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27 Jul

Mamata meets PM Modi: More vaccine for the state, Bengal name change discussed

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalMamata Banerjee, PM Modi

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Earlier in the day, she had met Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Anand Sharma and is also likely to meet Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday. Mamata arrived in Delhi on Monday on her first visit to the national capital after assuming office for the third term. Speaking to the reporters after the meet, the CM said that she has urged the PM for more Covid vaccines for West Bengal. "It was a courtesy meeting with PM today. During the meeting, I raised the issue of COVID & the…

27 Jul

Odisha police busts newborn trafficking racket, 7 arrested

editor0 CommentsCrime, Indiaodisha

Five women are among seven people arrested from Odisha’s steel city Rourkela as police cracked a newborn babies trafficking racket flourishing across interstate borders, officials said on Tuesday. The officials of Plant Site police station in Sundergarh district cracked the racket, following a complaint filed by one Seema Khuntia who alleged that her one and a half year-old granddaughter was abducted. Rourkela Additional SP, Bikram Keshari Bhoi said, “Eight out of seven involved in the crime have been arrested and their mobile phones have been seized. We found a lot of pictures of new born babies in their mobile phones,…

27 Jul

Delhi, Goa CMs cross swords on Twitter

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalDelhi, Goa

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal crossed swords on Twitter, a day after Power Ministers of the two states engaged in a public spat in poll-bound Goa, over the benefits of power tariff models implemented by their respective governments. The online slamming between the two chief ministers started with Sawant accusing the Aam Aadmi Party of indulging in cheap politics and denigrating Goan politicians. “AAP has always indulged in cheap politics through constant protests & theatrics. But to say Goans are third-class politicians is an insult to great sons-of-the-soil like Bhausaheb Bandodkar, Jack Sequeira, Manohar…

27 Jul

Children can get Covid vaccine from August , said Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Covid-19, Health, Indiacovid vaccine, Mansukh Mandaviya

On Tuesday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the Covid-19 vaccine for children is expected to be launched in the country from August. Last week, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director Dr Randeep Guleria said the trials for covaxin were underway and the results were expected by September. But curently Covaxin trials are underway on children aged 2-6 years in Delhi AIIMS. Mandaviya also said that India is soon going to be largest vaccine-producing country as more companies will get the production licence. On June 7, Delhi AIIMS started screening children between the age of 2 to 17 for…

27 Jul

Vedanta’s net profit zooms to Rs 4,280 cr for Q1FY22

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaBusiness

Vedanta’s consolidated net profit for the quarter ended June 30 of the current financial year (2021-22) rose exponentially on a year-on-year basis. After taxes, the consolidated net profit of the natural resources company, non-controlling interests, and share in the profit of jointly controlled entities and associates but before exceptional items rose to Rs 4,280 crore. Besides, the profits attributable to owners of Vedanta rose to Rs 4,224 crore from Rs 1,033 crore reported for Q1FY21. Vedanta had reported Rs 1,033 crore during the same period of the previous financial year. The company’s Net Debt also came down to Rs 20,261…

27 Jul

Axis Bank buys 5.55 pc stake in fintech firm IBBIC

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaBusiness

Axis Bank said it has bought 5.55 per cent stake in financial technology firm IBBIC. The bank has subscribed to 50,000 equity shares of face value of Rs 10 each fully paid up of IBBIC Private Ltd (IBBIC) for a consideration of Rs 10 per equity share constituting 5.55 per cent of the issued and paid-up capital of IBBIC, Axis Bank said in a regulatory filing. Incorporated in May this year, IBBIC platform offers distributed ledger technology (DLT) solutions to the Indian financial services sector. “Equity ownership of IBBIC is aimed at providing DLT solutions for the financial services sector,”…

27 Jul

At 29K, India records lowest new Covid cases in 132 days

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, IndiaCovid-19

India on Tuesday recorded 29,689 new Covid-19 cases, less than the 30,000-mark in 132 days, and 415 deaths, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data showed. After 124 days, the country now has 3,08,100 active cases which is less than the four lakh-mark. On March 14, India recorded 26,291 and on March 16, 28,903 new cases. The total number of deaths has reached 4,21,382 as per the government data. According to the government, 42,363 people were discharged from hospitals and health centres in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cured to 3,06,21,469 till date as the…

26 Jul

“Were Told To Delete Porn Clips,” Claim Raj Kundra’s Employees

editor0 CommentsBollywood, Crime, IndiaRaj Kundra

Four employees of businessman Raj Kundra, actor Shilpa Shetty's husband, have turned witnesses in the case involving production and distribution of pornographic films and told police that they were asked to delete clips, said sources. The employees said sources, also confirmed that the clips were uploaded from "HotShots", the businessman's controversial app that the police believe was used for streaming porn. The app, said police, was removed from the Google Play Store for Android phones and Apple's App Store, so the accused "activated Plan B" and launched another app, Bollyfame. Raj Kundra, 45, was arrested on July 19 by Mumbai Police.…

26 Jul

Pegasus case: West Bengal becomes the first state to order probe

editor0 CommentsIndia, West BengalMamata Banerjee, pegasus

The Pegasus row erupted last Sunday before the beginning of the current monsoon session of Parliament after an international investigative consortium reported that India was among the countries that used phone hacking software to potentially target politicians, journalists and activists, West Bengal has ordered an inquiry into the Pegasus snooping row that has rocked the nation since July 18, becoming the first state to do so, said chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday. “The Cabinet has approved the appointment of a commission of inquiry comprising former Supreme Court judge, Justice (retd) MB Lokur and retired chief justice of Calcutta high…

26 Jul

By 2025, Covid will have cost world between $16 tn and $35 tn

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Covid-19, India, worldCovid-19, Lockdown

By 2025, Covid-19 will have cost the world between $16 trillion and $35 trillion, as per McKinsey. The world is unlikely to ever reach global herd immunity, but it can contain the virus with a combination of vaccines, improved testing, and smarter quarantining, based on known outbreaks, rather than large, blunt lockdowns, McKinsey said in a report. Obstacles to worldwide vaccination remain huge: while 49.6 per cent of inhabitants of high-income countries had received at least one dose of the vaccine as of July 14, only 1 per cent of those in low-income countries had. In the next two decades,…