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Up to 462 million Indians tuned in to the 2019 IPL on TV A year ago, the ICC released the figures for what it presumably called “one of the most watched sporting events in the world.” With a cumulative audience of 1.6 billion and 706 million unique viewers, the 2019 …

WHO regional director for Europe Hans Kluge said a sudden spike in September “should serve as a wake-up call for all of us” after Europe set a new record last week, with some 54,000 cases recorded in 24 hours. “Although these numbers reflect more comprehensive tests, they also show alarming …

Apple Store Online will launch in India on September 23, the company confirmed today. The online store will offer the full range of products available from Apple and will also offer customer support directly for the first time. Although Apple products have been sold through e-commerce stores such as Amazon …

India’s economic recovery prospects have gone from bad to worse after the nation emerged as a new global hotspot for the coronavirus pandemic with more than 5 million infections. Economists and global institutions like the Asian Development Bank have recently cut India’s growth projections from record lows as the virus …

Written by Nandagopal Rajan | New Delhi | Updated: September 18, 2020 7:22:19 am Apple’s online retail experience is as unique as its famous offline stories and involves holding the customer down from deciding which product to buy to setting up and running it. Almost 33 years after its first …

One in seven volunteers complained of side effects after being injected with Sputnik V, Russia’s experimental vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the country’s health minister said. Mikhail Murashko, the Russian health minister, said that more than 300 of the 40,000 announced volunteers have been vaccinated with Sputnik V so …

Apple announced today that it plans to open its online store in India on September 23. The expansion will bring direct sales and an improved shopping experience to customers in the region for the first time. Apple has made significant investments in India in recent years as it seeks to …

Yashasvi Jaiswal remembers watching an IPL match between the Mumbai Indians and the Chennai Super Kings a few years ago at Wankhede Stadium. For the first time, he saw Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma play under the lights, and it has embedded itself in his mind. Also follow …

DUBAI: In the original concept, it was an event made for television. And that will prove to be a good thing for him Indian Premier League (IPL), the lucrative Twenty20 Cricket competition that has been delayed for several months. It will now be played away from home in the United …

NEW DELHI: Responding to questions about the status of a vaccine for Covid-19 in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said there is a chance that it will be available in early 2021. He also said the government is targeting bring down Covid -19 mortality rate to less …