Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the Union Budget for 2022-23 will be of great help in implementing the National Education Policy on the ground and asserted that the decision to set up a National Digital University can solve the problem of shortage of seats in educational institutions in the country. Addressing a webinar on the […]
Search engine giant Google has announced a multi-year initiative to build a privacy sandbox on Android, with the goal of introducing more private advertising solutions. These solutions will limit sharing of user data with third parties and operate without cross-app identifiers, including advertising ID. “We’re also exploring technologies that reduce the potential for covert data collection, including safer ways for apps […]
The World Bank has called on developing countries to improve the health of their financial sectors, warning that risks created by the COVID-19 pandemic had led to certain fragilities from what it called ‘non-transparent debt’. These risks – as per the Bank’s World Development Report 2022, released on February 15 – may currently be hidden […]
Global stocks were caught in the crosshairs of Russia-Ukraine tensions on Monday, with India’s benchmark indices falling more than 3 per cent as the threat of an imminent war prompted investors to flee risky assets. Brent crude prices rose past $96 a barrel, the highest level in more than seven years, stoking concerns that they will […]
Biological E has sought emergency use authorisation from India’s drug regulator for its COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax for the 12 to 18 years age group, official sources said on Sunday. The Drugs Controller General Of India (DCGI) has already approved Corbevax, which is India’s first indigenously developed RBD protein sub-unit vaccine against COVID-19, for restricted use […]
India saw a single-day rise of 50,407 coronavirus infections, which took the tally of cases to 4,25,86,544, while the active cases have declined to 6,10,443, according to Union health ministry data updated on February 12. The death toll has climbed to 5,07,981 with 804 daily fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The daily COVID-19 […]
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 171 crore on Wednesday, the Union Health Ministry said. More than 44 lakh (44,08,918) vaccine doses were administered till 7 pm on Wednesday. More than 1.60 crore (1,60,95,273) precaution doses have been administered so far to healthcare workers, frontline workers and those aged 60 and […]
Fintech unicorn Razorpay has acquired a majority stake in Curlec in a deal that values the Malaysian payments start-up at more than $19 million. Razorpay will full acquire the company later in 1.5 years. Kuala Lumpur-based Curlec builds solutions for recurring payments for businesses. This marks Razorpay’s fourth acquisition overall and its first in a foreign country. “We look forward […]
The government has recapitalised public sector banks (PSBs) by infusing over Rs 3.10 lakh crore in the last five fiscals, a majority of which was through issuance of recapitalisation bonds, Parliament was informed on Monday. “Government has infused Rs 3,10,997 crore to recapitalise banks during the last five financial years i.e., from 2016-17 to 2020-21, […]
Jolts of an earthquake were felt in parts of Jammu and Kashmir and other areas of north India including Noida on Saturday morning. The exact magnitude of the quake is yet to be ascertained. “That was a very strong earthquake. 7.3 on the Richter Scale, 189 KM WSW of Islamabad, Pakistan as per National Center for Seismology,” tweeted Srinagar Mayor, Junaid […]
