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Police plea for Navneet Kalra's custody in O2 concentrators case dismissed

A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed a plea by Delhi Police seeking custody of businessperson Navneet Kalra in the black marketing of oxygen concentrators matter.

India reports 8,848 mucormycosis cases, more Amphotericin vials allocated

Mucormycosis is a rapidly spreading infections observed in those recovering from Covid-19.

'Can't live without Didi': Turncoat Trinamool leader writes to Mamata

Sonali Guha left Trinamool Congress and joined the BJP after she was denied a ticket to contest the polls

Clean chit by CBI to Lalu Prasad in connection to DLF bribery case

In relief to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) founder Lalu Prasad, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has given him a clean chit in connection with a bribery case involving DLF.

Amazon to retire Prime Now, allows 2-hour deliveries on main app

Amazon has announced to shut down its standalone Prime Now delivery app, and the two-hour delivery options will now be available on its main app and website.

India's consumer confidence worsens in May as Covid hits sentiment

The monthly Refinitiv-Ipsos Primary Consumer Sentiment Index (PCSI) for India, in May, has shown a sharp drop of 6.3 percentage points, over April 2021, amid Covid-19 fears

Base effect, recovery boosts India's engineering goods exports in April

India's engineering goods exports to 23 key markets, including the US, China and Germany recorded positive year-on-year growth in April 2021, EEPC India said on Saturday

Twitter to take 20% cut of sales via Ticketed Spaces starting from US

After launching Spaces, Twitter is now out to make some money via 'Ticketed Spaces and the micro-blogging platform will take a 20% cut of your sales, beginning with the users in the US

Epic Games vs Apple trial: Judge grills Tim Cook as he offers mild replies

Cook faced some harsh questions during the ongoing Epic Games-Apple trial over the removal of Fortnite game from the App Store, but he offered a mild, "carefully tended ignorance"

Commonwealth health ministers seek equal access to Covid-19 vaccines

Commonwealth health ministers, led by India, have called for swift and equal access to Covid-19 vaccines for everyone around the world

Nasa rover to search for water, other resources on Moon in late 2023

The US space agency has announced its first mobile robot to the Moon in late 2023 in search of ice and other resources on and below the lunar surface

European Union to offer 3 types of Covid-19 passports from July 1

The European Union's (EU) Covid-19 passport scheme will be up and running from July 1, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said.

UK PM 'very concerned' with BBC over Princess Diana interview

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that he was "obviously very concerned" about the findings of the inquiry into the BBC's 1995 interview with the late Princess Diana

Trump sued by civil rights group for calling Covid-19 'China virus'

Former US President Donald Trump has been sued by a Chinese-American civil rights group for calling Covid-19 the "China virus"

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 165.8 mn; deaths surge to more than 3.43 mn

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 165.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.43 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

Nepal president dissolves House, announces polls on Nov 12, 19

Nepal president Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday midnight dissolved the Parliament as per the recommendation of the government and declared to hold midterm elections on November 12 and 19

IndiGo orders 620 CFM engines for A320neo, A321neo, and A321XLR aircraft

IndiGo announced that it has selected CFM International 'LEAP-1A' engines to power its fleet of 310 new Airbus family of aircraft which will be delivered from 2023 onwards

46% of businesses in India saw rise in fraud amid pandemic: Report

More than 45% of businesses in India have seen an increase in fraud amid the pandemic, said a report on Friday

Delhi getting less supply of Amphotericin B against demand: Satyendar Jain

With the rising number of cases of 'black fungus' in the capital complaints regarding shortage of Amphotericin B, have started coming in

Bombay High tragedy: Barge Master, others charged with culpable homicide

The deceased including its employees would get a total compensation equivalent to the balance period of service upto 10 years' service combined with ex-gratia and insurance