New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday called upon countries in its south-east Asia region to scale up public health infrastructure, rigorously implement social measures and make efforts to accelerate vaccination to prevent another COVID-19 surge. This week, Maldives and Myanmar confirmed the transmission of coronavirus variants of concern. Earlier, variants of concern […]
The rollout of the Russian Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V at Indraprastha Apollo and Madhukar Rainbow Children’s Hospital in Delhi has been delayed for some days, officials said on Sunday. A spokesperson of Apollo Hospitals said the facility in Delhi will tentatively start administering the two-dose vaccine by June 25. An official had earlier said the […]
New Delhi: The commerce and industry ministry has floated a draft cabinet note seeking inter-ministerial views on a proposal to allow up to 100 per cent foreign investment under automatic route in oil and gas PSUs, which have an ‘in-principle’ approval for disinvestment, sources said. The move, if approved by the union cabinet, would facilitate […]
NEW DELHI: Saudi Aramco chairman and Governor of the Kingdom’s wealth fund Public Investment Fund, Yasir Al-Rumayyan, may be inducted on the board of Reliance Industries Ltd, a precursor to a USD 15 billion deal, reports said. An announcement of Al-Rumayyan’s induction on the RIL board or the board of the newly carved oil-to-chemical (O2C) […]
NEW DELHI: Air India has time till mid-July to challenge the lawsuit filed by Britain’s Cairn Energy PLC demanding that a US federal court force the airline to pay a USD 1.26 billion arbitration award it had won against the Indian government in December last year, sources said. Air India is controlled by the Indian […]
New Delhi: Japanese two-wheeler major Yamaha is seeking to leverage on the ‘drastic shift’ in consumer behaviour, with preference for personal mobility over public transportation brought about by COVID-19, and press ahead with its plans to expand retail footprint in India despite the pandemic-induced disruptions, according to a senior company official. Yamaha Motor India Group, […]
NEW DELHI: South Africa pace legend Dale Steyn believes India’s batting mainstay Cheteshwar Pujara could have rotated the strike better during the second day of World Test Championship (WTC) final against New Zealand in Southampton. Pujara’s strike-rate has been a constant subject of debate for some time now and the India No. 3 did his […]
NEW DELHI: The Tokyo Olympic organisers are working on how to ensure safe stay and seamless training of the Indian athletes inside the Games Village, according to a letter they have sent to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA). The Indian athletes and officials travelling for the Olympics have been asked by the Japanese government to […]
NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket board on Sunday pledged a donation of Rs 10 crore for the training and preparations of the country’s Olympic-bound athletes. A decision in this regard was taken at the BCCI’s emergent Apex Council meeting, attended by Board president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah. “Yes, BCCI will be helping out […]
NEW DELHI: Star India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin says competition always brings out the best in him and the day he feels he has lost that urge to improve his craft, he will quit the sport. Ashwin is regarded as a thinking cricketer who always strives to explore something new, something extra in his game and […]