New Delhi: The government is preparing to come out with a cross-border insolvency resolution framework based on the UNCITRAL model law and is proposed to be made applicable for both corporate debtors as well as personal guarantors to such debtors. The corporate affairs ministry, which is implementing the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), has sought […]
NEW DELHI: India logged 10,549 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,45,55,431, while the active cases rose to 1,10,133, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll climbed to 4,67,468 with 488 fresh fatalities, including 384 in Kerala, according to the data updated at […]
A new study has shown that the airborne transmission of COVID-19 is highly random and suggests that social distancing alone is not effective in controlling its spread, reiterating the importance of vaccination and face masks. A team of engineers from the University of Cambridge used computer modelling to quantify how droplets spread when people cough. […]
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar on Thursday reviewed the working of food regulator FSSAI and stressed on the need to create awareness among next generation about food choices. She visited the office of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and flagged off Food Safety […]
NEW DELHI: Interacting with ambassadors of Latin American and Caribbean nations, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said India is willing to supply Covishield and Covaxin to these countries. Explaining India’s strategy to curb Covid-19, he spoke on the six vaccines approved in the country, of which two are indigenously developed. Near 1.2 billion […]
KANPUR: Tim Southee bowled an incisive morning spell to take five wickets which was then brilliantly complemented by openers Will Young and Tom Latham as New Zealand dominated India to reach 129 for no loss on the second day of the opening Test on Friday. The only highlight for India in an otherwise disappointing day […]
KANPUR: The new COVID-19 variant, which threatens to wreak havoc in South Africa, has led to considerable concerns about India’s tour of the Rainbow Nation next month and there could be changes in the quarantine rules for players in the coming days. India, during a nearly seven-week assignment starting December 17, are scheduled to play […]
BALI: India’s two-time Olympic medal-winning shuttler P V Sindhu came back from a game down to beat South Korea’s Sim Yujin and enter the semifinals of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 tournament here on Friday. Third seed Sindhu, the reigning world champion, had to toil hard to get the better of Yujin 14-21 21-19 21-14 […]
New Delhi:Gold prices in the national capital rallied by Rs 570 to Rs 47,155 per 10 grams on Friday in line with gains in metal prices in the global markets and a fall in the rupee against the US dollar, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday said it was high time to take initiative for having a time frame for hearing of cases as “very limited time space” is available and same points are being sought to be argued by lawyers in one matter. The apex court said that when Justice M N Venkatachaliah […]