Market LIVE: Sensex, Nifty marginally up; rupee opens higher
Welcome to Mint live blog. Track this space for latest news and updates on stock markets. 23 Apr 2020, 10:11:02 AM IST Rupee opens higher The Indian rupee opened at 76.30 against the US dollar, compared with Wednesday’s close of 76.67 per dollar. 23 Apr 2020, 09:59:44 AM IST Glenmark Pharma jumps nearly 7% Glenmark […]
Mukesh Ambani is back as Asia’s richest man after Jio’s deal with Facebook
Hong Kong: Mukesh Ambani is again Asia’s richest person after a deal with Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Inc. sent his conglomerate’s stock surging. Ambani’s fortune rose about $4.7 billion to $49.2 billion on Wednesday, after Reliance Industries Ltd. gained 10%. The jump put Ambani about $3.2 billion ahead of China’s Jack Ma, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires […]
Covid-19 vaccine trial set to begin in UK; scientist says 80% chance of success
The race to develop an effective vaccine against the novel coronavirus gathered pace this week, as clinical trials on humans were approved in Germany and launched in the UK. Though there are now around 150 development projects worldwide, the German and British plans are among only five clinical trials on humans which have been approved […]
FIR against Arnab Goswami over ‘derogatory’ remarks against Sonia Gandhi, ‘divisive’ comments
The Chhattisgarh unit of the Congress on Wednesday lodged a formal complaint against Arnab Goswami, editor-in-chief and founder of Republic TV channel, and accused him of “deliberately making inflammatory statements” and using derogatory language against Congress president Sonia Gandhi in his show. As of late evening, Raipur police were in the process of registering an FIR, officials said. In […]
Administration barring my movement, others allowed to move freely :Congress Leader, BDC Chairman
Srinagar April 22 (KNS):Congress Leader & BDC Chairman today hit out at District Administration over barring him from performing his duties in his Block (Kakapora) He also questioned the Pulwama Distt Administration over facilitating the movement of other BDC Chairmen in the District, urging allow him to work for which he has been chosen. In […]
DGP visits Ganderbal, Manigam
Srinagar, April 22 (KNS): Continuing with his visits to review preparations and measures taken in view of COVID-19, the Director General of Police J&K Dilbag Singh visited Central Kashmir district Ganderbal. He was accompanied by the IGP Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar. He also visited PTS Manigam to inspect the facilities and arrangements at the quarantine […]
2 Shopian families move application before Baramulla DM, claim bodies of slain ultras
Two south Kashmir families on Tuesday formally moved applications before the District Magistrate, Baramulla, seeking the return of the bodies of the two militants killed in an encounter in Shopian district last week. The two militants, who the police claim were unidentified, were buried quietly in a designated graveyard for unidentified militants in north Kashmir’s […]
Wife Of Chennai Doctor, Who Died Of Covid-19, Appeals To Tamil Nadu CM To Fulfil ‘His Last Wish’
The Wife of Dr Simon Hercules, a Chennai-based neurosurgeon who died after contracting COVID-19 from one of his patients, has appealed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for a proper burial of her husband’s body at another cemetery, saying that it was “his last wish”. Earlier, an ambulance carrying the body of Dr Hercules to a […]
South Korean firm begins making rapid testing kits at Manesar facility
A South Korean company has launched the production of Covid-19 rapid antibody testing kits at its subsidiary at Manesar in Haryana, with a capacity of making 500,000 kits per week, to meet the needs of the Indian market. The Chhattisgarh government is set to be one of the first customers for the testing kits made by SD […]
Amarnath Yatra U-Turn: Press Note Cancelling Pilgrimage Withdrawn
New Delhi: The Jammu and Kashmir government has withdrawn a press release that said the Amarnath Yatra has been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic that has brought the country to a standstill. Last year, Amarnath yatra pilgrims had to cut short their stay in the holy shrine in Jammu and Kashmir after […]