Covid-19

Finance

05 May, 2021

Japan backs ADB with $15 mn for universal health coverage in Asia

Japan will contribute $15 million to a fund aimed at promoting universal health coverage in the Asia-Pacific region to prevent ......

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TMT

03 May, 2021

ChrysCap's Shroff on how the firm's strategy has evolved since pandemic first broke out

Homegrown private equity (PE) firm ChrysCapital, operating in India for over 20 years, is currently investing out of its eighth ......

Healthcare

23 April, 2021

Cadila Healthcare starts producing COVID-19 vaccine candidate

India's Cadila Healthcare has started producing its potential COVID-19 vaccine for which it will seek emergency use authorisation in May ......

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Finance

23 April, 2021

Weekly Deals Wrap: Tech deals dominate volumes again as Razorpay tops chart

After intense dealmaking of over $3 billion in the first week of the new financial year, the next week saw ......

Markets

19 April, 2021

Indian shares sink on record surge in daily COVID-19 cases

Indian shares dropped on Monday as the country struggled to contain an unrelenting surge in coronavirus infections, fuelling fears of ......

Healthcare

16 April, 2021

Serum Institute of India appeals to Biden to lift embargo on raw material exports

The Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's biggest vaccine maker, on Friday urged US President Joe Biden to lift ......

Healthcare

16 April, 2021

India extends record rise in COVID-19 cases, election rallies continue

India extended a record daily run of new COVID-19 infections on Friday, spurred by hundreds of positive tests at a ......

Healthcare

15 April, 2021

Indian hospitals battle 'chaotic' surge as daily virus infections cross 200,000

Many Indians scrambled on Thursday to secure beds in hospitals for relatives stricken with coronavirus as infections surged to a ......

Healthcare

14 April, 2021

Maharashtra shuts most manufacturing, restricts e-commerce to fight COVID-19

India's richest state Maharashtra will impose stringent curbs on industry and e-commerce for 15 days to slow rising coronavirus infections, ......

General

12 April, 2021

India's daily virus infections are world's highest but crowds gather for festival

Hundreds of thousands of Hindu devotees flocked on Monday to take a holy bath in India's Ganges river, even as ......