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NEW DELHI: The bosses of Indian telecom giants Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel spoke in different voices about the launch of 5G in India, with Mukesh Ambani seeing a possibility late next year, while Sunil mittal – the man who made the first bet in the telecommunications sector in the …

Actress Dia Mirza may look the same as when she was crowned Miss Asia Pacific in 2000, but she will turn 39 on Wednesday. The actress made her film debut in 2001 alongside R Madhavan in Rehnaa Hai Tere Dil Mein and has never looked back. Dia was the second …

Mount Everest and other peaks of the Himalayas seen through the window of an airplane Kathmandu: Mount Everest is higher than previously thought, Nepal and China said Tuesday, settling a long-running conflict over the height of the world’s highest peak that straddles their shared border. Kathmandu and Beijing had differed …

By: AP | Updated: December 8, 2020 7:57:28 pm Margaret Keenan, 90, was the first UK patient to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, administered by nurse May Parsons at Coventry University Hospital, England. (Jacob King / Pool via AP) The UK health authorities have launched the first doses of a …

India has recorded more than 96 lakh of coronavirus cases so far. New Delhi: A panel of experts will review tomorrow the request of three pharmaceutical companies, the Serum Institute of India, Pfizer and Bharat Biotech, to approve the emergency use of their coronavirus vaccines in India, sources told NDTV. …

Jet Airways shares have risen more than 5 times from the lows of 15 rupees reached in March this year. Shares of Jet Airways were locked at a 5 percent higher loop to Rs 75.60 on the BSE a day after its new owners announced a revival plan for the …

NEW DELHI: As daily cases of Covid-19 in the country continue to fall after peaking nearly three months ago, India is among the two nations hardest hit by the pandemic that have yet to be hit by a second wave of infections. Eight of these countries have seen or are …

By: Bloomberg | Updated: December 8, 2020 8:14:09 am Austin, 67, was the head of the U.S. Central Command from 2013 to 2016 under President Barack Obama, succeeding Mattis in that key military troop-monitoring role in a region that includes Iraq, Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla …

The government is pinning its hopes for a massive supply of vaccines to the Serum Institute. (Figurative) Bangalore: The Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest producer of vaccines by volume, is close to signing a supply contract with the Center and will likely set prices at Rs 250 ($ …

Prime Minister Modi said that all villages in India would have high-speed fiber optic data network connectivity. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that India will launch the world’s largest Covid vaccination campaign with the help of mobile technology. He also said that the country was becoming the …