India’s Covid chart continued to show improvement today, with the country recording 51,667 cases, a marginal drop from yesterday’s 54,069 figure.The country’s overall caseload now stands at 3.01 crore while total fatalities are at 3.93 lakh. India’s test positivity rate (positive cases…
Petrol and diesel prices are unchanged across the metros on Thursday, June 25, 2021, according to information provided by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). In New Delhi, the petrol prices are steady at Rs 97.76 per litre and diesel prices are at ₹ 88.30 per litre. In Mumbai, petrol is priced…
The domestic stock markets are likely to start the last trading day of the week on a muted note, post the rally witnessed in the previous session. Trends on SGX Nifty indicate a flat opening for the index in India, with a 10-point gain. At 7:30 am, the Nifty futures were trading around 15,847, higher by 10 points, on…
India added 54,069 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours while deaths from COVID-19 rose by 1,321. The country’s overall caseload now stands at 3.82 crore, while total fatalities are at 3.91 lakh, according to the health ministry. Kerala contributed 12,787 cases to the country’s daily numbers. It was…
The Indian Army is looking to replace its vintage infantry combat vehicles in service since the 1980s and has intimated the process to acquire a modern version of the platform more suited for troops in high-altitude areas of Sikkim and Ladakh amid Chinese aggression. These will ensure swift deployment of troops in…
Annual equity returns from Indian stocks will be about five percentage points on top of the economic growth of 7%-10% in coming years, according to billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala. Known locally as India’s Warren Buffett due to his penchant for equity investing, Mr Jhunjhunwala is counting on the…
India said on Wednesday it has found around 40 cases of the Delta coronavirus variant carrying a mutation that appears to make it more transmissible, and advised states to increase testing. Below is what we know about the variant. What is Delta Plus? The variant, called “Delta Plus” in India,…
This might sound weird, but a US-based CCTV company has decided to hire people who will monitor stores from remote locations in India and scream at armed robbers in case of suspicious activities in the stores. The operator, in fact, will also administer the workings of the store and its employees. Washington-based Live…
After the budget announcement on setting up a bad bank-like structure for faster resolution of NPA, the government may be ready with the blueprint. As has been proposed, NARCL will take over the bad loans from banks by paying 15 percent in cash and 85 percent as Security Receipts. The security receipts will be…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic was formulated to ensure that solutions do not follow a ‘one size fits all’ model.He asserted that “reforms by conviction and incentives” were undertaken on the back of “Centre-state bhagidari…