May 2021

NEW DELHI:  With the demand for steel continuing to increase during the pandemic, the Union government is considering a further reduction in customs duty levied on steel imports. “Metal prices in general and steel prices in particular have…

NEW DELHI:  Smartphone shipment in India fell 14 per cent quarter-on-quarter to 38 million in Q121 (January-March) as  the onset of the second Covid-19 wave towards the end of the quarter resulted in subdued consumer demand. According to…

New Delhi: Nikhil Gandhi, the India Head of China's ByteDance-owned short video-sharing platform TikTok, has decided to quit and is currently serving his notice period, IWMBuzz reported. After the company folded its India business, Gandhi…

New Delhi, May 12 (UNI) With an aim to uninterrupted power supply to the Oxygen plants across the country, the Ministry of Power has set up a monitoring centre for the power supply to 73 major identified Oxygen Plants across the country out…

Jammu, May 12 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Government has added nearly 800 more oxygen supported beds, in Jammu province, in a week, to augment the existing bed capacity, as a part of ongoing capacity building of hospitals in wake of rising…

New Delhi, May 12 (UNI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stressed that it is high time that the government fix the Maximum Retail Price (MRP) payable for oxygen concentrators and other equipment used to treat COVID-19 to prevent their…

Hyderabad, May 12 (UNI) Indo-Arab League Chairman Syed Vicaruddin has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and resolve the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict. In a letter, addressed to PM Modi, Vicaruddin said that the…

Kolkata, May 7 (UNI) A five-member bench of Calcutta High Court on Friday sought a report within 3 days from West Bengal government on the post-election violence in the state that claimed at least 16 lives. The violence erupted after…

Moscow, May 12 (Sputnik) The coordinating role of the United Nations remains crucial in overcoming global challenges, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. "The situation in the world is very unstable. The trends we are…

Washington, May 13, US entrepreneur Elon Musk announced that he suspended selling his Tesla electric vehicles for Bitcoins over concerns about the adverse environmental impact of mining the cryptocurrency. "Tesla has suspended vehicle…

Nanded, May 12 (UNI) For poor occupancy the Air India's Nanded-Amritsar-Delhi flight service, the only one in the nation, has been suspended till May 31. The service was rendered for three days a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.…

Brasilia, May 13 (Sputnik) The number of new COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 76,692 to 15,359,397 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Wednesday. According to the ministry, the death toll has…