'We will be prioritising vaccine only for India'

'I don't think anybody would want to be in my position today where every head of State has to be explained that I am prioritising my country because there is a surge in cases.' IMAGE: Vaccination......

Serum Institute to start Oxford vaccine candidate trial by Aug end

Serum Institute of India on Tuesday said it will be starting trials of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca by the end of August on up to 5,000 Indian......

Loan growth, profitability seen improving for public sector banks

The Indian banking sector could be due for a rise in profitability after several quarters of net interest margin (NIM) compression. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters The Q2FY26 results suggest NIMs......

Ola Electric auto biz turns profitable in Q2; gross margins expand to 30.7%

Ola Electric on Thursday said its automobile business turned profitable in the quarter ended September 2025 with pre-tax earnings growing by 0.3 per cent against a contraction of 5.3 per cent in......

Improving asset quality, healthy loan growth positives for ICICI Bank

ICICI Bank delivered satisfactory results in the second quarter of 2025-26 (Q2FY26), sustaining return on assets (RoA) of around 2.3-2.4 per cent and improving asset quality. Photograph: Francis......

3 reasons why Muthoot Finance outperformed in Q1FY26

With the price of gold entering a strong bull run, gold-loan non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are under the spotlight, even though their performance is not directly linked to gold price.......

SAI reaches out to London Olympics hopefuls

With the London Olympics around the corner, the Sports Authority of India (SAI)on Wednesday reached out to athletes, who are part of the body's 'Olympic Hopeful' scheme, by providing them with......

Road to Olympics: Shooters gung-ho about preparations

The Sports Ministry has spent over Rs 14 crore on providing training and foreign exposure to Indian shooters as part of its 'Operation Excellence' for this year's London Olympics. "An amount......

India unveils London Olympics programme

Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Thursday unveiled an ambitious programme named 'Operation Excellence London 2012' to prepare Indian athletes for next year's Olympic Games. Announcing the launch of......

260 crore for Olympics preparation

The government on Thursday announced that it has earmarked Rs 258.39 crore to prepare athletes for the London Olympics, under 'Project Opex 2012'.\\nSports minister Ajay Maken, addressing a press......