- Wednesday, February 26, 2025
HOSPITAL authorities in India had a tough time when a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic engulfed the country, leaving several thousands dead. In the wake of the tragedy, beds were hastily converted for Covid-19 patients so that a potential third wave didn’t wreak another havoc. But those beds…
A BILL to ban all private cryptocurrencies in India with certain exemptions is likely to be taken up for final consideration and passing during the winter session of the Indian parliament starting November 29. The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill 2021 is among 26 new bills of…
MAMATA Banerjee, the chief minister of the eastern Indian state of West Bengal and a major anti-Narendra Modi face in Indian politics who is aiming to expand her Trinamool Congress’s base across India before the 2024 general elections to throw a major challenge to the incumbent prime minister, received a…
INDIAN telecom operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) has raised its mobile tariffs for prepaid connections a day after competitor Airtel. It said the hike will help improve the average revenue per user (ARPU) and “help address financial stress faced by the industry”, India Today reported. The new tariffs are set to…
THE Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) landed in a controversy ahead of India’s Test series against New Zealand starting in Kanpur on Thursday (25) over reports that it has banned beef and pork in any form in the new diet regime of the national team. It has…
THE Indian defence ministry on Tuesday (23) gave its final clearance to a deal worth over Rs 5,000 crore (£502 million) with Russia to manufacture 7.5 lakh (0.75 million) AK-203 assault rifles in Amethi in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh under the 'Make in India' initiative. The development…
AUSTRALIA on Monday (22) announced its decision to ease stringent pandemic-related travel restrictions from December, a move which is expected to benefit thousands of Indian students who study Down Under and are waiting to return there after the pandemic disruption. A statement from the Australian government said fully-vaccinated eligible visa…
TWO-TIME Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will contest the Badminton World Federation Athletes’ Commission election scheduled to be held on December 17. The 26-year-old ace shuttler is the only current Athletes’ Commission member to contest the election. She was first elected in 2017 and is one of the six women representatives…
INDIA has planned to release about five million barrels of crude oil from its emergency stockpile in tandem with other major economies like the US, Japan and others to cool international oil prices, a top government official on Tuesday (23) said. This is the first time ever that India, which…
BHARAT Biotech-manufactured Covaxin, one of the vaccines being administered in India against the coronavirus, is on the UK's list of approved Covid-19 jabs for international travellers from Monday (22). It will benefit more fully vaccinated Indians planning travel to the UK without the need for a pre-departure PCR test or…
