LONDON: The number of Delta variant infections has jumped by 33,630 in a week to hit a total of 75,953 in the UK, with the highly transmissible variant first identified in India now making up 99 per cent of all Covid-19 cases in the country, health officials warned on Friday. Public Health England (PHE), which … Read more
NEW DELHI: A special CBI court on Friday frowned upon a direct communication to it from the British High Commission in the matter concerning bail of Christian Michel James who is in judicial custody in the AgustaWestland chopper case. Special Judge Arvind Kumar in his order rejected the bail petitions of Michel James. “It needs … Read more
ST PETERSBURG: Emil Forsberg scored Sweden‘s first goal of the Euro 2020 from the penalty spot as they edged out Slovakia 1-0 to boost their qualification hopes from Group E on Friday. In a game which was short of clear-cut chances, Slovakia goalkeeper Martin Dubravka conceded a penalty in the second half when he tripped … Read more
CHENNAI: Shares of companies controlled by billionaire Gautam Adani recorded their biggest weekly losses ever. The six stocks cumulatively lost Rs 1.91 lakh crore ($25.83 billion) of value over five days through Friday. The funds According to a report by the Economic Times on Monday the accounts of three Mauritius-based funds, which are among the … Read more
Shafali Verma scored her second half-century in her debut Test vs England.© Twitter India’s Shafali Verma on Friday became the youngest woman to score twin half-centuries in her debut Test match. She reached the milestone against England at Bristol in the ongoing one-off Test. The record was previously held by Australia’s Jessica Louise Jonassen, … Read more
File photo of Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar The MoU between India and Bhutan will strengthen technological, scientific and management capabilities; expand areas of environmental cooperation. PTI Last Updated:June 18, 2021, 19:59 IST FOLLOW US ON: New Delhi: India and Bhutan have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the environment sector, Union … Read more
PUNE: AirAsia India on Friday operated 9 flights with fully vaccinated crew including cabin crew and pilots. The sectors flown by fully vaccinated crew included Bengaluru-Kolkata, Kolkata-Bengaluru, Bengaluru-Chennai, Chennai-Guwahati, Guwahati-Bengaluru, Bengaluru-Pune, Pune-Jaipur, Jaipur-Pune and Pune-Bengaluru, its officials said. The airline has been conducting free inoculation drives for all its eligible all stars and their dependants … Read more
BRUSSELS: AstraZeneca and the European Union both claimed victory Friday in a court tussle over allegations that the coronavirus vaccine-maker was not producing shots for the 27-nation bloc fast enough. AstraZeneca was seen as a key pillar of the EU’s vaccine rollout. Its contract with the Commission foresaw an initial 300 million doses being distributed, … Read more
KOLKATA: India head coach Igor Stimac on Friday expressed concern at the lack of quality footballers at the national level and urged the top tier Indian Super League and I-League to play proactive roles to produce players like Sunil Chhetri. Lack of a quality striker was once again evident in India’s recent World Cup qualifiers … Read more
NEW DELHI: Pharmaceutical major Zydus Cadila has told the Centre that it could apply for emergency use authorisation (EUA) for ZyCoV-D vaccine in the next seven-eight days. It will be the second indigenous Covid-19 vaccine to apply for such authorisation. It will also be the world’s first DNA vaccine against coronavirus. “Zydus Cadila has told … Read more