Setting at rest fears over Covid restrictions being relaxed, several experts say the two-year stringent mask mandate has led to fatigue and can be removed from public spaces for now just as many......
The optimism of a year that started with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, seen as the beginning of the end of the pandemic, has petered out as 2021 winds to a close. IMAGE: Patients on oxygen support......
'Perhaps Covid will stay with us for another a year or two before becoming a milder version.' IMAGE: Health workers walk past passengers waiting in a queue during COVID-19 testing at the Katra......
The decline in the effectiveness of Covaxin, India's indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, from 77.8 per cent to 50 per cent during a Delta-driven case surge in April and May this year is neither bad nor......
Will a booster shot provide the turbocharge for Covid immunity that India is looking for? Maybe in an ideal situation where most people are fully vaccinated but not when less than a quarter of the......
Public sector banks (PSBs) posted 16.1 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth in net profit at Rs 39,974 crore during the June 2024 quarter. Photograph: Ajay Verma/Reuters While net interest income......
Treasury gains helped ICICI Bank post a nearly 10 per cent increase in the consolidated net profit for the April-June quarter at Rs 11,696 crore on Saturday. Photograph: Francis......
The April-June quarter (Q1) of the current financial year (FY25) may be soft for banks with loan growth moderation, net interest margin (NIM) pressures, and higher staff and credit costs inching......
State-owned Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency’s (Ireda’s) chairman and managing director Pradip Kumar Das has announced that the company has requested the government to allow......
Despite steady loan growth, the banking sector is expected to report subdued margins in the quarter ending June 2024 (Q1FY25), driven by high demand for deposits amidst tight liquidity conditions.......
IMAGE: MC Mary Kom had to sweat it out against Vietnam's Anh vo Thi Kim in the semi-final as she registered a hardfought 3-2 victory. Photograph: Boxing Federation of India Six-time World......
IMAGE: Simranjit Kaur in action during her first round bout against Italy's Francesca Martusciello. Photograph: Boxing Federation of India World Championships bronze medallist Simranjit Kaur......
South African football was embroiled in another scandal on Monday when FIFA said the national team's World Cup qualifying win over Senegal last year was fixed, leaving the legacy of the country's......