Centre alerts states, UTs as country sees surge in Covid cases

The Centre on Monday asked states and Union Territories to maintain constant vigil amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases and the detection of the first case of the new JN.1 variant in the country.......

No need for concern about Covid sub-variant JN.1: Kerala health minister

Kerala health minister Veena George on Sunday said the COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 that has been detected in the state was not a cause for concern. Image used for representational purpose only.......

Crucial meet today on genome sequencing of positive Covid samples

The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) will hold a virtual meeting on Friday evening on Genome sequencing which will focus on the genome sequencing results of international......

New Covid strains may lead to spike in hospitalisation, fear experts

An immune-escape Covid-19 strain coupled with the natural spike in influenza and pneumonia cases during winters may lead to a rise in hospitalisation. IMAGE: Union Finance Minister Nirmala......

The take-off and crash-landing of Jet's Naresh Goyal

In a dramatic turn of events in May 2019, an Emirates aircraft en-route to Dubai was asked to stop while it was taxiing for a take off in Mumbai. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The pilot......

Foxconn junks $19.5 bn Vedanta chip plan

Taiwan's Foxconn has withdrawn from a $19.5 billion semiconductor joint venture with mining baron Anil Agarwal's Vedanta Ltd as the venture struggled to get a technology partner to make chips that......

Pvt equity inflow in realty sector down 5% to $1.9 bn in Q1

Private equity (PE) investment in real estate declined 5 per cent year-on-year in April-June to $1.9 billion because of high interest rates, according to Anarock. PE inflows stood at $2 billion in......

How India Plans To Become A Semiconductor Giant

Micron plans an assembly testing, marking and packaging project of $1 billion, and talks are on to set up a memory chip plant for captive requirements. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted......

Sports Shorts: Haas F1 team to get new title sponsor next season

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday IMAGE: The Haas F1 car. Photograph: Handout/Getty Images Energy drink Rich Energy, a start-up brand recently linked to billionaire......

F1: Vettel aims for a triumphant Ferrari homecoming in Monza

IMAGE: Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel trails leader Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton by 17 points in the championship table. Photograph: Mark Thompson/Getty Images Sebastian Vettel can tighten the screw on......

Snubbed by BCCI, Srinivasan is 2nd most influential man in Asian Sport

Indian administrators are ruling the roost in Asian sports. Although, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) barred Narayanaswami Srinivasan from attending any meeting but he is still at......

Paytm wins BCCI's title sponsorship rights

One97 Communications, which owns Paytm, was awarded the title sponsorship rights for India's international home cricket matches for four years after a winning bid of Rs 2.42 crore per match. The......

Sports Shorts: Nadal withdraws from Paris Masters citing personal reasons

Rafael Nadal of Spain. Photograph: Kevin Lee/Getty Images Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the Paris Masters ahead of the tournament's start on Monday for "personal reasons", the French Tennis......