India
India Asks Internet Service Providers to Block WeTra...
India has ordered its internet service providers (ISPs) to block file-sharing website WeTransfer at a time when hundreds of millions of people are working from home because of a nationwide lockdown to stop the...
June 1, 2020
10:42 am By Neha Mule
Sun Pharma to Test Pancreatitis Drug in COVID-19 Pat...
Drugmaker Sun Pharma said on Friday it has received Indian regulatory approval to start clinical trials of a pancreatitis drug in COVID-19 patients.
The company joins other Indian drugmakers Glenmark Ph...
May 29, 2020
2:15 pm By Neha Mule
A Wave of Locust Attacks Raises Fear for Summer Crop...
A new wave of locust attacks has alarmed India’s farmers and experts warn of extensive crop losses if authorities fail to curb fast-spreading swarms by June when monsoon rains spur rice, cane, corn, cotton a...
May 27, 2020
6:35 am By Neha Mule
Reliance to Launch JioMart, an Online Grocery Servic...
Reliance Industries Ltd has launched an online grocery service, JioMart, the head of its grocery retail business said, in a move aimed at rivalling Amazon.com’s local unit and Walmart Inc’s Flipkart in the...
May 25, 2020
7:13 am By Neha Mule
KKR to Invest $1.5 Billion in India’s Reliance Jio...
KKR & Co Inc will invest $1.5 billion in Reliance Industries’ Jio Platforms, its biggest investment in Asia to date and bringing the amount of new funds raised by the Indian digital company this month to a m...
May 22, 2020
7:59 am By Neha Mule
Strides Pharma to Conduct Trials in India for Potent...
Indian pharmaceutical company Strides Pharma Science Ltd. on Thursday received regulatory approval to start clinical trials of antiviral drug favipiravir, which has been touted as a potential treatment for COV...
May 21, 2020
11:05 am By Neha Mule
Indian Shares Jump on Vaccine Optimism; Bharti Airte...
Indian shares followed world markets higher on Tuesday, after three straight sessions of declines, spurred by gains in Bharti Airtel and positive data from an early trial of a potential COVID-19 vaccine.
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May 19, 2020
9:50 am By Neha Mule