May 2021

BENGALURU: The Tata group’s foray into the India’s growing e-grocery market has been sealed with the Competition Commission of India on Thursday giving its nod to its $1 billion acquisition of BigBasket. In a statement, the CCI said that it…

New Delhi/Vasco: Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), a Miniratna Defence PSU, has pitched in to help the state government of Goa in its fight against COVID-19. The PSU announced to provide an “onsite oxygen generating plant” under its corporate…

New Delhi: Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has again contributed Rs 5.45 crores from its corporate social responsibility (CSR) fund to the PM CARES Fund, in support of the government’s concerted efforts in dealing with…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Council of Ministers on Friday amid rising cases of coronavirus in the country. They discussed the ways to manage the pandemic and ensure availability of essential supplies.…

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday appeared to be shifting blame on states for the explosive rise in Covid19 cases, maintaining that it had been in touch with districts despite drop in infections since September last year. In a press…

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday urged Trinamool Congress candidates, who contested in the recently concluded eight-phase Assembly elections, to keep a close watch on the counting process, especially in the…

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Friday that the current restrictions imposed in the state have helped contain the spread of Covid-19 and that his government is not planning to impose any additional measures.…

On a day the US promised medical supplies landed in India, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a telephonic conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday. The conversation focused on India’s requirements of…

NEW DELHI: In view of the concerns that Delhi may not have been allocated enough oxygen to battle the Covid-19 crisis that is unfolding in the national capital, the Supreme Court on Friday urged the Centre to do whatever can be done to…

New Delhi , May 1  In a major crackdown on black marketing of counterfeit drugs, Delhi Crime Branch's inter-state cell busted a manufacturing unit of 'fake Remdesivir' at Uttarakhand's Kotdwar and arrested seven people associated…

Mumbai (Maharashtra) , May 1  The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday said that the COVID-19 vaccination drive from May 1 to inoculate the 18-44 age group will take place between 1 pm to 6 pm in five hospitals of Mumbai.…

Bharuch (Gujarat) , May 1  A fire broke out at Patel Welfare COVID Hospital in Gujarat's Bharuch on the intervening night of Friday-Saturday. Patients have been shifted to another hospital. As per the fire department, they received the…