Hours after liquor baron Vijay Mallya was on Thursday denied permission to appeal to the UK Supreme Court against a High Court order that upheld a ruling to extradite him to India to face fraud charges, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said that the order was a “milestone” in the agency’s quest for excellence […]
The UN on Tuesday slashed India’s economic growth projection for the current fiscal year to 1.2 per cent, which would still be the second-highest growth rate among major economies, trailing only China. The mid-year World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) update expects India’s rate of gross domestic growth to increase to 5.5 per cent in […]
With the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent cancellation of all cricket matches, former Australia cricketer Matthew Hayden will now aim to bring fans closer to actual cricket by lending his voice to the online gaming world as a commentator on the World Cricket Championship (WCC). Hayden will offer English commentary with his familiar banter bringing life […]
Renewed geopolitical uncertainty coupled with the emergence of novel coronavirus in China will limit any pick-up in business confidence and investment, and the balance of risks to the global economic outlook appears firmly tilted to the downside, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Meanwhile, the social unrest seen across the world in 2019 looks […]
Australia’s Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was tested for the novel coronavirus hours after suffering a coughing fit in Parliament on Tuesday. Frydenberg was delivering a ministerial statement on the economic impact of COVID-19 in the lower house of Parliament, the House of Representatives, when he started coughing, Xinhua news agency reported. In a statement later in […]
The Australian medical community on Monday slammed citizens who broke the law to protest against the social distancing restrictions imposed in the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets in the state of Victoria on Sunday, calling for an end to the lockdown, reports Xinhua news agency. Head of […]
Australian researchers have urged that more lives could be saved in intensive care units (ICU) around the world if new antibiotic guidelines designed by the University of Queensland are adopted. Researchers have launched a universal Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) guidelines to optimise the concentrations of antibiotic and antifungal medications given to severely ill patients in […]
The latest air evacuation of Indians, under the Vande Bharat mission, saw 179 Indians from Malaysia, set foot in Kochi on Sunday night. Setting off from Kuala Lumpur, the Air India Express flight IX 683 landed at the Kochi International Airport, around 10.20 p.m. on Sunday. The passengers from Malaysia include 177 adults and 2 […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has crept into the White House, sidelining Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading voice on the pandemic, and posing a threat to US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. The reach of the virus into the home of the nation’s leadership comes as some states have begun controversial loosening of the […]
Mild tremors were felt in parts of the National Capital Region on Sunday, measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale, being third earthquake in the last one month having its epicentre in the region, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. According to the NCS — the nodal agency of the Union government for monitoring of […]