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Dr Harsh Vardhan nominated to board of Gavi, the Covid-19 vaccine alliance

NEW DELHI: India’s Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has been nominated by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance) as a member of its Board. He will be representing the South East Area Regional Office (SEARO) constituency on the GAVI Board. The seat is currently held by Myint Htwe of Myanmar. […]

Kerala Finance minister says no breach of privilege in disclosing CAG report

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala state Finance minister and senior leader of the CPM, Dr TM Thomas Issac has said that there is nothing to be ashamed of in appearing before the ethics committee of the Kerala legislative assembly. While appearing before the ethics committee of the assembly, he said that he has not done any breach of […]

ITBP gets land for its headquarters in Delhi

Namakkal (TN), Dec 29 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami on Tuesday said he does not aspire for the high post of CM but considered himself as “in-charge” having overall responsibility to “execute the task” people assign to him. His role as chief minister was only to serve the people as what remained everlasting […]

Future, Amazon continue fight; write to Sebi over Future-Reliance deal

NEW DELHI:Continuing their letter fight, Amazon and Future Group have written to market regulator SEBI with contrasting requests over a Rs 24,713 crore buyout of assets of India’s second-largest retailer. Future Group has requested SEBI to expedite the review of the proposed deal and issue a no-objection certificate, while Amazon has urged that the review […]

Larsen & Toubro wins ‘significant’ contract in Chhattisgarh

NEW DELHI: Engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Tuesday said it has won a ‘significant’ contract in Chhattisgarh. The company did not provide the exact contract value. However, as per its classification, a significant contract ranges between Rs 1,000 crore to Rs 2,500 crore. “The Water and Effluent Treatment business of L&T […]

Lenders extend ICA for Reliance Home Finance resolution till March 31

NEW DELHI: Lenders to troubled mortgage firm Reliance Home Finance (RHF) have extended the inter-creditor agreement (ICA) for another three months. Reliance Home Finance, part of Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Group, recently got bids from six suitors as part of the debt resolution process. “The lenders of the company forming part of the Inter creditor Agreement […]

Mukesh Ambani sold dreams to tech giants for $27 billion, Now he has to deliver

By Anto Antony P R Sanjai and Saritha Rai  NEW DELHI: Mukesh Ambani spent much of 2020 convincing Facebook Inc., Google and a clutch of Wall Street heavyweights to buy into his vision for one of the world’s most ambitious corporate transformations. Now flush with $27 billion in fresh capital, Asia’s richest man is under […]

Narendra Modi launches 351km-long eastern dedicated freight corridor;attacks previous governments for delays

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the 351 km long ‘New Bhaupur-New Khurja section’ of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) and Operation Control Centre (OCC) at Prayagraj. Speaking on the occasion, Modi said, “After Independence we are witnessing the inauguration of the most advanced rail section in the country. The first […]

Prime Minister inaugurates India’s first-ever driverless train operations

NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first-ever driverless train operations on Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line today through a video conference. The National Common Mobility Card was expanded to the Airport Express Line of Delhi Metro, which was started in Ahmedabad last year. Union Minister Hardeep Puri and Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal were […]

Already produced 40-50 million dosages of Covishield vaccine: Serum Institute

NEW DELHI: Serum Institute of India (SII) has already produced around 50 million dosages of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’ and plans to scale it up to 100 million by March next year even as it awaits approval for emergency use authorisation, a top company official said on Monday. The company, which has launched the […]

Vaccinators line up as Oxford/AstraZeneca jab on brink of approval in UK

By Aditi Khanna LONDON: The UK’s National Health Service is lining up thousands of medics and volunteers on Monday to be ready to deliver jabs up and down the country as the Oxford University vaccine against COVID-19 is on the brink of getting regulatory approval. The vaccine, which is being produced by bio-pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca […]

China denies seeking additional guarantees for USD 6 billion loan for rail project in Pakistan

By K J M Varma BEIJING: China on Monday termed as baseless the reports that it has sought additional guarantees from Pakistan for sanctioning a whopping USD 6-billion loan for a railway line project and backing away from its initial financial commitments to the multi-billion dollars China-Pakistan Economic Corridor due to weakening financial position of […]

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