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Washington: The Biden administration supports waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines due to the global emergency triggered by the pandemic, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said Wednesday.“This is a global health crisis, and the extraordinary circumstances of the...

Kolkata: RBI has come out with a timely and proactive set of announcements for all stakeholders, including individuals, small businesses, and MSMEs, to mitigate the incipient challenges and support growth impulses at the ground level.Simultaneously, measures have been...

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday gave in-principle approval for strategic disinvestment along with transfer of management control in IDBI Bank Ltd.The extent of respective shareholding to be divested...

New Delhi/Guwahati: Newly launched domestic airlines flybig will start its operations in the North-East region starting from May 7.Flights will connect Guwahati, Rupsi and Kolkata initially. In due course, other destinations like Agartala, Dibrugarh, Tezu and Pasighat in Arunachal...

New Delhi: As a result of second wave of Covid-9 Indian carriers hit turbulence in April 2021 with a sharp decline in the number of flyers, said ICRA, the investment information and credit rating agency, today.April 2021 witnessed a...

Mumbai: To check the devastating coronavirus that gripped the country, the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday announced a targeted on-tap liquidity window of Rs 50,000 crore to set up Covid-related healthcare infrastructureIn a virtual meeting today, the RBI...

Bill and Melinda Gates, who for decades have overseen one of history's greatest fortunes and philanthropic operations, said they plan to divorce.The announcement Monday that the couple is splitting after 27 years of marriage has the power to ripple...

Midtown Manhattan: Verizon is selling its media assets, including AOL and Yahoo, to Apollo Global Management for $5 billion, the telecommunications firm said on Monday.The new company will be known as Yahoo once the deal is closed, and will...

Kolkata: True to its vision and mission to support the country in fighting with adverse situations, State Bank of India (SBI) has allocated Rs. 71 Crore to undertake various support initiatives to help the country combat the second wave...

Mumbai: IDBI Bank has posted net profit a Jump of 230.70 per cent in its consolidated net profit for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 at Rs 547.93 crores as against net profit of Rs 165.69 crores for the...