MUMBAI, September 9 (Reuters): India reported 89,706 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking its total caseload to 4.3 million, data from the health ministry showed.
The South Asian nation has t
BENGALURU, SEPTEMBER 9 (IANS): In a move to make ecommerce more inclusive, Flipkart on Wednesday said more than 50,000 kiranas have partnered the platform in preparation for the festive season and the 'Big
LUCKNOW, SEPTEMBER 8 (IANS): He fought competition, cerebral palsy, dyslexia and dysarthria to crack CAT-2019 with 92.5 per cent marks.
Yash Avadesh Gandhi, 21, is now a student of IIM-Lucknow and has b
MUMBAI, September 8 (Reuters): India recorded its highest daily deaths from the coronavirus in more than a month on Tuesday, even as new infections slowed, data from the health ministry showed.
The heal
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 8 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that at a time when India's voice and local products are going global, the country's media industry also needs to go global.
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NEW DELHI, September 7 (Reuters): Doctors at one of the largest private COVID-19 facilities in the Indian capital say they are exhausted and facing staff shortages after nearly six months of relentless wor
GUWAHATI, September 7 (Reuters): The Indian Army has asked its Chinese counterpart if five civilians who went missing from an eastern border state days ago were in their custody, an Indian military spokesman sa
SHIMLA, SEPTEMBER 6 (IANS): Traffic on the Chandigarh-Manali National Highway was affected following a massive landslide on a stretch along the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh, police said on Sunday.
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NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 4 (IANS): The Board of Directors of Vodafone Idea on Friday approved a proposal to raise up to Rs 25,000 crore through Global Depository Receipts (GDR), American Depository Receipts (ADR),
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 4 (IANS): Days after India reported a 23.9 per cent contraction in its gross domestic product (GDP), the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) in its Monthly Economic Review for August has s
New Delhi, September 2 (IANS): Amid ever-increasing cases of coronavirus in the country and the economy going through an unprecedented recession, the Centre has come up with an interesting directive as it has t
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 2 (IANS): A total of 1,39,123 suicides were reported in the country in 2019, showing an increase of 3.4 per cent in comparison to 2018, and the rate of suicide has increased by 0.2 per cent
New Delhi, September 1 (PTI): The Centre has included 20 more sports disciplines like tug-of-war, mallakhamb and para-sports among others for direct recruitment of meritorious sportspersons in Group C lev
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1 (IANS): The Covid-19-induced shrinking of economic activity for the past few months has continued to have an impact on the government's tax collections with revenue under the Goods an
GENEVA, September 1 (Reuters): India reported the most new COVID-19 cases of any country in the past week, its nearly half a million fresh infections pushing the global tally up by 1 percent, the Worl
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1 (IANS): Former Finance Secretary and retired IAS officer Rajeev Kumar on Tuesday assumed charge as the third Election Commissioner, alongside Sunil Arora, the chief of the panel, and Sush
MUMBAI, SEPTEMBER 1 (IANS): Vodafone Idea shares plunged over 17 per cent, while the stock price of Bharti Airtel surged over 4 per cent on Tuesday after the Supreme Court said that the telecom operators w
MUMBAI, AUGUST 31 (IANS): JioFiber has revamped its tariff plans and has announced a 'no condition 30-day free trial' for all new customers.
New JioFiber customers activating from September 1, will g
Beijing, August 29 (IANS): Domestic air travel in China has nearly fully recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to data released by a leading travel analytics company, which predicted the Asian giant