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India’s growth in the first quarter of the current financial year is likely to be “the worst” among the four quarters of fiscal year-21 due to economic disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report by EY India that indicates a better economic performance since the second quarter. …

NEW DELHI: The world Bank it has said it is pausing the publication of the Doing Business report, which ranks countries based on their business competitiveness, pending investigation of a “series of irregularities” in its 2018 and 2020 surveys. Stating that the integrity and fairness of its data and analysis …

It has been one of the most lucrative weeks in history for some of the richest people in the world. The net worth of Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos exceeded an unfathomable $ 200 billion. Entrepreneur, inventor and provocateur Elon Musk added the title of centibillionaire when his fortune surpassed …

NEW DELHI: Captain of India virat Kohli He is likely to travel to Australia later this year despite the fact that his wife is expecting their first child in January, a key official with the Indian cricket board (BCCI) told Reuters on Friday. Kohli’s post on social media announcing his …

Chennai: Kanyakumari Congress Deputy H Vasanthakumar passed away due to COVID-19 on Friday night at the age of 70. Vasanthakumar was admitted to Apollo Hospitals on Greams Road, Chennai after contracting coronavirus. He is survived by his wife Tamil Selvi, two sons and a daughter. His eldest son, Vijay Vasanth, …

NEW DELHI: State Cabinet Ministers from Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, not governed by the BJP, west bengal, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand moved the Supreme Court on Friday seeking the postponement of JEE (Main) and NEET-UG to protect more than 25 lakh of students from serious health risk, given the increasing number of …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who shares personal chemistry with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said it “pained” him to hear about the poor health of Japan’s outgoing prime minister and credited him with consolidating relations between the two countries. Prime Minister Modi tweeted to Prime Minister Abe hours after the …

NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 death toll stood at the third highest in the world after overtaking Mexico on Friday, even as the number of pandemics continued to rise in the country and the daily count of new cases fell. stayed above 76,000 for the third consecutive day and deaths. more …

Elon Musk has made many claims about Neuralink Corp., his brain-machine interface company. On Twitter and on podcasts, the billionaire has touted skills that seem miraculous: alleviating depression, helping with obsessive compulsive disorder and treating traumatic brain injuries. Now Neuralink, whose work has largely been shrouded in secrecy, is set …

BEIJING: Sinovac Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine candidate, CoronaVac, was approved in July for emergency use as part of a program in China to vaccinate high-risk groups such as medical personnel, a person familiar with the matter said. China National Biotec Group (CNBG), a unit of state-owned pharmaceutical giant China National Pharmaceutical …