- Saturday, April 12, 2025
China and India have agreed to reduce tensions a week after their deadliest clashes in over 50 years on the disputed Himalayan border left 20 Indian troops dead in brutal hand-to-hand fighting. The June 15 battle, reportedly fought with fists, clubs and rocks, was the first time troops have been…
INDIAN drugmaker Cipla Ltd will price its generic version of Gilead Sciences Inc’s antiviral drug remdesivir for use in Covid-19 patients at less than 5,000 rupees ($66), the company said. Cipla and privately held Indian drugmaker Hetero Labs on Sunday (21) gained approval to sell generic versions of remdesivir in…
FOLLOWING an online petition by Dallas-resident Hetal Lakhani, Asian marriage website Shaadi.com, has removed a skin tone filter option. The dating site said that the filter “was not serving any purpose” and was a “product debris we missed removing”. Lakhani started the online petition after speaking to another user, who questioned…
India has amended rules for purchases by government departments, making it mandatory for suppliers to mention the country of origin in a move to push for local products and keep out Chinese manufacturers. New sellers on the Government e-Marketplace, an Amazon-like online procurement platform, will have to register the origin…
It is still hard to believe that Sushant Singh Rajput is no more with us. The actor died by suicide on 14th June 2020. Recently, actress Lauren Gottlieb took to Instagram to share a few screenshots of the messages that she had with him in 2016. She captioned the post as,…
The PM CARES Fund Trust has allocated Rs 2,000 crore for the supply of 50,000 ''Made in India'' ventilators to the government run COVID-19 hospitals in all states and Union Territories (UTs). Of the total ventilators, 30,000 are being manufactured by the Bharat Electronics Limited. The remaining 20,000 ventilators are…
INDIA’s Covid-19 cases rose to 440,215 on Tuesday (23) with 14,933 fresh cases reported in the last 24 hours. The death toll went up to 14,011 as the pandemic claimed 312 lives in a day. According to the health ministry, there are 178,014 active cases in the country while 248,189…
DOZENS of girls from a state-run shelter for runaways and victims of sexual abuse — including seven who are pregnant — have tested positive for coronavirus, Indian officials said, raising fears about its spread in institutional homes. A probe was launched after almost 60 out of 171 vulnerable girls contracted…
UK oil giant BP will set up its global business services (GBS) centre in Pune, India by January 2021. The company has said that it will hire 2,000 employees locally. The GBS centre will provide business processing and advanced analytics capabilities in support of BP businesses worldwide, the company said…
MILLIONS of people across the globe marked the International Yoga Day (IYD) on Sunday (21) as they joined virtual gatherings and shared online their pictures and videos highlighting the importance of the ancient practice for the world as it battles the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the celebrations…
