AstraZeneca reaffirms Covid vaccine safety amid rare TTS concerns

In light of recent concerns surrounding potential rare side effects of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, the pharmaceutical giant has reiterated its commitment to patient safety while......

India's Untold Nepal Stories

In 2017, a retired R&AW officer conveyed that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was keen to get monarchy restored in Nepal and suggested that I support these efforts. A fascinating......

Mixing Covishield, Covaxin shows better immunogenicity: ICMR study

A study by Indian Council of Medical Research involving 98 people, 18 of whom had inadvertently received Covishield as first dose and Covaxin as the second in Uttar Pradesh, showed that combining......

Heads Rolled, But Buck Stopped

The BJP ignored the principle of the Cabinet's joint responsibility and the adage of the buck stopping at the top, observes Amulya Ganguli. IMAGE: Dr Harsh Vardhan was asked to resign as India's......

Smooth ride for tyre exporter Balkrishna Industries as peers struggle

Larger listed domestic-focused tyre companies have underperformed the benchmarks in the last three months but exporter Balkrishna Industries has bucked the trend. The company, which exports......

Tata Sons' net debt burden at eight-year low as cash reserves swell

Tata Sons Private Limited, the holding company of the Tata group, witnessed a precipitous drop in its net debt to Rs 5,656 crore in the 10 months ended January this year, as its cash reserves......

Wipro set to cut hundreds of jobs

After startups and Big Tech, the layoff season may have begun at the $245 billion Indian information-technology (IT) industry. Photograph: Abhishek N Chinnappa/Reuters Bengaluru-based IT major......

Gautam Adani will find it hard to raise funds, says Moody's

Moody's Investors Service on Friday warned that the rout in Adani Group shares could hurt the conglomerate's ability to raise capital, while its peer Fitch saw no immediate impact on its ratings.......

Soccer Extras: 'VAR has been a success despite criticism'

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: VAR was introduced in the Premier League this season after trials in the League Cup and FA Cup. Some pundits were less enthralled......

World champion Don banned

World triathlon champion Tim Don has been given a three-month ban for missing three drugs tests and faces a lifetime ban from the Olympics, the British Triathlon Association (BTA) said on......

Readers speak out!

Dipankar:PremWhat was the point in playing Kumble, and not Nehra? With Mongia replacing Ganguly (a good choice), we have four slow bowlers in Kumble, Bhajji, Sachin and Mongia, and only two......

Steve Waugh on his decision to quit

Throughout my playing career I've heard many times that you'll know when it's time to call it a day. They said: "One morning you will just wake up and know instantaneously that you want to retire......