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The death toll climbed to 5,16,072 with 98 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.
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Mount Maunganui: Their confidence high after an impressive win over the West Indies, India would look for much-needed consistency with the bat against a struggling England in their fourth league stage match of the ICC Women’s World Cup here on Wednesday. Currently placed third after a morale-boosting 155-run against the West Indies, India would like […]
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New Delhi: Chairman, Infosys Technologies Limited, Nandan Nilelani listed the journey of digital finance in India and drew attention to important challenges that it can face in days to come. Nilekani was speaking at the World Consumer Rights Day 2022, celebrated every year on March 15 to raise global awareness of consumer rights and demands. […]
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New Delhi: India has more than doubled its mobile broadband subscribers from 345 million to 765 million in the last five years and average mobile data consumption now touches 17GB per user per month, a new report revealed. India recorded the highest growth in mobile broadband data in 2021 and 4G mobile data recorded an […]
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Hyderabad: Banks across all public and private sectors will be closed in some parts of the country for up to four days this week. This is according to a list prepared by India’s central bank RBI. The Reserve Bank of India has issued a list of holidays for the year 2022 in its annual list. […]
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Hyderabad: Indian women’s handball team on Monday scripted history by clinching the country’s maiden gold medal in the Asian junior championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan and qualifying for the world championships later this year. The Indian team beat Thailand 41-18 in its fourth and final match on Monday to top the five-team tournament. India finished on […]
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Bengaluru: India scored an emphatic 238-run victory against Sri Lanka on Monday as they bowled out the visitors for 208 in the second innings of the second Test at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here. Rohit Sharma-led team wrapped up the Test match inside three days and have swept the two-match series 2-0. Resuming the post-Tea […]
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New Delhi: Even as India on Monday reported the lowest single-day Covid tally in 680 days, with only 2,503 new cases in the last 24 hours, doctors caution against being complacent as the virus is seeing a resurgence in many countries in Europe and Asia. Although many countries across the globe have relaxed Covid-related norms, […]
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New Delhi: Manshi Joshi and Nithya Sre claimed a gold each, while Tokyo Paralympics champion Pramod Bhagat secured two silver and a bronze as India bagged as many as 21 medals at the Spanish Para Badminton International in Cartagena, Spain. World no 1 Joshi (SL3) and Sre (SH6) were among the six gold medallists, while […]
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Pradeep Rawat was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to China in December last year. Rawat earlier served as the envoy to the Netherlands.
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The Ministry also informed that 27 fatalities in the last 24 hours have pushed the death toll to 5,15,877. Of these fatalities, Kerala reported 15 deaths, as per its state health bulletin.
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Bengaluru: India declared their second innings at 303 for 9 during the final session of the second day to set Sri Lanka a mammoth target of 447 runs to win the second Test here on Sunday. India made the declaration when Axar Patel was out for 9 after India had played 68.5 overs in their […]
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Islamabad/New Delhi: Pakistan has inducted multi purpose J-10C fighter jets, acquired from China, into its Air Force to improve its combat capabilities. In a formal induction ceremony on Friday held at Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Base Minhas Kamra in Attock district of Punjab to induct the jet, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said any country […]
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New Delhi: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Sunday called for startups to help India become self-reliant in Energy and Defence sectors while citing an example of the COVID-19 pandemic which was converted into an opportunity. “Every crisis can be converted into an opportunity like that of COVID. It is a big […]
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New Delhi: India’s gold imports, which have a bearing on the country’s current account deficit (CAD), surged by about 73 per cent to USD 45.1 billion during April-February this fiscal on account of higher demand, according to official data. The imports stood at USD 26.11 billion in April-February 2021. In February 2022, however, imports of […]
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Bengaluru: Shreyas Iyer who played a pivotal role in taking India’s total to 252 in the first innings of the second Test revealed how much the half-century on Day 1 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium against Sri Lanka meant to him. Iyer scored 92 of 98 balls hitting 10 fours and four sixes on Saturday. […]
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New Delhi: As higher oil prices torpedo economic recovery worldwide, Morgan Stanley has cut India’s GDP forecast for the fiscal year beginning April 1 by 50 basis points to 7.9 per cent, raised retail inflation projection to 6 per cent and expects current account deficit to widen to 3 per cent of GDP. “Even as […]
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Bengaluru: India were bowled out for 252 in their first inning by Sri Lanka at dinner break despite a brilliant innings by Shreyas Iyer (92 off 98) on the opening day of the second and final Test (pink ball game) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, here on Saturday. Resuming the second session at 93/4, runs came […]
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Bengaluru: India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat against Sri Lanka in the second and final Test (Pink Ball game) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, here on Saturday. Speaking at the toss, Rohit informed that India have brought in Axar Patel in place of Jayant Yadav for this day/night match. “We are […]
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Hamilton: Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur slammed twin centuries as India produced a splendid batting display to notch up a comprehensive 155-run win over West Indies and bring their campaign back on track at the ICC Women’s ODI World Cup here on Saturday. While Mandhana smashed her fifth ODI hundred, a sensational 119 off 123 […]