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Jubilant Generics gets nod to manufacture, market anti-viral drug Remdesivir. (Representational Image)

Jubilant Generics gets DCGI nod to manufacture COVID-19 drug...

On June 21, Hetero and Cipla and on July 2 Mylan were given permission to manufacture and market the drug on the same...

21 July 2020 10:01 AM IST

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar. (PTI Photo)

India will never join any alliance: Jaishankar

The EAM said that the world is heading for a protectionist global economy and that coronavirus pandemic would ...

21 July 2020 9:57 AM IST

MP governor Lalji Tandon dies at 85; PM Modi recalls BJP leader's...

Tandon made a mark as an effective administrator, always giving importance to public welfare, Modi said.

21 July 2020 9:31 AM IST

IndiGo said it will cut 10% of its workforce as it grapples with declining revenues due to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. (PTI Photo)

IndiGo to cut 10% staff, says CEO Ronojoy Dutta

IndiGo, which had 23,531 employees on its rolls as of March 2019, said it was flying only a small percentage of full...

21 July 2020 9:05 AM IST

Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday, trapped in the narrow trading band of the past three weeks as investors gauged hopes for a recovery in oil demand. (AFP Photo)

Oil steady as virus infections rise but hopes for vaccine lends...

In the first big energy deal since COVID-19, Chevron said it would buy oil and gas producer Noble Energy Inc for about...

21 July 2020 9:03 AM IST

Facebook faces antitrust investigations, like other big tech companies such as Google and Amazon, and Mark Zuckerberg pointed out to the probes to claim there was no arrangement with Trump on keeping his accounts uncensored. (Photo | AFP)

Zuckerberg rubbishes making deal to go soft on Trump

Facebook's CEO was reacting to stories in leading US media that raised questions about possible special treatment to...

20 July 2020 10:32 PM IST

Mobile app store marketing intelligence firm Sensor Tower said Resso might have escaped the ban as its publisher is listed not as ByteDance, its parent company which also owns TikTok, but Moon Video.

TikTok may be out but ByteDance's Resso music app is thriving

As much as 74 per cent of downloads have been in India for the Resso music-streaming app, which dubs itself a social app...

20 July 2020 9:44 PM IST

Children run down a street past an informational mural warning people about the dangers of the new coronavirus, in the Kibera slum, or informal settlement, of Nairobi, Kenya. (AP)

Home learning, reopening schools especially hard in Africa

The schooling crisis is more acute in Africa, where up to 80% of students don't have access to internet and even...

20 July 2020 8:16 PM IST

Samsung says it has adapted swiftly to the Next Normal and is bringing out devices that are more personal, intelligent, useful and secure . (Photo of Galaxy Fold | Samsung)

What to expect at Samsung's August 5 launch besides the Galaxy Note 20

Apart from the Galaxy Note 20 series, the mobile technology giant is likely to launch new earbuds, a smart watch and a...

20 July 2020 7:39 PM IST

People wearing face masks walk in a street near the Tokyo Tower. (AFP)

Kissing etiquette: Japan nightlife sets its virus rules

Strategic testing in nightlife districts of Tokyo has revealed rising cases of coronavirus, predominantly among people...

20 July 2020 6:55 PM IST

Closer home, while we await a cure or vaccine for COVID-19, social media is flooded with plasma donation pledges. PTI Photo

Does plasma therapy really help COVID-19 patients?

Experts weigh in whether convalescent plasma therapy is as dependable in fighting COVID-19 as celeb tweets claim

20 July 2020 6:17 PM IST

A lab technician wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) takes reagent bottles to perform vaccine tests. (AFP)

Bangladesh allows late-stage trial of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine

Sinovac has been looking for volunteers outside of China as the number of coronavirus cases there has dwindled

20 July 2020 5:57 PM IST