- Sunday, April 06, 2025
Shares of Vodafone Idea on Friday (29) zoomed nearly 30 per cent amid reports that Google was eyeing a minority stake in the British telecom group’s struggling India business. Reacting to the reports, stock of the company rallied 29.89 per cent to Rs 7.56 on BSE. On NSE, it rose…
The coronavirus lockdown will ease next week for most of Britain’s population, Boris Johnson announced on Thursday (29), as a row persisted over the prime minister’s closest adviser taking a long-distance journey during lockdown. In England, up to six people will be able to meet outside and schools will gradually…
AS India’s health system grapples with the COVID-19, doctors are increasingly going online to consult with patients suffering less critical or chronic diseases, while the south Asian economy prepares to emerge from a nationwide lockdown. To head off a rush at clinics and an accompanying risk of infection, many doctors…
Pakistan has criticised India for starting the construction of the Ram temple at the site of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, saying it shows how the Muslims in the country are being marginalised. India's Supreme Court, in its verdict in the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi title case on November 9 last year,…
Over 45,000 stranded Indians were brought back home from abroad under the Vande Bharat mission and another 1,00,000 will be evacuated till June 13, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. The mega evacuation mission was launched on May 7. MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the government is also…
As India’s financial capital Mumbai battled a growing number of coronavirus cases, local DJ Sanjay Meriya set aside his turntable and dusted off a long-unused medical degree in order to help out. Meriya, 30, known as The Spindoctor in Mumbai music circles, began work last month as a medical volunteer…
THE COVID-19 pandemic in India grew by the highest number yet on Friday (29) when 7,466 fresh cases where detected across the country. The total number of coronavirus cases in the country increased to 165,799. With the biggest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases, India overtook Turkey to become the ninth…
BRITAIN has suffered the highest death rate from the novel coronavirus among the most-affected countries with comparable tracking data, according to new research published on Thursday (28). Official numbers from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released earlier this week show Britain has registered almost 60,000 more deaths than usual…
Nearly 23 lakh people, who have moved within the country or arrived from international destinations during the ongoing nationwide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, are currently in quarantine facilities arranged by states and union territories. While majority of the state governments and union territory administrations have made at least…
Smartphone major Xiaomi will make a foray into the Indian PC market with the addition of Mi laptops to its India product portfolio next month, a senior company official said on Thursday. The development comes at a time when the industry expects a greater demand for laptops as an increasing…
