Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday asked officials to increase testing in the state and take the count of count of RT-PCR and antigen tests for COVID-19 to 1.25 lakh every day.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): The People's Bank of China has picked up 0.006 per cent stake in ICICI Bank by investing Rs 15 crore in the private sector lender's Rs 15,000 crore qualified institutional placement (QIP) exercise which concluded last week.
New Delhi [India], Aug 18 (ANI): As per expectation 40 per cent of India's population will live in urban regions by 2030 and we will have to build six to eight hundred million square metres of urban space for it, said Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): The horrifying incidents of crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh prove that the law and order situation is 'worrisome' and there is a 'jungle raj' in the state, said Congress on Tuesday.
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Birlasoft, part of the 2.4 billion dollars C K Birla Group, on Tuesday announced a global strategic alliance with Microsoft and said it has plans to scale its cloud business to 100 million dollars (about Rs 748 crore).
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 18 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices traded over half per cent higher during early hours on Tuesday largely due to gains in index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
Prakasam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): A fire broke out at a petrol bunk after a lorry's tyre burst while refuelling at Surareddy Palem village, in Prakasam district on Monday. However, no injuries were reported as the fire was doused.
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 17 (ANI): A video showing the collapse of portions of Islamabad International Airport's (IIAP) ceiling crashing to the ground due to the recent rains has been shared widely on social media.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): India's GDP is expected to contract by 16.5 per cent during the first quarter of current fiscal as the current Covid-19 pandemic is spreading at a much faster rate after the opening up of the economy, State Bank of India's research report Ecowrap s
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices traded in a narrow range after initial bouts of volatility on Monday but ended in the green amid a mixed trend in Asian markets.
New Delhi [India], Aug 17 (ANI): India's COVID-19 recovery rate has surpassed the mark of 72 per cent as the country records its "highest-ever single day of recoveries" with 57,584 patients getting cured and discharged in the last 24 hours.
Patna (Bihar) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): Almost all ministers in the Bihar Cabinet are unhappy with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and things will become clear in the coming days, said expelled Bihar Industries Minister Shyam Rajak on Monday.