BENGALURU (Reuters) – Zydus Cadila on Thursday launched the cheapest generic version of Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug remdesivir in India to treat COVID-19 following reports of shortages at hospitals in the world’s third-worst hit nation. Zydus has priced it at 2,800 rupees ($37.44) per 100mg vial. It will be sold under the brand name Remdac […]
A crowd had gathered outside KG Halli police station on Friday night demanding MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy’s relative be arrested for a derogatory Facebook post. By Meryl Sebastian Three people were killed in police firing after violence broke out in East Bengaluru on Tuesday in protest against a social media post by a Congress MLA’s […]
Three journalists from The Caravan magazine say they were physically assaulted by a mob in Subhash Mohalla in northeast-Delhi on Tuesday. By Betwa Sharma NEW DELHI —Three journalists from The Caravan magazine say they were physically assaulted by a mob in Subhash Mohalla in northeast-Delhi on Tuesday afternoon. At 11:52 pm on Tuesday, Hartosh Singh Bal, political […]
Vivek Mishra BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s retail inflation edged up slightly in July due to higher food prices, remaining firmly above the RBI’s medium-term target of 4% for a 10th straight month, a Reuters poll showed. A woman wearing a protective face mask and gloves waits for customers at her vegetable shop outside a slum […]
A worker grinds a gear rod used in a textile machine inside a small scale manufacturing unit in Ahmedabad, India, April 12, 2016. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s industrial output contracted 16.6% in June from a year earlier, government data showed on Tuesday, as a monthly measure indicated some recovery in the […]
Modi’s call for love and brotherhood at the Ayodhya ceremony seems to have had no effect on his own supporters. By Rohini Chatterji When Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the gathering at Ayodhya on August 5, the day of the Ram Mandir bhumi pujan, he made a case for the temple becoming a symbol of unity in a […]
वित्त मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण ने शुक्रवार को कहा कि करदाताओं के लिए सरकार एक चार्टर ऑफ राइट्स लेकर आएगी। दुनिया में कुछ ही देश हैं जहां करदाताओं के लिए चार्टर ऑफ राइट्स है। इनमें ऑस्ट्रेलिया, ब्रिटेन और अमेरिका शामिल हैं। Edited By Dil Prakash | पीटीआई | Updated: 07 Aug 2020, 11:04:00 PM IST facebooktwitteremail वित्त मंत्री […]
Swati Bhat MUMBAI (Reuters) – India will stop importing 101 items of military equipment in an effort to boost domestic defence production, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday. Singh said the move follows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for defence self-reliance. India is one of the world’s top arms importers. India has accelerated […]
Investigators have found the so-called “black boxes” of a plane that crashed in the southern India state of Kerala, killing at least 18 people. The Air India Express plane, en route from Dubai, skidded off the runway during bad weather before breaking in two while landing at Kozhikode airport. There were 190 people on board […]
At least 22 people have been killed after monsoon-season floods triggered a landslide in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Houses in Idukki district were swept away after torrential rain and flooding late on Friday night. Rescuers have been recovering bodies from under debris but 44 people remain missing, Idduki MP Dean Kuriakose told the […]
