- Friday, April 04, 2025
TOP officers from the UK’s Armed Forces joined the Hindu Council of Wales to mark the Raksha Bandhan festival on Sunday (2), in the first religious event of its kind in the country since the lockdown was imposed in March. The annual ceremony involves girls and women tying a protective…
The Indian Premier League’s Governing Council on Sunday (2) decided to retain all its sponsors, including Chinese mobile company VIVO, and approved COVID-19 replacements in the event to be held in UAE this year. The tournament will be played from September 19 to November 10 in Dubai, Sharjah and Abu…
INDIAN drugmaker Wockhardt Ltd has said it will supply millions of doses of multiple Covid-19 vaccines to the UK, including the one being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. The company has reserved fill-and-finish capacity — the final manufacturing step of putting vaccines into vials or syringes and packaging them —…
The total number of tests for detection of COVID-19 has crossed the two-crore mark in India, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) data. A cumulative total of 2,02,02,858 samples have been tested up to August 2 with 3,81,027 samples being tested on Sunday, the ICMR said. The…
More than 50,000 Indians living in Oman have been flown home on repatriation and chartered flights in the last three months after the oil-rich Gulf nation was hit by the coronavirus outbreak, a media report said on Monday. Since May, when the cases of coronavirus in Oman started surging, a…
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given nod to the Serum Institute of India (SII) for conducting phase 2 and 3 human clinical trials of the Oxford University developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the country Government officials told PTI that the approval for conducting phase 2 and 3…
IN a major set back for Anil Ambani, younger brother of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, Yes Bank has taken over the headquarters of his group and two flats in Mumbai for non-payment of dues worth Rs 28,920 million (£ 296 million). Yes Bank on Wednesday (29) said that it…
Indian gold dealers charged a premium as compared to global rates this week, a reversal from the previous week. They charged premium of about $8 an ounce over official domestic prices versus last week's $6 discount, Reuters reported, despite weak demand. Domestic gold prices in India include 12.5% import duty and 3%…
Home Minister Amit Shah has tested positive for coronavirus. The Union minister took to Twitter to inform about his health and requested all those who have come in contact with him in the last few days to get themselves tested for coronavirus. Amit Shah said that his health is fine…
Last seen in her debut film Dhadak (2018), Janhvi Kapoor has several high-profile films on her platter, which are currently at various stages of development. She will shortly be seen in Dharma Productions’ much-awaited biographical drama Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl. Directed by Sharan Sharma, the movie is scheduled for its digital premiere…
