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IndiGo says few of its passengers have tested Covid-19 positive
New Delhi: Airline major IndiGo on Thursday said that a few asymptomatic passengers, who travelled on its flights since the resumption of services this...
Market rises for 3rd day straight, Nifty above 9,500
Mumbai: The Indian stock market settled on a positive note for the third consecutive day with the Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE)...
Amazon offers 125,000 full-time jobs to temporary employees
Seattle: Amazon is offering full-time jobs to 125,000 of 175,000 temporary workers it hired since March to deal with the Covid-19 rush if employees...
Nissan plans to shut Indonesia, Barcelona plants; silent on India
Chennai: Japanese automobile major Nissan Motor Company on Thursday said the closure of Indonesian and Barcelona plants; reducing the number of models; rationalizing production...
KIA Motors announces additional investment of $54 mn in AP
Amaravati: In a boost to the investment sentiment in the state, South Korean auto major KIA Motors India CEO announced an additional investment of...
FM chairs meet to review financial stability measures amid Covid
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday chaired a meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) through video conference to review...
Private bus services to resume in Odisha from Thursday
Bhubaneswar: Private bus services in Odisha will resume from Thursday, almost two months after public transport was stopped following the enforcement of lockdown to...
JioMart getting ready for kirana onboarding
New Delhi: JioMart now offers delivery in nearly 200 locations across the country and is democratizing modern retail of essentials by reaching several new...
20% online user in APAC ready to sacrifice privacy for freebies
New Delhi: More than one-fifth of online users in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region is still willing to sacrifice their privacy to gain a...
Global mobile phone shipments to decline 14.6% in 2020
London: Due to impacts of Covid-19, shipments of total mobile phones are forecast to decline 14.6 percent in 2020, while smartphone shipments will achieve...
Microsoft to keep investing in Skype despite success with Teams
San Francisco: Despite its video conferencing app Teams breaking all records in the social distancing times, Microsoft said it would continue to invest in...
Zomato launches liquor home delivery service in Odisha
New Delhi: Global food delivery app, Zomato, in an announcement, said that it will now be providing home delivery service for alcohol in Odisha,...
Lockdown 5.0: In ‘exit plan,’ positive sign for Metro, malls, restaurants
New Delhi: Three days ahead of completing 68-day countrywide lockdown, the Centre is learnt to have come up with a roadmap of an exit...
Heart-wrenching: Video shows toddler trying to wake up dead mother at Bihar station
Muzaffarpur (Bihar): A video of a toddler pulling the shroud from the dead body of her mother in Bihar's Muzaffarpur railway station has gone...
‘Govt pays opposition political workers in Kashmir Rs 78 cr per year’
New Delhi: The Modi government pays political workers of the opposition parties in Kashmir Rs 78 crore per year, in continuation with the policy...
Nicotine likely to help against coronavirus: French study
Paris: According to a French study conducted recently, nicotine has been found to likely help a person against coronavirus. The new study attempts to...
Will lockdown 4.0 differ from state to state? It might
New Delhi: As the three-phase lockdown nears its end and Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised lockdown 4.0 will be "in a new avatar", states...
“Made by Jains on order, no Muslim staff”- Chennai bakery owner arrested after spreading malicious advertisement
Chennai: A bakery owner was arrested after he sent hateful advertisement over WhatsApp of his bakery having only Jain workers and no Muslims preparing...