course to commission phase one of the 219 MW of solar power plants of the proposed 300 MW by April ...

NMPT signs 7 MoUs with stakeholders

New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) signed seven MoUs with various stakeholders on various infrastructure related works attracting investments to the tune ...

Ukraine keen on Covaxin

A three-member, high-power delegation from Ukraine led by its Health Minister held discussions with Bharat Biotech to secure supply of its Covid-19 ...

Start-up EcoEx launches plastic credit trading platform

EcoEx, a start-up in the plastic waste management sector, has launched India’s first digital marketplace to facilitate exchange of plastic credit ...

Atwal will play for Dad and Tiger as he joins Lahiri at Puerto Rico Open

India’s veteran star Arjun Atwal, who has been pre-occupied with his father’s health issues, will see action for the first time in nearly four months ...

Mumbai among world’s most expensive cities A 1,100 sq ft house sets buyers back by $1 m

For the same price, in Delhi they will get twice as much and in Bengaluru thrice

Patanjali says IMA remarks on Coronil ‘disheartening’

Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved on Wednesday said that the recent remarks of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Coronil were “disheartening” ...

To discourage avoidable travel, Railways hikes short haul train fares

Railways has increased passenger fares for short-distance trains. While the extent of the increase is not clear yet — the hike is likely to be higher ...

Cabinet gives nod to dissolution of Puducherry Assembly

The L-G’s recommendation will next go for President’s approval

Covid jab from March 1 for 60+ & 45-with-morbities

Free at govt facilities; charges at private units will be decided soon: Javadekar

Bosch to spend ₹800 crore to upgrade Bengaluru campus

Bosch India is planning to spend ₹800 crore in upgrading its Bengaluru campus. The The India R&D centre (the company’s second largest) will be ...

B cell responses to Covid-19 stable after 5 months but do not recognize new strains

Careful monitoring of circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants essential so as to determine how these mutations impact vaccine-induced immunity.

40 per cent of urban Indians save money for unexpected hardships: Study

YouGov, a British international Internet-based market research, carried out a study that revealed two in five urban Indians (40 per cent) consider ...