• Sunday, April 06, 2025

Jio Platforms listing likely next year at Nasdaq

Jio Platforms, the digital and telecommunications subsidiary of Reliance Industries, is likely to be listed in Nasdaq next year. Morgan Stanley may be appointed the lead banker to manage the overseas listing. In the past one month, five global players including Facebook have picked up a 17.12 per cent stake…

COVID-19: Death toll rises to 4,337; total cases reach 1,51,767…

The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,337 and the total number of cases climbed to 1,51,767 in the country, registering an increase of 170 deaths and 6,387 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday. The number of active coronavirus cases stands at…

India yogi who claimed to live without food or water…

An Indian yogi whose claims he spent decades without food or water earned him a band of devotees and the scepticism of doctors died Tuesday (26), his neighbour told AFP. The long-haired and bearded Prahlad Jani — who dressed in red and wore a nose ring in the fashion of…

Indian man kills wife by unleashing cobra in her room

After first failing with a viper, an Indian man has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife by letting loose a cobra in her room, police said Monday (26). Police in the southern state of Kerala said phone records showed the man — named as Sooraj — had been in…

India’s fatality rate among the lowest in the world, says…

The Ministry of Health on Tuesday said that India’s recovery rate has improved to 41.61 per cent while the fatality rate remained the lowest in the world at 2.87 per cent now. Addressing the press conference,  Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry, said ” India reported 0.3 per cent…

Uber cuts 600 jobs in India as lockdown hits business

Uber Technologies Inc will cut around 600 jobs in India as part of its plans to cut 23 per cent of its global workforce, as the company navigates a lockdown that has brought businesses in the country to a grinding halt. Last week, Uber said it would focus on its…

Glenmark to start clinical trial for a potential COVID-19 drug…

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited said on Tuesday (26) it will begin a new clinical trial in India to test a combination of two anti-viral drugs, favipiravir and umifenovir, as a potential COVID-19 treatment. The study will look to enroll 158 hospitalised patients suffering from moderate COVID-19 infections in India, the company…

India may keep COVID-19 deaths to less than 8,000: Public…

Kerala, Punjab and Haryana seem to have crossed the peak in coronavirus cases, says a prominent public health specialist, who expects India to keep COVID-19 deaths at less than 8,000 in the country with strict enforcement of standard protocols and hospitals in high alert. India should not be seen as…

Over 300 Indians fly home on board special Air India…

Over 300 Indian nationals, who were stuck in the US due to the coronavirus-induced global travel restrictions, have flown home on board the fourth special flight from New York under the Vande Bharat Mission. The Air India flight from J F K International Airport to Bengaluru flew on May 25…

COVID-19 ; WHO stops testing hydroxychloroquine on patients

The coronavirus cases in India rose to 1,45,380 on Tuesday as per data shared by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Out of these 80,722 are active cases, 60,490 COVID 19 cases have been cured or discharged, and one has been migrated. 4,167 people have died due to the…