- Saturday, April 05, 2025
By Gautam Trivedi Managing partner Nepean Capital LLP, India WHILE I am not one who follows astrology, at the start of the year, a few Indian pundits were saying 2020 would be a very difficult period for India and the rest of the world. And now I can see why.…
INDIA has lifted an export ban on hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malarial drug touted by the UK president Donald Trump as a potential “game changer” in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, a minister said late on Wednesday (10). “Department of Pharmaceuticals has approved the lifting of ban on Export of Hydroxychloroquine…
INDIAN cricket chief Sourav Ganguly has indicated that this year’s IPL could be conducted in empty stadiums in view of the coronavirus pandemic. The BCCI president said he was “optimistic” about the plans for IPL 2020, which had been indefinitely suspended because of Covid-19, which has claimed more than 8,000…
The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 8,102 and the number of cases climbed to 2,86,579 in the country after it registered the highest single-day spike of 357 fatalities and 9,996 cases till Thursday 8 AM, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The number of recoveries remained more than the active…
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings on Wednesday affirmed India’s lowest investment grade (BBB-) credit rating with stable outlook holding that the country’s economy and fiscal position will stabilize and begin to recover from 2021 onwards. The rating action will provide huge relief to the government as last week Moody’s…
SIXTEEN of the 17 doctors who died during the time it took Public Health England to carry out its review into the disproportionate number of Asian and black people dying from coronavirus were BAME, Eastern Eye has learnt. The British Medical Association (BMA), the doctors’ union, also fears more medics will perish…
Even though troops of India and China have disengaged at three locations in Eastern Ladakh, the Indian side is clear that the tensions on the borders would be done away entirely only when the People's Liberation Army de-inducts more than 10,000 troops along with artillery and tank regiments deployed on…
INDIAN-ORIGIN California Senator Kamala Harris helped former vice president and 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to raise $3.5 million during the virtual mega fund raiser. Tuesday‘s (9) fundraiser is the second-largest single event haul so far for the Biden campaign, which raised $4 million at an event in early…
After weeks of speculations and countless media reports, it has finally been confirmed that Dharma Productions’ much-awaited outing Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl will skip its theatrical release and premiere directly on Netflix, one of the leading streaming media giants in the world. Helmed by Sharan Sharma, the movie stars Janhvi Kapoor…
INDIA attracted $3.7 billion Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from from Cayman Islands in 2019-20, according to the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). With a threefold jump in FDI when compared to a year ago, Cayman Islands has emerged as the fifth largest investor in India. India received…
