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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 ...

Bharat Biotech to supply 20 m doses of Covaxin to Brazil

Bharat Biotech International Limited has signed an agreement with Brazil for the supply of 20 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin.“The ...

Solar industry in India requires govt hand-holding

Industry leaders seek production-linked incentives, basic customs duty protection

Covid vaccine drive set to gather pace from Monday

Opened to private sector; rate to be set; Co-WIN to be upgraded over weekend

Chennai Corporation enables query facility on WhatsApp

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), the oldest corporation in India, on Friday announced the launch of a dedicated WhatsApp communication system to ...

Maharashtra reports 8,333 new Covid-19 cases

Maharashtra reported 8,333 new Covid cases on Friday, while the total number of cases has risen to 67,608. The State also saw 4,936 patients ...

Paytm Payments Bank empowers FASTag users with fast redress mechanism

Helps 2.6 lakh users get refunds for wrong toll charges

Install electronic devices to curb traffic offences: Road Ministry

In a move to curb corruption and bad behaviour by any of the stakeholders in case of skirmishes between a law enforcer and a road user and to ...

Nasscom, Cisco, and AICTE join hands to offer virtual internships in cybersecurity

Nasscom FutureSkills Prime, in partnership with Cisco and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has launched a virtual internship ...

Karnataka's Coastal Development Authority proposes ₹100-cr tourism, livelihood projects

The Coastal Development Authority of Karnataka has submitted a ₹100-crore proposal to the State government to develop sea-front, marine drive, and ...

Kerala to launch online fish delivery portal

Fancies chances with nimbler private players

Single phase polls for TN, Kerala and Puducherry on April 6

Elections to Bengal, Assam in multiple phases; votes will be counted on May 2

As pandemic drags into 2021, office space volumes to remain subdued in H1 2021: Colliers International

As the pandemic drags into 2021, office space transactions volume will remain subdued over the first-half of calendar 2021, said Siddhart Goel, ...

Researchers develop chip to simplify Covid-19 testing; deliver result on phone

Rice University researchers designed a tool that can diagnose Covid-19 in 55 minutes or less with the help of programmed magnetic nanobeads

HC grants bail to labour rights activist Naudeep Kaur

The Punjab and Haryana High Court granted bail to labour rights activist Naudeep Kaur on Friday in a case filed under attempt to murder and some ...

Mahindra Lifespace Developers acquires land for residential project in Bengaluru

Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd., the real estate and infrastructure development arm of the Mahindra Group, on Friday announced that it has ...

Jaishankar discusses LAC, India-China relations with Chinese Minister

Says disturbance of peace and tranquillity will inevitably damage relationship

USFDA resumes inspection of manufacturing plants in India

Will pave the way for approvals and address supply shortages in the US

Lahiri closes bitter-sweet round with an eagle for 2-under 70 in Puerto Rico

The leader was Tommy Gainey who birdied five of the last seven holes for a 7-under 65

Vitamin B6 may help in mitigating Covid hyper inflammation, blood clotting

B6 exerts a protective effect against chronic illnesses, including cardiovascular diseases and diabetes

A new canvas for artists in God's Own Country

250 Malayali artists to come together to showcase art in the time of the pandemic

New highly contagious Covid-19 variant found in New York

The new highly contagious Covid-19 variant called B.1.526 is ravaging the city of New York.According to a recent study, published on the Columbia ...

WHO to launch Covid-19 Oxygen Emergency Taskforce

The shortage of oxygen supply has resulted in preventable deaths, says WHO

Cochin Port signs MoU for FTWZ, Cryogenic Warehouse, Aviation Fuel Terminal

Maritime India Summit to be held between March 2 and 4

LPG cylinder price hiked by ₹25

Total hike in February alone at ₹100

Covid vaccine jab didn’t hurt at all: Queen Elizabeth

The Queen discussed UK inoculation drive with senior officials

Mental health the most impacted during Covid-19, say students: Survey

For young adults, the Covid-19 pandemic and its social consequences have impacted their mental well-being the most, according to a survey by BML Munjal University

Scale of humanitarian needs in Syria should provoke collective conscience of UN Security Council: India

In his remarks, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti addressed two inter-linked questions of humanitarian access and principles, which are closely inter-related in the context of Syria

Balakot air strikes displayed India’s strong will to act against terror: Rajnath

On February 26, 2019, Indian Air Force fighter jets crossed the Line of Control and destroyed terror launch pads in Balakot in Pakistan

WHO experts raise concerns over post-Covid symptoms

One in ten Covid-19 sufferers remains unwell after 12 weeks, many for much longer

Testing privacy risks in contact tracing apps with ‘COVIDGuardian’

Researchers develop first automated security and privacy assessment tool

India looks set to beat recession even as new virus cases loom

India will become one of the few major economies to post growth in the last quarter of 2020, with any improvement in the economy’s performance inversely tied to a drop in Covid-19 infections