By Administrator_India Capital Sands Bharat Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine Covaxin has received approval for carrying out Phase III trials on October 22, reports suggest. The approvals were reportedly given after assessing data from Phase I and II and animal challenge study. Phase III is likely to start next month, Business Today reported. The report said an expert […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands SAO PAULO/FRANKFURT: Brazilian health authority Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University had died but added that the trial would continue. Oxford confirmed the plan to keep testing, saying in a statement that after careful assessment “there have […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands New Delhi: Net new enrolments with retirement fund body EPFO rose to 10.05 lakh in August from 7.48 lakh in July 2020, according to its latest payroll data, providing a perspective on employment in the formal sector amid the coronavirus pandemic. Provisional payroll data released by the EPFO last month had shown […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Amid the rising coronavirus COVID-19 cases across the world, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said on Monday (October 19) that COVID-19 vaccines will be available by the summer of 2021. He added that COVID-19 vaccines will be the fastest vaccine to be ever developed. Gates made the statements while addressing at the […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands At 08:41 AM, Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) traded 75.8 points, or 0.65 per cent higher at 11,750.80, indicating a gap-up start for the Indian market on Friday. Here’s a list of stocks that may trade actively in today’s session. HCL Tech is slated to announce its financial results […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Bank of America Corp.’s traders didn’t seize on the markets boon that lifted rival banks in the third quarter. Revenue from trading rose 3.6% to $3.34 billion, falling short of the $3.5 billion that analysts had forecast. While JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc. each posted jumps of at least 17% […]
By Administrator_ India Capital Sands Like its peer Tata Consultancy Services , Infosys, too, is expected to report a strong set of numbers for the quarter ended September 30 of the current fiscal year (Q2FY21), mainly led by the ramp-up of large deal wins. According to Edelweiss Securities, Infosys, being a market leader, will be […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands In a significant development, Johnson & Johnson on Monday (October 12) announced that it had temporarily halted the trial of its coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine after one of its participants fell ill. “We have temporarily paused further dosing in all our Covid-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials, including the Phase 3 ENSEMBLE trial, […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands As Indian cities breathe back to life after a once-in-a-lifetime event, they are trying to reclaim what they once took for granted. Much of our urban life revolves around work and commutes. The pandemic-induced lockdown upturned both. Even as workplace mobility gradually recovers across the country, many offices in India’s biggest cities […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das will announce the policy decision of the Monetary policy committee on Friday at 10 am. This is the first meeting of the new MPC which was formed after the appointment of three external members – Jayant Verma, Ashima Goyal and Shashanka Bhide. […]
