England players unlikely to be available for re-scheduled IPL: ECB

London: England have a busy international schedule from June onwards and the players are unlikely to be available for the remainder of the suspended IPL if the T20 tournament is rescheduled this year, says ECB Director of Cricket Ashley Giles. The IPL was suspended last week after multiple COVID-19 cases inside its bio-bubble. There are […]

India’s Olympic-bound shooting team leaves for training-cum-competition tour of Croatia

NEW DELHI: The Olympic-bound Indian shooting team on Tuesday left for Croatia for a two and a half months training-cum-competition tour, its final tune-up to the upcoming Tokyo Games. With coaches and support staff in tow, a 13-member Indian shooting team took off for Croatian capital Zagreb, where it will undergo a training camp before […]

Huge traffic jams in Srinagar prior to Eid

    Srinagar:Massive traffic jams were witnessed in several parts of the city on Tuesday, as people thronged the market places for Eid shopping, prompting police to shut down stores in some areas.       There was a sudden rush of vehicles in the city’s commercial hub, Lal Chowk, and other major markets prior […]

China’s population grows at slowest pace to 1.412 bn, may begin to decline by next year: Census

Beijing: China’s population grew at its slowest pace to reach 1.41178 billion, keeping its status as the world’s most populous country amid official projections that the numbers may decline from next year, leading to labour shortages and a fall in consumption levels, impacting the country’s future economic outlook. According to the seventh national population census released […]

Gold declines Rs 212; silver tumbles Rs 973

Gold declines Rs 212; silver tumbles Rs 973

New Delhi: Gold in the national capital on Tuesday declined by Rs 212 to Rs 47,308 per 10 gram with a decline in global precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 47,520 per 10 gram. Silver also tumbled Rs 973 to Rs 70,646 per kilogram […]

India records 3.29 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 3,876 fatalities

India records 3.29 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 3,876 fatalities

  New Delhi: The single day rise in new coronavirus infections in India fell to 3.29 lakh after 14 days taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,29,92,517, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. A total of 3,29,942 infections were reported in a span of 24 hours, while the death […]

GoI in SC justifies Covid vaccination policy, says no room for judicial intervention

GoI in SC justifies Covid vaccination policy, says no room for judicial intervention

New Delhi: The Centre has justified in the Supreme Court the COVID-19 vaccination policy saying its response and strategy is completely driven by expert medical and scientific opinion which leaves little room for judicial interference and emphasised that citizens of all age groups will get free vaccination throughout the country. In view of the unprecedented […]

Bharat Biotech commences direct supply of ‘Covaxin’ to 14 states

New Delhi: Bharat Biotech has commenced direct supply of its COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’ to 14 states, including Delhi and Maharashtra, with effect from May 1, according to the company’s Joint Managing Director Suchitra Ella. The Hyderabad-based firm has started supplying its COVID-19 treatment vaccine to the states based on the allocations received by the central […]

Eli Lilly inks pacts for Baricitinib for COVID-19 treatment in India

Eli Lilly inks pacts for Baricitinib for COVID-19 treatment in India

New Delhi: Drug firm Eli Lilly and Company on Monday said it has inked voluntary licensing agreements with Indian drug firms — Sun Pharma, Cipla and Lupin — to expedite availability of its arthritis drug Baricitinib for treatment of COVID-19 patients in India. The company “has issued royalty-free, non-exclusive voluntary licenses to established Indian pharmaceutical […]