- Thursday, April 03, 2025
BRITAIN has started trials of a new smartphone app to track Covid-19 infections, with versions also available in South Asian languages such as Punjabi, Gujarati, Bangla and Urdu. Launched on Thursday (13), the “state-of-the-art app” is part of the NHS Test and Trace service, which has covered over 250,000 people…
INDIA’S coronavirus death toll overtook Britain’s to become the fourth-highest in the world with another single-day record increase in cases on Friday (14). India reported 1,007 deaths in the past 24 hours. Its total rose to 48,040 deaths, behind the US (163,000), Brazil (105,463) and Mexico (55,293). As the global…
In a major overhaul of tax administration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled faceless tax assessment and appeals to reduce the scope for corruption and overreach by officials, and said a taxpayers' charter is being implemented to ensure a free, fair and transparent tax environment Launching the 'Transparent Taxation…
US tech giant Amazon launched its first Indian online pharmacy service on Friday (14) as it attempts to grab more of the country’s burgeoning e-commerce market. Amazon is battling Walmart-backed Flipkart and JioMart, owned by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, as well as local companies in the vast market of…
INDIA announced a $500 million package to fund a project in the Maldives on Thursday (13) to help it connect the capital Male to three nearby islands, stepping up New Delhi’s diplomatic efforts in a region China has also been focusing recently. The Indian Ocean island nation, popular with tourists for its…
INDIA reported another record jump in its surging coronavirus cases on Thursday (13) with nearly 67,000 new infections, among them a religious leader who shared a stage with prime minister Narendra Modi during a ceremony to launch construction of a grand temple in Ayodhya. Nritya Gopal Das, an 82-year-old Hindu priest,…
Delhi witnessed the heaviest spell of rains this monsoon season on Thursday, which inundated low-lying areas and threw traffic out of gear. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Ayanagar weather station recorded 99.2 mm rainfall, the maximum in the city, till 8.30 am. The Palam and Ridge weather…
China’s ByteDance is in early talks with India’s Reliance Industries Ltd for an investment in its video-based app TikTok’s business in India, TechCrunch reported, citing sources. The two companies began conversations late last month and have not reached a deal yet, according to the report. Reliance, ByteDance and TikTok did not immediately…
The head of the Ram temple trust, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das (80), has tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Thursday Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken detailed information on the health condition of Das, a senior government official said here The chief minister has spoken to the…
A FEW people have quibbled about the decision by the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to put Gandhi on a British coin as the first ethnic minority figure. In Leicester, there was even been a petition – now apparently abandoned – to remove the Mahatma’s statue in the wake of the Black…
