Bengal shuts schools, colleges; restricts flights from Delhi, Mumbai

As Covid infections rose nearly 12-fold in just seven days, the West Bengal government brought back stricter curbs on Sunday shutting all educational institutions from Monday and restricting......

India's Omicron tally near 1,200, Maha cases at 450, community spread in Delhi

India's tally of the highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID on Thursday crossed 1,000 on the back of Maharashtra reporting its highest single-day infection with the new strain, as states......

Sputnik V-makers to supply vaccine to Delhi: Kejriwal

As Delhi grapples with a shortage of coronavirus vaccines, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the makers of Sputnik V will supply anti-Covid jabs to the city but the quantity is yet......

ICU beds for Covid patients full in 14 private hospitals in Delhi

Fourteen private hospitals in Delhi have run out of ICU beds for COVID-19 patients amid a resurgence in daily cases in the national capital, government data showed on Tuesday. Of the 787 ICU beds......

Remittances decline 23% sequentially to $2.1 billion in February

Outward remittances in February under the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) liberalised remittance scheme (LRS) fell 23 per cent over January, latest data released by the central bank, in......

Fall in Kharif output may keep rice prices high

A 6-7 million tonnes shortfall in rice production due to a fall in paddy sowing area is likely to keep rice prices at elevated levels, adding to the inflationary pressure that the slowing economy......

Indians remitted $6 bn in Q1FY23 under LRS scheme

Outward remittances under the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) liberalised remittance scheme (LRS) made a strong comeback in the first quarter of FY23 as Indians increased spending on......

China, world's third largest investor after US and Japan

China has emerged as the world's third largest investor as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the Communist giant jumped by 17.6 per cent last year defying a global pattern. China's outbound......

Kapil Dev says 'on road to recovery' after heart attack

'Thank you everyone for all the love and concern. I am overwhelmed with the good wishes and well on the road to recovery.' IMAGE: Kapil Dev, who captained India to their 1983 World Cup triumph, is......

Football Briefs: Injured England striker Kane could return next month

News of all that's transpired on and off the football field IMAGE: Tottenham's Harry Kane arrives before the match. Photograph: Ian Walton/Reuters Tottenham Hotspur's eagerly-awaited medical......