e

Israel claims 'significant breakthrough' in developing antibody against coronavirus

Jerusalem, May 05: Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett has said that scientists at the country's main biological research institute have made a "significant breakthrough" in developing an antibody to the novel coronavirus, as the researchers wrapped up the development phase and moved




e

Massive fire at high-rise in Sharjah

Sharjah, May 06: A massive fire was reported in a residential building in AL Nahda in Sharjah on Tuesday. No casualties have been reported and the fire has been put out. The residential tower, Abbco Tower has 56 floors,




e

Donald Trump nominates Indian-American Manisha Singh as OECD envoy

Beijing, May 06: US President Donald Trump has nominated senior Indian-American diplomat Manisha Singh as his envoy to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Currently Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs at the State Department, Singh




e

Asymptomatic Indians cleared by UAE health authorities to fly back home from Thursday

Dubai, May 6: The Indian nationals cleared by the UAE health authorities and found to be asymptomatic will only be allowed to fly back home in one of India's biggest ever repatriation exercises, the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi has said




e

Coronavirus outbreak: Study reveals heating N95 face mask disinfects it to reuse

Los Angeles, May 06: Heating may be the best way to disinfect N95 masks for reuse, according to a study which found that doing so preserves their filtration efficiency for 50 cycles. Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic, N95




e

After argument with mother, 5-year-old drives to California to buy Lamborghini with just $3

New York, May 6: A 5-year-old boy stunned police officers in the US state of Utah after he was pulled over by them while driving his mother's car to California to buy a Lamborghini with USD 3 in his pocket, according




e

Show 'enormous evidence' of COVID-19 originating from Wuhan lab: China asks Pompeo

Beijing, May 06: China on Wednesday dared US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to show "enormous evidence" he claimed to have to prove that the novel coronavirus originated from a lab in Wuhan and said he has no evidence to back




e

Coronavirus crisis 'worse than Pearl Harbor' or 9/11: Donald Trump

Washington, May 06: President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic has hit the United States harder than Pearl Harbor in World War II or the 9/11 attacks. "This is worse than Pearl Harbor. This is




e

Chinese researcher on verge of making significant COVID-19 drug shot dead

Washington, May 07: A Chinese medical researcher on the "verge of making very significant" coronavirus findings has been found shot dead in the US state of Pennsylvania, media reports said on Wednesday. University of Pittsburgh professor Bing Liu, 37, was found




e

UK PM Boris Johnson's divorce with Indian-origin wife finalised

London, May 7: Boris Johnson has become the first British Prime Minister to divorce while in office in 250 years as papers filed by his Indian-origin ex-wife Marina Wheeler earlier this year were granted recently. The 55-year-old had announced




e

Donald Trump says will be tested for coronavirus daily

 Washington, May 8: After his military aide tested positive for coronavirus, US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would undergo the COVID-19 test every day. A military aide of Trump, whom officials described as a personal vale, tested




e

UN chief says pandemic is unleashing a `tsunami of hate'

United Nations, May 8: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday the coronavirus pandemic keeps unleashing “a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering.” The UN chief said “anti-foreigner sentiment has surged online and in the streets, anti-Semitic




e

Pangolins may possess evolutionary advantage against coronavirus: Study

London, May 8: The anteater-like mammals, pangolins, possess an evolutionary advantage against coronavirus, according to researchers, who say that understanding the animal's immune system may help develop new treatment options for COVID-19. According to the scientists from the Medical




e

Vitamin D linked to low coronavirus death rate in European countries: Study

London, May 08: Scientists have found an association between low average levels of vitamin D, and high numbers of COVID-19 cases and mortality rates across 20 European countries, and call for dedicated studies to probe into the relationship. Based




e

Pakistan rejects India's move to broadcast weather reports on PoK

Islamabad, May 08: Pakistan on Friday rejected India's move to begin broadcasting weather reports on Mirpur, Muzaffarabad and Gilgit in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), terming it as a "legally void" action to change the status of the region. State-owned broadcasters




e

Coronavirus outbreak: Another White House staffer tests positive for COVID-19

Washington, May 09: The White House on Friday said that US Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary has the novel coronavirus, making her the second person who works at the White House complex known to test positive for COVID-19 this week.




e

COVID-19 unleashing a tsunami of hate: UN Chief

United Nations, May 09: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the coronavirus pandemic keeps unleashing a tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scare-mongering. The UN chief said anti-foreigner sentiment has surged online and in the streets, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have spread,




e

SBI’s Home Loan Becomes Costlier

The country's leading state-run lender SBI has increased home loan rate for new borrowers by 20 basis points. 1 basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point. This comes at a time when the bank has announced a cut in its




e

Office Space Segment Unlikely to Witness Drastic Changes: Realty Experts

Despite the Covid 19 pandemic having a significant impact on the economy, most of the office space developers ruled out any major impact on the segment. Participating in a Realty webseries titled 'Office Spaces - The Changing dynamics post Covid 19'




e

Sensex Surges As Global Cues Remain Strong, Reliance Rallies

Benchmark indices were trading higher, led by strong gains across global markets, including the Asian markets. Dow Futures also gained almost 1 per cent in trade after the NASDAQ recouped all its losses for the year and turned positive for 2020.




e

Gold Prices Fall On Global Cues; Prices To Jump To Rs. 51000 Per 10 gm By Aug-Sept

Gold prices in trade today inched lower on cues from global rates. On the MCX, gold futures price for delivery in June declined by 0.24% or Rs. 111 to Rs. 46050.00 per 10 gm. On Thursday, on weak economic data, gold




e

Rupee Opens Higher At 75.51 Per US Dollar

Rupee on Friday opened with gains at 75.51 versus its previous close of 75.76 per US dollar. Notably, dollar index against a basket of major currencies fell 0.3% from a two-week high on Thursday.The home currency was last quoting at 76.37.




e

Asian Paints Shares Fall On Reports Of RIL's Stake Sale Plans In The Paint Maker

On Friday, shares of Asian Paints gained 2.7 percent before falling nearly one percent after a Bloomberg report said that Reliance Industries Limited is considering a stake sale in the country's largest paint maker. According to the report citing sources,




e

Delhi Govt's E-Token Website For Liquor Crashes; Displays Server Error

On Thursday, the Delhi government had launched an official website for its an e-token system under which customers would be given a specific time for purchasing liquor in the wake of violations of social distancing norms by people crowding such outlets.{image-liquor-1588223729.jpg




e

HUL Gains As Soc Gen Buys 1.2 Crore Shares, Brokerages Remain Bearish

Shares of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) gained over 3 percent on Friday after foreign portfolio investor Societe General picked up 1.29 crore shares of the 5.69 percent stake off-loaded by GSK on Thursday. British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Pte (GSK) and Horlicks sold




e

Moody's Investors See No GDP Growth For FY21

Moody's Investors Service on Friday estimated its GDP forecast for FY21 at 0% and FY22 at 6.6%. Also, at the same time it said that the country's sovereign rating upgrade from 'Baa2 negative' is unlikely to be made in the near




e

RIL Stock 2% Away From 52-Week High Price; Net Debt To Fall 75% Post Vista Equity Deal

Reliance Industries shares in trade on May 8, 2020 jumped 4.5% to an intra-day high of Rs. 1579.7 per share. But the coronavirus-led stock market crash in March, triggered high-order losses in the stock of RIL which recorded its 52-week low




e

Local Tax On Petrol, Diesel Have Been Increased In 16 States Amid Lockdown

Earlier this week, the central government raised excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 10-13 per litre, however, it directed state-run oil marketing companies to not increase retail selling prices and chose to offset it against the sharp decline in




e

Sensex Ends 200 Points Higher, Reliance Rallies

Benchmark indices ended the day higher, led by strong gains across global markets, including the Asian markets. Dow Futures also gained almost 1 per cent in trade after the NASDAQ recouped all its losses for the year and turned positive for




e

SBI Cards Sees 66% Drop In Q4 Profit; Asset Quality Improves

On Friday, SBI Cards and Payment Services posted a 66.41 percent fall in net profit at Rs 83.54 crore for the March-ended quarter from Rs 248.74 crore a year ago. The decline mainly points to a 138 percent jump in impairment




e

Mahindra Starts Selling Cars Online

On Friday, Mahindra announced the launch of its end-to-end online car owning solution called "Own-Online." The SUV maker's network of 270 plus dealers and 900 plus touchpoints have been integrated into the website for real-time assistance, hygienic home test-drives and vehicle




e

Covid 19 Impact: Govt. To Up Its Gross Borrowing For Fy21 To Rs. 12 Lakh Crore

As against the budget estimates (BE) for 2020-21, the government announced a raise in its estimated market borrowing from Rs. 7.8 lakh crore to Rs. 12 lakh crore. Giving the rationale, the government iterates that the Covid 19 pandemic has




e

Should You Invest In Reliance Industries Rights Issue?

The oil to telecom conglomerate while announcing its quarterly results ending March Fy20 approved a rights issue which is the first in 29 years to mop up Rs. 53,125 crore. So, here is a low down on whether or not




e

CII Recommends Rs 15 Lakh Crores Package

An immediate substantive stimulus is required from the Government in the form of support to the poor and support to industry especially the MSMEs, the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) has said. "With economic activities being restricted for over 50 days




e

54 percent Increase In Gross Borrowing Means Bond Yields Set To Rise

The gross borrowing programme announced by the government to the tune of Rs 12 lakh crores for FY 2021 is likely to see a sharp spike in bond yields, when markets open on Monday. The gross borrowing programme was originally pegged




e

2 More Companies Eye Stake In Reliance Jio Platforms: Report

After three high profile investments into Jio, as per a Bloomberg report 2 more companies are looking to buy a stake into the $65-billion digital arm of Reliance Industries. A Bloomberg report citing sources privy to the development said General




e

Investors Keep The Faith In SIPs

Despite salary cuts and job cuts, the inflows into equity mutual funds and SIPs was rather steady in the month of April 2020. Systematic Investment Plans or SIPs continued to attract decent investment. SIP inflows were pegged at Rs 8,376 crore




e

Charitable & Religious Trusts Allowed More Time For Registration Compliance

The CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) has extended the period of re-registering charitable and religious trusts under the Finance Act 2020 to 1 October. In the view of the unprecedented outbreak of COVID-19 that has caused a humanitarian and economic




e

US Working To Temporarily Ban Work-Based Visas Like H1-B: Report

The Trump administration is working on placing a temporary ban on the issuance of some work-based visas like H-1B, which are popular among highly-skilled Indian IT professionals, as well as students visas and work authorisation that accompanies them, as unemployment levels




e

Reliance Jio Launches New Prepaid Plans: Here Aere The Details

Reliance Jio to meet customers' work from home requirements of high data has launched new plans. Among them is an annual plan in which the telecom major is offering more data on a daily basis plus there are more add on




e

Credit Protection Scheme For MSMEs Suggested

To support the estimated 63 million MSMEs which have been battered by the pandemic, CII has suggested a credit protection scheme for MSMEs whereby 60-70% of the loan should be guaranteed by the government, i.e. if the borrower defaults, government should




e

RBI Fixes New 10-Year G-Sec Rate Below 6%; Receives Good Bidding Response

On Friday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) received 4.8 times the notified bids at the auction of the new 10-year government security paper (G-Sec). These are scheduled to mature in 2030 and carry a coupon rate (interest) of 5.79 percent,




e

Legislation Introduced In US To Offer Green Cards To Immigrant Nurses, Doctors

A group of senators have introduced a new legislation in the US Congress to grant 40,000 unused green card slots to foreign health care workers like nurses and doctors to meet the urgent need of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in their




e

ICICI Bank Post Q4FY20 Profit Of Rs. 1221 Crore; Asset Quality Improves YoY

The country's second largest private sector bank ICICI Bank in its fourth quarterly results reported a standalone profit of Rs. 1221 crore. In the year ago period, profit at the bank came in at Rs. 969.06 crore. Net interest income for




e

Lost Your Job Amid Covid 19: Hyundai To Pay Your Car Loan EMI

In order to help customers sail through the current unprecedented times wherein they might have suffered job loss or salary cut and may be in a difficult situation altogether when it comes to servicing of loan EMIs, leading car manufacturer Hyundai




e

Govt Prepared To Restart Passenger Airlines; Domestic Flights May Resume By 15 May

Union Minister of Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri was interviewed by some media channels this week wherein he spoke of the preparedness from the ministry's side on restarting operations for passengers, however, there will be changes to the way people travel




e

Delhi Govt Issued 4.75 Lakh e-Tokens For Liquor In 2 Days

The Delhi government has so far issued around 4.75 lakh e-tokens to buy liquor in the national capital, an official told PTI on Saturday. The e-token system was introduced by the government on Thursday evening in the light of long queues




e

Bullet : खरीदने जा रहे हैं तो थोड़ा रुकें, आ रहे ये 3 नए मॉडल

नई दिल्‍ली: दिग्गज बाइक निर्माता कंपनी रॉयल एनफील्ड आमतौर पर अपने बुलेट मॉडल के लिए जानी जाती है। विश्व स्तर पर इस कंपनी ने अपनी एक अलग पहचान बनाई है। इस समय भी कंपनी कई हाई-एंड बाइक्स मॉडल पर काम रही




e

Share Market : आपकी उंगलियों पर होगा मुनाफा कमाना, जानिए पूरी एबीसीडी

नयी दिल्ली। शेयर बाजार एक जैसी जगह है जिसे अकसर लोग, यहां तक कि दूसरी जगह पैसा लगाने वाले निवेशक भी एक तरह का जुआ समझते हैं। मगर ऐसा है नहीं। शेयर बाजार सबसे जल्दी और सबसे अधिक मुनाफा देने वाली




e

Redmi Note 9 Pro की सेल आज से शुरू, मिलेगा 1000 रु का डिस्काउंट

नई द‍िल्‍ली: कोराना वायरस संक्रमण के चलते लॉकडाउन की स्थिति है। ऐसे में सिर्फ जरूरत के सामना की बिक्री की ही छूट थी। अब सरकार ने लॉकडाउन में कुछ राहत दी है जिसके बाद भारत मे स्मार्टफोन की बिक्री भी शुरू